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| Subject | Date Asked |
| Intent to drill Alfalfa County | 1/30/2012 |
| Q: I own mineral rights in land located in section 19, township 28 north, range 10 west Alfalfa County ... A: Continental applied for a Location Exception (#201-105742) in Section 19. The hearing was January 3. ... | |
| Landowner access bonus | 1/23/2012 |
| Q: Is there a guide to (i) the process and (ii) the amount for compensation to a landowner for access ... A: Bonus and royalty negotiation works much the same in Canada I believe, though most (nearly all ... | |
| Landowner access bonus | 1/19/2012 |
| Q: Is there a guide to (i) the process and (ii) the amount for compensation to a landowner for access ... A: You might want to read my <a ... | |
| Oil Lease | 1/14/2012 |
| Q: I have been offered a Paid Up Oil Lease. The offer is for $275/acre for a 4 year period with a 19% ... A: The bonus is usually paid all at once, and is a one-time payment normally. The bonus is paid once ... | |
| Oil and Gas Leases | 1/11/2012 |
| Q: A lessee put three sections of property on one oil & gas contract. This involved two counties in ... A: I assume you're talking about a lease? It's legal to put more than one section on a lease, though ... | |
| Offer | 1/2/2012 |
| Q: First, I'd like to thank you and the others for the wealth of information you're passing along so ... A: If I'm not familiar with the company leasing me, I will often ask them to simply pay me by check in ... | |
| Offer | 12/31/2011 |
| Q: First, I'd like to thank you and the others for the wealth of information you're passing along so ... A: I doubt the first offer is the best they'll do. Chesapeake has been leasing in there pretty heavily ... | |
| Oklahoma Mineral Interest | 12/29/2011 |
| Q: My brother and I own property (120 acres) in Washita County Oklahoma, Section 27 of 10-18 and (7.5 ... A: Chesapeake was the major buyer of leases in your section back in 2008, but no one seems to be ... | |
| subordination of lien | 12/15/2011 |
| Q: What happens to the royalty payment if the bank has a lien on the property and refuses to sign a ... A: The bank may do nothing to "hold" the royalty payment, but you wouldn't be able to sell the mineral ... | |
| Mineral Value | 12/10/2011 |
| Q: "We own minerals in Washita County Oklahoma Sections 5-6, Township 9N, Range 20 and was wondering ... A: Most banks will not lend money on mineral rights. You'd get a much better value by selling some of ... | |
| non-producing gas wells on our property | 12/6/2011 |
| Q: We live on a ranch in Cleburne, Texas, own 100% of our minerals rights. We have a lease with ... A: As long as the lease is capable of producing in paying quantities, it's unlikely you'll be able to ... | |
| Gas & Oil lease rents & royalties | 12/5/2011 |
| Q: My father-in-law passed away in October 2011. I found he had signed G&O lease in 2008 for ... A: Not familiar with lease bonus amounts in Mercer County ND, but if someone wants to lease it once the ... | |
| Statement of Mineral claims who can file them | 11/30/2011 |
| Q: My father has mineral right by filing a statement of claim on his mother land as the son of the heir ... A: Chain of title is simply the trail of deeds/conveyances filed at the county clerk's office showing ... | |
| mineral rights | 11/22/2011 |
| Q: Last week I was contacted by a genealogist hired by a company to locate me, it seems I share in the ... A: Once the landman contacts you he will likely ask you to lease your mineral rights to him or his ... | |
| Statement of Mineral claims who can file them | 11/21/2011 |
| Q: My father has mineral right by filing a statement of claim on his mother land as the son of the heir ... A: You'd have to run the chain of title to see if your father was actually entitled to this interest ... | |
| Inherited Deeds in Montana | 11/20/2011 |
| Q: I'm hoping you can provide me with some advice and direction. My farther in Law has inherited 2 ... A: A "mineral deed" is a deed for subsurface (rather than surface) mineral rights in most cases. A ... | |
| Oil and gas lease renewal | 11/18/2011 |
| Q: I am the lessor on an oil and gas lease in Kansas. The primary term of the lease was 3 years with an ... A: If you accepted the payment, then they are likely right, they may owe you more, but the underpayment ... | |
| Oil and gas lease proposal | 11/17/2011 |
| Q: We received a lease proposal from Conerstone Natural resources LLC for oil and gas mineral rights in ... A: Negotiating the lease terms in an oil and gas lease is much like negotiating any other contract. ... | |
| Contact Gas Co or Wait | 11/9/2011 |
