Springer and
Sycamore

The Springer and Sycamore are two stacked targets of the SCOOP play in the Anadarko Basin of south-central Oklahoma, both sitting above the Woodford and developed across Grady, Stephens, and Garvin counties. Mineral owners in the SCOOP fairway often see both names on their wells alongside the Woodford beneath them.

Therocks beneath your minerals.

The Sycamore is a Lower Mississippian limestone and marl, while the Springer is a latest-Mississippian to earliest-Pennsylvanian sequence of shale and sandstone. They occupy different levels of the stack, but both rest above the Woodford, which acted as the source rock that charged the area.

Across the SCOOP the two intervals commonly fall between roughly 10,000 and 13,500 feet, deepening toward the basin axis. The Springer is known for relatively oily production in parts of the play, while the Sycamore varies between oil and liquids-rich gas depending on depth and maturity.

Because the Springer, Sycamore, and Woodford are stacked vertically, a single tract can host wells in more than one of them, developed across different phases of the play.

Where theproduction lives.

Continental Resources developed an early Springer oil program in the SCOOP, and Devon Energy and other Anadarko operators carry the Springer and Sycamore in their inventory alongside the deeper Woodford. Activity tracks the broader SCOOP development cycle.

Wells in these intervals produce a mix of oil and natural gas that shifts by location and depth. Development across south-central Oklahoma is governed by the Oklahoma Corporation Commission, which sets spacing and handles the pooling process that assembles a drilling unit.

The current operator and completed formation on any specific well can be confirmed through the Commission’s public well records.

Mineral rights in theSpringer and Sycamore.

Mineral owners in the SCOOP commonly see Springer or Sycamore wells on their tracts, frequently alongside Woodford wells in the same drilling unit. A single tract can generate staged royalty income as the different stacked layers are developed.

For inheritors with south-central Oklahoma minerals, knowing which of these formations your wells are completed in helps explain what you are receiving and why one tract can carry several producing interests.

Lease terms and pooling elections across Oklahoma vary by vintage and by tract, and that language can affect net royalty income beyond what the well data alone would suggest. We are happy to walk through what your specific situation looks like alongside the public well records, on a call or by email.