SCOOP and STACK turned central Oklahoma into one of the most actively drilled corners of the country in the 2010s, layering modern horizontal wells over land plenty of families had already leased once or twice before.
SCOOP, the South Central Oklahoma Oil Province, and STACK, the Sooner Trend Anadarko Basin Canadian and Kingfisher counties play, are really two names for the same broad wave of horizontal development that hit central Oklahoma starting around 2013, targeting the Woodford Shale and the overlying Meramec formation. If your family's minerals sit in Grady, Stephens, Garvin, Canadian, Kingfisher, or Blaine County, there's a good chance you've seen a modern horizontal lease land on acreage that had older, shallower production going back decades before that.
We hear a lot of Oklahoma family stories with these two plays: minerals that came down through a great-grandparent's original homestead, leased for a small vertical well generations ago, then leased again during the SCOOP/STACK boom for a horizontal well drilled a mile or more sideways through rock nobody could reach with the old technology. Both leases might still matter to your current royalty.
A lot of SCOOP and STACK wells produce a rich mix of oil, condensate, and natural gas liquids alongside gas, which means your royalty check often reflects several different commodity prices moving at once rather than tracking one number cleanly. That mix can make month-to-month check variation harder to explain at a glance than a straight oil or straight gas play.
We break down your check stub by commodity type before valuing your interest, since the blend of oil, condensate, NGLs, and residue gas tells us more about where your specific well sits than the total dollar figure alone.
Both plays target multiple zones stacked on top of each other, the deeper Woodford Shale and the shallower Meramec (also called the Sooner Trend or Osage in parts of the play), sometimes developed from the same pad with different laterals targeting each formation. As in other stacked-pay basins, this means your surface acreage could have production from one zone while a different zone underneath remains open for future development.
We check which specific formation your current production comes from and whether nearby permits suggest activity in the other zone before finalizing any valuation.
SCOOP and STACK drilling activity peaked in the mid-to-late 2010s and has since become more selective, with operators concentrating capital on their best-performing acreage rather than the broad land rush of the boom years. That means owners today are more likely dealing with wells several years into their decline than with brand-new completions, though pockets of continued development remain in the strongest parts of both plays.
We'll tell you honestly whether your specific section still looks like an area of active interest or has settled into steady legacy production.
A lot of SCOOP and STACK minerals sit under land that's been in the same Oklahoma family since the original land run era or an early homestead, farmed and ranched long before anyone talked about horizontal drilling. We hear those family stories often, and we take the time to understand where your specific minerals fit into that history before quoting a number.
Whether your interest came down through a great-grandparent's homestead or a more recent purchase, the valuation process is the same: real production data, real title work, and a clear explanation of how we got to our number.
They're geographic names for overlapping horizontal development in central Oklahoma. SCOOP generally refers to the South Central Oklahoma Oil Province south of the Anadarko Basin; STACK refers to the play concentrated in Canadian and Kingfisher counties. Both target similar Woodford and Meramec formations.
These wells often produce a rich mix of oil, condensate, NGLs, and gas simultaneously, so your check stub reflects several commodity prices at once rather than a single number, which can make it look more complicated than a straight oil or gas check.
Activity has become more selective since the mid-to-late 2010s boom, with operators concentrating on their strongest acreage. Some areas still see continued development while others have settled into mature, legacy-style production.
STACK centers on Canadian, Kingfisher, and Blaine counties; SCOOP covers Grady, Stephens, Garvin, and surrounding counties to the south. Some acreage sees overlapping interest from both play definitions.
It helps but isn't required. A recent check stub or division order with a well name is usually enough for us to begin, and we pull the rest through Oklahoma Corporation Commission records ourselves, well by well.
It can. Different operators approach development, deductions, and reporting differently, so we look at your specific operator's recent activity and history before finalizing any valuation.
The same tract, deed chain, lease, division order, payor account, wells, and deductions carry into each of these reviews.
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