The Woodford (SCOOP) formation
Geology, footprint, and mineral-owner context for the Woodford (SCOOP), drawn from public USGS and state survey sources. Resource figures describe the play as a whole and are not a per-acre value. Every figure on this page is an estimate subject to verification of your specific interest.
Last updated June 2026.
What is the Woodford (SCOOP)?
The Woodford is the Devonian-Mississippian shale that anchors the SCOOP play (the South Central Oklahoma Oil Province) in the Anadarko Basin of central and southern Oklahoma, concentrated in Grady, Garvin, Stephens, and Carter counties. It is both a major source rock and a productive reservoir, and it drives the liquids-rich development that makes SCOOP counties valuable for mineral owners.
The Woodford shale is the foundation of the SCOOP play in Oklahoma. SCOOP, the South Central Oklahoma Oil Province, sits on the deep, thick southeastern Anadarko Basin, where the Woodford is rich, mature, and often produces a valuable mix of oil, gas, and natural gas liquids. The play is concentrated in Grady, Garvin, Stephens, and Carter counties. Because the Anadarko section is deep and stacked, a SCOOP tract often produces from the Woodford alongside other intervals, supporting multi-well development. For a mineral owner, a Woodford-SCOOP royalty is valued on the income the wells actually pay, on the standard income multiple, with the liquids share of production influencing where it lands in the range.
Woodford (SCOOP) geology
- Age and lithology
- Late Devonian to Early Mississippian organic-rich siliceous shale, both a source rock and a reservoir. Source: USGS Anadarko Basin assessment and Oklahoma Geological Survey.
- SCOOP play
- The Woodford drives the SCOOP (South Central Oklahoma Oil Province) play on the deep southeastern Anadarko Basin.
- Where it produces
- Central and southern Oklahoma: Grady, Garvin, Stephens, and Carter counties at the core of SCOOP.
How much oil and gas the Woodford (SCOOP) holds
The USGS has assessed the Woodford Shale and associated Anadarko Basin reservoirs as part of its Anadarko Basin Province work, with substantial continuous oil and gas resources reported across the Woodford and the Mississippian and Pennsylvanian section. The reported figures are undiscovered, technically recoverable play-wide estimates, not proven reserves and not a measure of any individual property.
Source: USGS Anadarko Basin Province assessment; Oklahoma Geological Survey SCOOP-STACK studies.
Counties in the Woodford (SCOOP) play
These are the counties and parishes we cover where the Woodford (SCOOP) produces. Each links to local value context and the operators active there.
What the Woodford (SCOOP) means for your minerals
A resource estimate for a play is not the value of your acreage. Your mineral and royalty interest is valued on the income your wells actually pay, roughly 36 to 72 times your average monthly royalty check, the same as 3 to 6 times your annual royalty. Where you land in that band depends on your wells decline, the operator, your royalty rate, and any undeveloped drilling upside. For the full method and a free on-screen estimate, see what are my mineral rights worth.
The Woodford (SCOOP) is part of the Anadarko Basin. For the basin-wide value bands and the counties we buy in, see the Anadarko Basin page.
Woodford (SCOOP) questions
- What is the Woodford SCOOP play?
- The Woodford is a Devonian-Mississippian shale in the Anadarko Basin of Oklahoma, and SCOOP, the South Central Oklahoma Oil Province, is the liquids-rich play it drives. SCOOP is concentrated in Grady, Garvin, Stephens, and Carter counties.
- Is the Woodford an oil or a gas play?
- SCOOP Woodford is typically liquids-rich, producing a mix of oil, gas, and natural gas liquids depending on location and depth. The liquids share of your production affects where your interest lands in the valuation range.
- How are Woodford SCOOP minerals valued?
- A Woodford SCOOP interest is valued on the income it pays, roughly 36 to 72 times your average monthly royalty check. USGS resource figures describe the whole play, not your property. This is an estimate, subject to verification, not an offer.
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