| Q: My family owns 62 acres in Bradford County PA. There currently is no lease on the property. We are ... A: If you haven't been contacted, it's likely no one is interested in leasing your rights at this time. ... | |
| royalty withholding | 11/5/2011 |
| Q: Chesapeak gas company is witholding our royalty payment because they changed the unit size twice. ... A: If they changed the unit size to a smaller unit (which they can do with state approval) then it's ... | |
| Offer For Working Interest | 10/30/2011 |
| Q: I am the Successor Trustee of a Family Trust that owns a 1/16 of 7/8 working interest in all leases ... A: A working interest is usually valued on a multiple of the monthly net income received, and is ... | |
| Mineral Rights | 10/28/2011 |
| Q: The other day a man contacted my family and myself about some mineral rights which we knew nothing ... A: If you don't know much about this oil and gas stuff, it would probably be wise to hire someone to ... | |
| Mineral Rights | 10/27/2011 |
| Q: The other day a man contacted my family and myself about some mineral rights which we knew nothing ... A: Sounds like the guy was offering to lease, rather than buy your mineral rights, at least initially. ... | |
| Oil and Gas Leases | 10/23/2011 |
| Q: I was just notified by Gateway Land Serivices on behalf of Chesapeake Exploration L.L.C that they ... A: There is always a risk, but trust me, neither Chesapeake, nor any other company aims to poison your ... | |
| Title Verification in Oklahoma | 10/13/2011 |
| Q: You and I have talked before and I listed my minerals on your site for a while. I hope you can help ... A: Lessee's sometimes only do only a "cursory" title search prior to leasing, and then a more ... | |
| oil & gas royalties | 10/9/2011 |
| Q: I OWN SOME MINERAL RIGHTS FOR SECT. 23 TOWNSHIP 16 NORTH, RANGE 22 WEST ROGER MILLS COUNTY, OK.. I ... A: That section was force-pooled for $2000 and 3/16 royalty in June. If you were pooled, you will be ... | |
| Dawson County, MT Mineral Lease Offer | 10/6/2011 |
| Q: MT. An Oil & Gas Company has sent them a lease offer. The Oil & Gas Company is looking at Township ... A: The only evidence of leasing I have access to is the government leases, and they have been getting ... | |
| Washita Co., OK, Section 10-10N-16W | 9/29/2011 |
| Q: Scott: My elderly parents own the mineral rights to 80 acres in Washita County, Oklahoma, Section ... A: 1. I wouldn't say you "blew it" by not accepting the offer, and they may have only been "fishing" ... | |
| oil,gas,gas and mineral lease | 9/22/2011 |
| Q: My siblings and I have received a request to grant a lease on property from my dad's estate.We know ... A: Paul, I'm sorry you felt I was not very "knowledgeable" and thus felt the need to give me a low ... | |
| Valuation of Mineral Rights for Tax Purposes | 9/21/2011 |
| Q: Mineral rights were placed in Trust in 1971. Trust was set to expire in 1981, but nothing was done ... A: I am not an accountant so can't really speak "officially" to which year you should use for tax ... | |
| Valuation of Mineral Rights for Tax Purposes | 9/20/2011 |
| Q: Mineral rights were placed in Trust in 1971. Trust was set to expire in 1981, but nothing was done ... A: If they are (or were) non-producing and not leased you'll need to get someone to appraise them who ... | |
| oil,gas,gas and mineral lease | 9/19/2011 |
| Q: My siblings and I have received a request to grant a lease on property from my dad's estate.We know ... A: Not exactly sure where this is so can't comment on the lease bonus being fair or not but it doesn't ... | |
| Roger Mills County, OK Sec 14-15N-24W | 9/15/2011 |
| Q: I am receiving numerous leasing solicitations on this property. I know absolutely nothing about oil ... A: To find out how much acreage you own the simplest thing to do would be to ask the potential lessee, ... | |
| Gas and oil leases in Logan County, AR | 9/13/2011 |
| Q: My brothers and sister and I have inherited 3 pieces of property in Logan County, AR -two are ... A: There is not much at all going on in your area currently other than some leasing last year by Sonar ... | |
| Unitization/Horizonatal Drilling | 9/7/2011 |
| Q: Mr.Scott, Thank you for posting such educational answers. I have learned a great deal by reading ... A: That unitization does apply only to Basal Pennsylvania formation you mentioned. Whether there are ... | |
| Dewey County, OK Lease Offer | 8/30/2011 |
| Q: I have small acreage, 3 net acres, Dewey County, OK, SE1/4 of Section 3, Township 16 N, Range 17 ... A: Lots of recent leasing in this immediate area so no wonder you received an offer to top lease. If ... | |
| Unitization/Horizonatal Drilling | 8/9/2011 |
| Q: Mr.Scott, Thank you for posting such educational answers. I have learned a great deal by reading ... A: The Unitization Agreement would have been filed with the Oklahoma Corporation Commission, and likely ... | |
