{
  "state": {
    "name": "Oklahoma",
    "abbreviation": "OK",
    "slug": "oklahoma"
  },
  "county": {
    "name": "Kingfisher",
    "slug": "kingfisher",
    "url": "https://www.americanroyaltybuyers.com/mineral-rights/oklahoma/kingfisher",
    "basinSlug": [
      "stack",
      "anadarko"
    ],
    "description": "American Royalty Buyers acquires mineral rights and royalties in Kingfisher County, Oklahoma. Located in the STACK play, we provide comprehensive valuations.",
    "overview": "Kingfisher County, at the heart of the STACK play in central Oklahoma, is one of the most heavily developed horizontal counties in the state — roughly 8,660 wells on record and about 3,083 still active. It saw intense drilling through the STACK boom (228 wells spudded since 2023), though the pace has cooled to about 10 spuds in the trailing twelve months. For mineral owners it is above all a working royalty county: producing units across most of its townships, with development now more maintenance than expansion.",
    "geology": "Kingfisher County is STACK core, targeting the Meramec — the play's signature Mississippian reservoir, with nearly 900 wells on record listing it — alongside the deeper Woodford shale. Legacy Pennsylvanian carbonate production from the Osage and Oswego runs beneath much of the county. These are stacked horizontal targets developed from multi-well pads; the liquids-rich window means royalty income tracks both oil and gas prices.",
    "activity": "BCE-Mach holds the dominant position at roughly 1,216 wells (about 1,000 active), with FW MidCon (584 wells), Devon Energy, Diversified Production, and Chisholm Oil & Gas also holding large positions. Recent drilling is lighter than during the boom — FW MidCon and BCE-Mach each spudded about 3 wells in the trailing twelve months. Because Kingfisher changed hands heavily as STACK operators consolidated, the payor name on a royalty check here frequently differs from the company that originally drilled the well.",
    "keyFormations": [
      "Meramec (STACK core)",
      "Woodford",
      "Oswego",
      "Osage",
      "Mississippian"
    ],
    "stats": [
      {
        "label": "Basin",
        "value": "STACK core (Anadarko Basin)"
      },
      {
        "label": "Wells on Record",
        "value": "~8,660 (~3,083 active)"
      },
      {
        "label": "Horizontal Spuds Since 2023",
        "value": "228 (pace now ~10/yr)"
      },
      {
        "label": "Largest Operator",
        "value": "BCE-Mach (~1,216 wells)"
      }
    ],
    "faqs": [
      {
        "q": "What formations produce in Kingfisher County, Oklahoma?",
        "a": "Kingfisher is STACK core: the Meramec is the dominant target, with nearly 900 wells on record listing it, alongside the deeper Woodford shale. Legacy Pennsylvanian carbonate production from the Osage and Oswego runs beneath much of the county. These are stacked horizontal targets in the liquids-rich fairway, so your royalty tracks both oil and gas prices."
      },
      {
        "q": "Is Kingfisher County still being drilled?",
        "a": "Less than during the STACK boom. The county saw 228 wells spudded since 2023, but the pace has cooled to roughly 10 in the trailing twelve months — BCE-Mach and FW MidCon each spudded about 3. Development is now more maintenance than expansion, so most of the county's value is in its large base of existing producing wells rather than new drilling."
      },
      {
        "q": "My Kingfisher County royalty check name doesn't match who drilled my well — why?",
        "a": "That is common here. Kingfisher changed hands heavily as STACK operators consolidated — BCE-Mach, FW MidCon, Devon, Chisholm, and others have all operated large blocks — so the payor name on your check frequently differs from the original driller. Your owner number carries across the changes and your decimal is unaffected."
      }
    ]
  }
}