Where is the best place to go to find the spacing definition for a well when it is not defined on the data sheets available on the OCC website?
Specifically I’m looking for the spacing for these two wells in 29-18N-6W Kingfisher County. Both are operated by Avalanche O&G. We own minerals in W2,W2SE4
Cities Services #1
Earl Thiems #1
Sometimes those old wells do not have helpful plats.
Cities Service 1 was drilled in 1967. The spacing is not shown on the completion report. Last production was listed as 9/1/2018. Standup 80 acres. Drilled in the E2 SW4. Found the plat on the 1073.
Earl Thiems 1 was also drilled in 1967. Still online as of April 2026. Since the other one was a standup, likely that the Earl Theims was also a standup 80. Drilled in the E2 SE4.
Call the Division Order department at Avalanche and they should be able to tell you.
Thanks Ms Barnes, what’s the answer to my question if the Form 1000 says “none” or “unspaced”. I have minerals in SW4 of 12-16-6 KF and there are wells in NE4 that are straight holes but unspaced. Do I have a claim to those wells? Is it assumed that if the well is unspaced it defaults to 640?
If they are old wells the oil tended to be 80 acres but you don’t know standup or laydown unless you can find a map.
If gas, tended to be 160, 320 or 640 depending upon depth. I cannot remember the cutoffs. You just have to ask the operator to find out.
If you have the division order, you can back it out from knowing the decimal, net acres, royalty and the splits if horizontal.
Sorry to nerd out here, but if the well is not located in a drilling and spacing unit, then it is drilled on a lease basis. So, the interest of the mineral owner is not proportionately reduced. So, if the mineral owner owns a 1/4 interest, then they own a 1/4 interest x (royalty) in the well. In other words, its not 1/4 x tract size/unit x (royalty). However, almost all oil and gas leases have a pooling clause in them. (this is different than pooling like at the OCC). The pooling clause allows the lessee/mineral owner to take the mineral owners lease and join it with an additional mineral owners lease to create a voluntarily spaced unit. In some situations, the operator will draw out the plan of the unit on the 1002A. Where the 1002A show no spacing, then only the mineral owner in the drilled tract can claim minerals. So, if your minerals are in the SW/4 and the well is drilled in an unspaced tract in the NE/4, no, you’re not entitled to any royalties.
Hmm, clear as mud. So when you say “Where the 1002A show no spacing, then only the mineral owner in the drilled tract can claim minerals.” How are you defining “the drilled tract”. Is that a quadrant of the STR or is it a number of NMAs equal to the sum of all the NMAs owned by the lessees?
The drilled tract is the tract where the well is drilled. Does one own the minerals underlying the exact locations where the well is located?
In the form and plat that Martha has above, the drilled tract is the NE/4 SW/4. Please note that it says that the well is drilled in the center of the NE/4 SW/4. If for example, if an owner owns in the SE/4 SW/4 or west half of SW/4, then they are not entitled to any royalties. You state that you own in the W/2 W/2 SE/4, so you don’t own under the drilled tract. Anybody who ONLY owns where the well is drilled can claim royalties.