| Proposed oil lease | 7/29/2011 |
| Q: Mr. Scott, I have a proposed lease in my possession for a 5 year lease on property in Lincoln ... A: I'm unfortunately not that familiar with the private lease bonus amounts in your area, though I can ... | |
| Mineral acres & hiring someone to research right | 7/25/2011 |
| Q: In doing research for an elderly aunt who has dementia and who owns mineral rights in townships in ... A: While it may be true that your aunt only owns 10 (or 20) net mineral acres within a 160-tract (the ... | |
| Mineral Rights in Bryan County, OK | 7/22/2011 |
| Q: Scott, I’ve been looking at your website and also reading some of your responses to folks who have ... A: Township 6S-7E (a six square mile area) is in the middle of all the current leasing activity in ... | |
| Oil and Gas lease | 7/11/2011 |
| Q: I have been approached by Yale Oil pay $350 per acre for a 3yr lease on Southwest ¼ of Section 9, ... A: Sorry it took a few days to get back to you. I've been out of town. I did check on your situation ... | |
| family held mineral rights Dewey county,Ok. | 7/10/2011 |
| Q: Mr. Scott, My great grandfather bought land in Oklahoma at the time it was publicly offered.My ... A: My first "advice" would be to do what you're already attempting to do; learn about what you've ... | |
| Alfalfa County/Horizontal Drilling | 7/8/2011 |
| Q: I have appreciated reading your posts, and have learned a great deal. My family owns several ... A: It is actually fairly common these days for companies (in certain areas) to go back in and drill ... | |
| Gas Royalty MCF vs. Cubic Feet | 6/23/2011 |
| Q: ... So here is the question...I have a NPR in 3 wells, the 3 wells combined are producing about ... A: Multiply the decimal interest by the gross revenue (or value) shown on your check stubs each month ... | |
| Oil & Gas Lease-Carter County | 6/13/2011 |
| Q: I own the mineral rights to 13.33 net acres in SW/4 of Section 4, Township 5 South, Range 3 East in ... A: $550/acre sounds fair for this area. It might be a good idea to get an oil and gas attorney to look ... | |
| Mineral (oil/gas) Lease OK | 6/11/2011 |
| Q: I have been contacted by a land resources company regarding a 3yr lease of oil/gas/mineral rights I ... A: Whether you own the LAND or not really has no bearing on what type of mineral interest you might ... | |
| Mineral (oil/gas) Lease OK | 6/10/2011 |
| Q: I have been contacted by a land resources company regarding a 3yr lease of oil/gas/mineral rights I ... A: It appears Sandridge Exploration might be considering a well in the section directly south of yours. ... | |
| We've leased; what's next? | 6/6/2011 |
| Q: We have three properties in OK and two in Texas that we signed new 3 year leases for in the last six ... A: Two of the best sites out there for Oklahoma and Texas (in my opinion) are Drilling Info: ... | |
| Mineral rights lease | 6/5/2011 |
| Q: I received an offer to lease my mineral rights for $300.00 per acre for 3 years and a 3/16th royalty ... A: I think you should ask for at least $350/acre. Chesapeake (the company that Superior is likely ... | |
| Oil & Gas Leases | 6/4/2011 |
| Q: I recently inherited a farm with mineral rights in Washita county TN8, R16W. I remember my dad ... A: I would try to contact Penn Virginia and Chesapeake, mentioned in my previous answer as being active ... | |
| Oil & Gas Leases | 6/3/2011 |
| Q: I recently inherited a farm with mineral rights in Washita county TN8, R16W. I remember my dad ... A: One way to find information on your dad's lease would be to take a trip to the Washita County ... | |
| We've leased; what's next? | 6/2/2011 |
| Q: We have three properties in OK and two in Texas that we signed new 3 year leases for in the last six ... A: The lessee will not usually contact you as to the status of your lease, though it's not improper to ... | |
| Oil and Gas Lease | 4/29/2011 |
| Q: Just read a previous post from "Rick" (posted on 1/8/2010) which details a similar situation that my ... A: If the probate/will had a "residual clause" that covered property not specifically mentioned in the ... | |
| Calculate Fractional Interest Given Net Acreage? | 4/28/2011 |
| Q: I was awarded 56.695% interest in a 1/16 of the N/2 of a 640ac tract. I know this amounts 11.339 net ... A: 11.339/320 = .03543, which in percentage format is 3.543%. 3.543% is the percentage of the N/2 that ... | |
| oil lease in North Dakota and producing well | 4/27/2011 |
| Q: I inherited mineral rights in two sections of Williams county in North Dakota (3 acres). They are: ... A: Did your predecessor in interest sign a lease with a "depth clause" for the Olson 15-36H? If so, ... | |
| oil &gas lease | 4/7/2011 |
| Q: We received an oil & gas lease offering $100 per acre in Jefferson County, OK, SE/4 NE/4 and NE/4 ... A: Not much going on in this area, though it is on top of an old oil field. I assume they are trying to ... | |
| Oil & gas lease | 3/21/2011 |
| Q: I own mineral right in the following areas in Bryan county Oklahoma. 38 net acres in Section 2, T7S, ... A: There's a lot of new leasing activity going on in Bryan County this year. RD Williams, a land ... | |
| Dewey County, Oklahoma Offer to Buy | 3/18/2011 |
| Q: My Mother recently received an offer to purchase her mineral rights in Dewey County, Oklahoma ... A: A sale to FerrellOil would not affect your mom's lease, though of course once she sold she would not ... | |
| Montana Royalty Deed Vs. Mineral Deed | 3/17/2011 |
| Q: and thank you in advance for donating your time and expertise to this site. My mineral rights are ... A: I always tell people to look at the language IN the deed to determine what "type" of deed it is, ... | |
| Post production expenses | 3/17/2011 |
| Q: I inherited a percentage of the mineral rights on some property. I signed a lease and a few years ... A: Probably not deductible, because you are only taxed on your net income, however I'd double check ... | |
| Mineral rights | 3/15/2011 |
| Q: My Father passed away 12 years ago and recently someone contacted a member of my family asking about ... A: Are you sure they were seeking to purchase the mineral rights? Perhaps they were just wanting to ... | |
| Oil & Gas Lease, Converse County Wyoming | 2/23/2011 |
| Q: Mr. Scott, I have recently been approached by a Cheyenne, Wyoming, energy land services company to ... A: I'm not as familiar with what the going rates are in Wyoming as I am in other states, but I can at ... | |
| Preservation of Beauty, View, and Privacy | 2/22/2011 |
| Q: I've recently been contacted by a company that secures leases for Calyx. I own part of the minerals ... A: It really depends on how "important" their drill site is as to how much "wiggle room" they will have ... | |
| Preservation of Beauty, View, and Privacy | 2/21/2011 |
| Q: I've recently been contacted by a company that secures leases for Calyx. I own part of the minerals ... A: It's true that you can't "prevent" them from drilling, and if you do not lease to them they will ... | |
| Wells in 22-11N-17W Evaluation | 2/11/2011 |
| Q: i have royalty on wells in 1-22h and 2-22h wondering if you could tell me the future on these wells ... A: You've got two pretty good wells there right now it looks like, though I only have production ... | |
| Oil, Gas, Mineral Rights | 2/9/2011 |
| Q: We have just been contacted by someone who wants to buy the oil and mineral rights of a small parcel ... A: Your section 17 is surrounded by producing wells on several sides, though none are what I'd call ... | |
| What do Lease Terms Mean? | 2/7/2011 |
| Q: I received a letter from a company in Oklahoma City representing Chesapeake Exploration with an ... A: "19-1N-3W" is short for Section 19, Township 1 North, Range 13 West of the Indian Meridian. The ... | |
| Value of Mineral Rights in Oklahoma | 2/6/2011 |
| Q: Recently sold mineral rights that were inherited in March 2006. Am trying to find cost basis ... A: 23-11N-23W is of course where Apache's magnificent Thetford 4-23H was recently completed, and I ... | |
| curing title as heirs to ND mineral rights | 2/4/2011 |
| Q: Sir, My extended family of 7 inherited 5 acres of mineral rights located in McKenzie Co. ND. ... A: It's likely the company has deposited the royalty payments that may be due your family into a ... | |
| Oil, Gas, Mineral Rights | 2/3/2011 |
| Q: We have just been contacted by someone who wants to buy the oil and mineral rights of a small parcel ... A: Check around before agreeing to sell at that price would be my first thought. Since you didn't ... | |
| leasing terms and prices in marshall county, oklahoma | 1/12/2011 |
| Q: Myself and other family members appear to be inheriting some oil and gas minerals from some deceased ... A: I checked the recent leasing activity in Marshall County, Oklahoma with a couple of sources. ... | |
| work in gas fields of PA | 1/11/2011 |
| Q: Frederick: I have a forestry consulting business in PA which is floundering after 15 years. I have ... A: Steve, I doubt anyone on the drill site would be able to hire you for site reclamation, but if you ... | |
| Fair Value | 1/9/2011 |
| Q: I'm hoping that you can help me with the current market value for oil and gas leases as well as the ... A: In 9N-16W I'd ask for between $1500/acre and $2500/acre, 3/16, and three years for a lease. To sell? ... | |
| sell mineral rightsat fair value | 1/5/2011 |
| Q: I own 6.45 mineral acres in the JA Chireno A17 area in Nacogdoches Texas which I am interested in ... A: With "only" 6.45 acres to sell, I'd suggest you sell at least five of them. Most buyers will want at ... | |
| Deed Question | 1/3/2011 |
| Q: Frederick, I don't know if I asked you this before, but when we bought our property back in 1993 in ... A: I can direct you to my website for some information on PENNSYLVANIA reservations of this nature, ... | |
| Royalty Owner Information | 12/17/2010 |
| Q: Is there a way to verify the royalty interest of an individual in Converse County Wyoming? A: The deed granting the individual the royalty interest should be filed of record in the county ... | |
| Claiming Abandoned Mineral Rights in North Dakota | 12/16/2010 |
| Q: My siblings and I inherited mineral rights in ND 20 years ago. Now the land owners want it claimed ... A: An attorney can help you with drafting and recording the statement of claim in North Dakota, and ... | |
| Who has the drilling rights under my land? | 12/15/2010 |
| Q: I recentl purchased a house on Plantation E.,Burleson, Jounson County, Texas. I purchased the ... A: If the mineral rights are not currently leased then YOU are the owner of the drilling rights, and as ... | |
| Oil and Gas lease terms | 12/14/2010 |
| Q: We recently received Oil and Gas Lease documents for our family ranch in Montana with terms: -5 year ... A: The five-year portion is called the "primary term." When the primary term expires, your lease will ... | |
| Oil and Gas Lease in Payne County | 12/5/2010 |
| Q: I was just contacted by Calyx to lease some land that my sisters and I inherited from our ... A: 1. Whether it's fair or not (and I don't know for sure) they are the only company leasing in this ... | |
| Offer to purchase in Beckham County | 12/3/2010 |
| Q: Recently recieved an offer to purchase minerals in Beckham County, Oklahoma. The offer was $4,000 ... A: I live in Beckham County, and am pretty familiar with the goings on in this part of western ... | |
| Activity in Stark County, ND | 12/1/2010 |
| Q: Back on 6-24-2010, you answered a question in which you included a leasing activity map for Stark ... A: Easily done. This map shows leasing activity from July 6 until November 2 of 2010. This is the most ... | |
| Payne County, OK | 11/30/2010 |
| Q: My father recently passed and we (siblings) have obtained his mineral rights on some property in ... A: Calyx Energy is drilling to the Mississippian formation in recent spacing and location exception ... | |
| oil and gas lease history | 11/21/2010 |
| Q: My husband's family recently received letters and phone calls Re: a company to eventually negotiate ... A: It's probably just an affidavit of heirship they are asking them to sign. No big deal. They are just ... | |
| Oil and Gas Royalty | 11/20/2010 |
| Q: I have found a deed of royalty that my husbands mother had in her papers. It is in her name and 2 of ... A: There isn't much going on in Garfield County, MT as far as I can tell. I doubt mineral rights there ... | |
| Production checks | 11/12/2010 |
| Q: How long does the oil companies have after being notified that they are sending you production ... A: I once waited about nine months to get a division order on a new well, and it was a month after that ... | |
| Marcellus Gas Rights Lease/Sale | 11/4/2010 |
| Q: Hey there. I own 60 acres in Southwestern PA near the border with WV. Folks in my area were ... A: Well first off, congratulation for not leasing for $5 a few years ago. Lease prices are quite a bit ... | |
| oil & gas royalties | 11/3/2010 |
| Q: My grandmother passed nearly 10 yrs ago and her royalties from a oil well is being suspended because ... A: In order to get her money out of suspense, you'll ultimately need to do whatever the company (or ... | |
| oil/gas lease in Washita co. OK | 11/2/2010 |
| Q: Is $1000/acre, 3 years, 3/16 royalty a fair deal for mineral lease at location: Section 16-10N-19W, ... A: Chesapeake seems to be the only one leasing in your section, though there are several other ... | |
| Pennsylvania Unleased Mineral Owner | 11/1/2010 |
| Q: I am a landowner of 178 acres in Braford County Pa. The former property had a clause in the deal ... A: If the well is drilled under Pennsylvania's conservation laws, and you do not sign a lease for your ... | |
| Selling Mineral Rights | 10/21/2010 |
| Q: I have 7.12 acres that the lease just expired on. They are in McKenzie county in North Dakota in ... A: 1. You can sell just your portion or fractional share of what the family owns. 2. I'd always get ... | |
| how far | 10/20/2010 |
| Q: I've heard that the oil activity will never get as far east along highway 2 as Berthold...is that ... A: Unlikely they will renegotiate with you on the extension, and they don't need your signature or ... | |
| How to Contact a Lessee to Lease Minerals | 10/4/2010 |
| Q: My close friend owns oil and mineral rights in Springfield, Co, wants to lease them but lacks the ... A: You can check the county courthouse records for leases that have been filed by oil companies in the ... | |
| Landowner Rights When Oil Company Wants to Drill | 9/30/2010 |
| Q: Sir, I'm an active duty Marine with three tours to Iraq and about to do a fourth to afghanistan. ... A: Oil companies usually try to reach agreements with the surface owner, even if the surface owner ... | |
| Researching ownership without knowledge of location | 9/29/2010 |
| Q: My aunt owns mineral rights in some states but suffers from dementia and cannot remember where. (We ... A: If you know the county or counties where she likely owns minerals you can probably check the ... | |
| mineral rights sale in Dewey County OK | 9/27/2010 |
| Q: I have been contacted by Ferrell Oil with an offer to by my 40 mineral acres which is under 3/16 ... A: I think the reason they came up in price is because Devon Energy plans to drill a well there in the ... | |
| mineral rights sale in Dewey County OK | 9/25/2010 |
| Q: I have been contacted by Ferrell Oil with an offer to by my 40 mineral acres which is under 3/16 ... A: Ferrell has been doing a lot of buying up in Dewey County this year it seems. 16N-14W is one of the ... | |
| Mountrail County, ND | 9/24/2010 |
| Q: My mother received an offer from Copperhead Corp to lease her mineral rights to 6.5 acres in Section ... A: I just recommended sending the draft AND the lease through your bank in order to prevent the lessee ... | |
| Mineral Rights | 9/23/2010 |
| Q: My mother inherited "mineral rights" in Montrail County North Dakota. What are mineral rights? and ... A: Mineral rights, in your mother's case, are the rights to the oil and gas and other "subsurface" ... | |
| oil &gas lease/ mineral rights | 9/19/2010 |
| Q: I purchased land on a foreclosure thought the bank, the previous owner lease the oil and gas rights. ... A: If you bought the land AND the minerals from the bank, then you would be the beneficiary of the oil ... | |
| Dewey County mineral rights | 9/18/2010 |
| Q: I received a letter from Ferrell Oil Co., L.L.C. offering to buy mineral rights in Section 23, ... A: You could of course ask Ferrell, as they apparently think you own some. Alternatively you could ... | |
| Anadarko Woodford Lease Prices | 9/3/2010 |
| Q: My sisters and I own almost 60 acres of mineral rights in Dewey County, Oklahoma, in Sections 19 & ... A: Production info will usually be available around six months after a well is completed. An operator ... | |
| Lease offer | 8/31/2010 |
| Q: We own 75 acres of mineral, mol in Sec. 5-T6N-R24E Laflore Co., OK. We recently received a 3-year ... A: No leases have been filed yet for this area so this tells me that any leasing activity there is ... | |
| shut in wells in custer co., ok & activity in washita co., ok | 8/30/2010 |
| Q: (1) I have mineral interest in 19-12n-16w in Custer County, Ok. There were 2 producing wells on the ... A: The Meacham 2-19 operated by NBI Services, Ind. resumed production in January of this year, as did ... | |
| How to know what fair market value is for oil lease | 8/25/2010 |
| Q: What is the best way to find out what the true value of leasing land for oil rights is in North ... A: Valuing mineral rights for leasing is similar in many ways to valuing them for selling. The market ... | |
| North Dakota Leasing Question | 8/24/2010 |
| Q: I own mineral rights with family members on the same piece of property in North Dakota (I own the ... A: If your current lessee commences to drill a well before your current lease expires then you will be ... | |
| Fair offer for Mountrail ND Gas/Oil lease? | 8/21/2010 |
| Q: I have received an oil and gas lease for mineral rights in Mountrail County, North Dakota. I've ... A: I'm not familiar with that area so would do the same research you've already done in order to find ... | |
| North Dakota Leasing Question | 8/17/2010 |
| Q: I own mineral rights with family members on the same piece of property in North Dakota (I own the ... A: You can sign with whomever you please. You do not have to sign with the same company as the family ... | |
| Can I cancel a signed top-lease | 8/15/2010 |
| Q: I recently signed an oil and gas lease that will become effective 9/19/2010 after the current lease ... A: To answer your question as to whether you can cancel, in this case the answer is probably "no." Once ... | |
| oil and gas lease Duchesne Co. UT | 8/13/2010 |
| Q: I own 75 acres out at the SE/4 NW/4 Section 34, 3S-4W, Duchesne Co. UT. Known as Rocky Point ... A: I really don't know much about Utah activity, but didn't want to reject your question entirely so ... | |
| Leasing Activity Washita County Oklahoma Sec 11-T8N-417W | 8/12/2010 |
| Q: A lease on this property expires this month of which I have 30 acres mineral rights. Is there any ... A: I assume you meant 8N-17W, not 417W. There is very little leasing activity currently in that whole ... | |
| Oil & Gas Mineral Rights | 7/28/2010 |
| Q: We have recently been approached by Ferrell Oil Co LLC to sell mineral rights on 160 acres (all of ... A: Harold, I pulled your question off the "pool" of questions rejected by other experts for one ... | |
| Mineral Rights | 7/24/2010 |
| Q: My mother, now deceased, was one of 8 heirs to some mineral rights over 160 acres in Converse ... A: The fact that they're apparently wanting to re-lease some of the heirs before their current lease ... | |
| Oil and Gas Paid-up Lease | 7/15/2010 |
| Q: I am mineral right's owner of E/2 of Sec. 15, T20N, R04E (22.4 acres) in Payne County, OK. About 3 ... A: With 22 acres, and in an area without too much current drilling activity, I'd say it's not worth an ... | |
| Mineral deed Mckenzie Cty North Dakota | 7/14/2010 |
| Q: My family has two mineral deeds in township 152 range 96w section 5. I've been told that they are ... A: How old are the mineral deeds? If mineral rights are not "utilized" for a period of 20 years by the ... | |
| lease offer, Bottineau CO. ND | 7/13/2010 |
| Q: Scott - Had an offer to lease 41 net min acres in Bottineau Co. Twp 162 N, R 75 W. Term 5 yrs, ... A: It is a pretty unexplored area. I agree that a 3+2 lease and 3/16 or so royalty might be a good ... | |
| ND Mineral rights lease offer Royalities | 7/11/2010 |
| Q: So I received a lease agreement from a resource company. My family owns the mineral rights to 160 ... A: Sherri, you can't expect to get what the government got for its minerals, though I do think those ... | |
| PA Lease Problems | 6/25/2010 |
| Q: I own about 16.5 acres in S.W. Pennsylvania which has become a Marcellus Shale hot bed. In very ... A: Unless your lease with the first company specifically required the company to drill during the ... | |
| North Dakota OGL Offer | 6/24/2010 |
| Q: I was recently solicited for oil and gas leases in Stark County 40 acres Township 137 North Range 96 ... A: I'm not that familiar with lease bonus rates in this area, but I can guess they wouldn't be very ... | |
| Oil and gas lease | 6/8/2010 |
| Q: My wife was offered a $200/acre bonus, 3/16 royalty, 3 year lease to lease her mineral rights in ... A: $250 is probably about the going rate in the township for private leases, if not a little better. ... | |
| Permits and spud dates | 6/2/2010 |
| Q: Scott I have a quick question, do you know where I would be able to obtain the average time between ... A: In North Dakota, drilling permits expire after one year unless renewed by the applicant. Expiration ... | |
| Sam W Australia | 6/1/2010 |
| Q: I was reading an article from 4/09 it caught my interest because I also have rights to The same ... A: We are not provided with the questioner's email addresses so I can not provide you with Sam's ... | |
| Missaukee County, Michigan Leasing | 5/31/2010 |
| Q: Mick, Thanks for taking my question. We own 160 "severed" mineral rights acres in Missaukee county, ... A: Dry holes can always be redrilled at slightly different depths or locations and thus can become ... | |
| Missaukee County, Michigan Leasing | 5/29/2010 |
| Q: Mick, Thanks for taking my question. We own 160 "severed" mineral rights acres in Missaukee county, ... A: As you probably know, most of the current activity in your part of Michigan is to the north in ... | |
| Ellis County Lease Offer | 5/10/2010 |
| Q: According to the paperwork, N/2NE/4, Section 18, Township 19 North, Range 22 West, 80 acres. Ellis ... A: It probably is an undivided interest, which means simply that you and your three sisters share ... | |
| An ORI in Uintah County, UT | 4/28/2010 |
| Q: I inherited some items passed down from my Great Grandfather, one of which is an ORI on a US Oil and ... A: There is no current production for the legal descriptions you provided. "T" is short for "Township" ... | |
| Sell or Lease? | 4/25/2010 |
| Q: I'm writing to inquiry about property located at Section 20, T09North, R18West Washita County, ... A: Jodie, there has been a "tad" of recent leasing activity in one of the surrounding sections (Section ... | |
| Bryan County, OK | 4/21/2010 |
| Q: Frederick, We are dealing with R.D. Williams in reagards to some leases in Bryan County which is in ... A: Section 26 was force-pooled for $400 per acre in August of 2008. A pretty nice oil well (5000 ... | |
| Question about whether natural gas is legally considered a mineral in the state of Pennsylvania | 4/18/2010 |
| Q: I've just discovered that my grandparents retained the rights to "oil, coal and other minerals" when ... A: Based on the phrase "oil, coal and other minerals" it would also be my opinion that your ... | |
| Inherited Minerals Confirmation | 4/17/2010 |
| Q: I recently found a letter indicating my mother owned 3/16 interest in a oil and gas leas on some ... A: If your mother owns minerals in 14-17N-1E, the documents proving it would likely be filed in the ... | |
| Lessee Communication | 4/15/2010 |
| Q: Scott My Husband leased minerals rights to an oil company last year and we have not heard back from ... A: Though it is frustrating, especially for out-of-state owners, it is not common for the lessee to ... | |
| Lease offer for oil and gas | 4/12/2010 |
| Q: We received an offer from Contex Energy Company based out of Dickinson, ND. Here is a brief of the ... A: Your minerals seem to be in an area where there's not much current activity at all. No permits, no ... | |
| Payne County, OK Lease Offer | 4/9/2010 |
| Q: Mr. Scott, you recently responded to my brother Bruce inquiry about a renewal lease offer he and I ... A: Bob, you can view any lease that has been filed by going to the county courthouse. You can make a ... | |
| Gas Lease | 4/9/2010 |
| Q: Ten years ago, we signed on with East Resources for $2.00 an acre on 187 acre farm in Bradford ... A: I don't believe that Pennsylvania has a statutory Pugh Clause, so you're out of luck there probably, ... | |
| Limited Time Rights Purchase | 4/5/2010 |
| Q: I have 69 acres in Beckham County (20-11N-22W) that are currently in the first year of a five year ... A: "Term" royalty or mineral deeds are actually not that uncommon. There's a lot of those offers going ... | |
| Sample Mineral Deed | 4/3/2010 |
| Q: Mr. Scott, I want to buy oil/gas rights from my neighbor who wants to sell, and his rights are ... A: I am not an attorney and so cannot draft legal documents except on my own deals. However, there are ... | |
| Oil and gas lease | 4/1/2010 |
| Q: I was told from a representative of an oil company that my owner decimal interest on my lease has ... A: You need to find out how many acres you own in the unit. The lessee should be able to tell you this. ... | |
| offer to purchase mineral rights | 3/23/2010 |
| Q: I have been offered from a gas and oil company the purchase of all my mineral rights in Texas. ... A: The best way to "verify" what your mineral rights are worth in today's market is to get offers from ... | |
| Oil/Mineral Lease | 3/22/2010 |
| Q: My brother and I were recently contacted by Pacer Energy LLC on behalf of Marathon Oil Co. informing ... A: You might try the NARO message boards for an attorney, or tips from other mineral owners in the ... | |
| Heirship Question | 3/21/2010 |
| Q: When the Lessor is husband and wife jointly, and when both die, does the lease nd royalties ... A: Not automatically. It depends on whether they have a will or not. If there's no will directing how ... | |
| Dewey Co. OK lease offer | 3/13/2010 |
| Q: I received an offer from Gateway Land Services of Ok.City to lease 12.9833 net mineral acres in ... A: There is probably more than one "Gateway" and I really don't think the Gateway that contacted you is ... | |
| Lease non payment | 3/12/2010 |
| Q: My sister and I approximately 2 1/2 years ago signed a oil and gas lease on 100 acres in West ... A: I'd say you have a case. You may have to prove that you weren't paid to the current lessee, who ... | |
| Top Lease Bonus | 3/10/2010 |
| Q: I received a proposal for a Top Lease on property I own that's currently under lease to another ... A: It is typical, and no, it would not be practical to insist on 100% of the bonus up front. Your ... | |
| $5000/per acre Beckham County OK | 3/9/2010 |
| Q: Section 3-11N-R21W Beckham County, Oklahoma. I own approx 40 acres of mineral acres in the above ... A: Interesting. I've actually not seen an offer from an oil company offering to both lease the minerals ... | |
| Leases in Reeves and Montgomery Counties, TX | 3/8/2010 |
| Q: Sir we have two pieces of land that we have leased the mineral rights out and we have not heard ... A: I would guess many years to drill an oil and gas well is more likely than "a year or so." However ... | |
| Fairness of Lease Offer | 3/7/2010 |
| Q: The 640 acres of land is in Williams County ND. Description is Township 158 North Range 103 West ... A: 1. You presume incorrectly in the first part of your question. A well can be drilled without all ... | |
| Lease Extension Offer | 3/6/2010 |
| Q: In Dewey County, Oklahoma section 9,16,17,20,and 28 of 16N-14W I own mineral rights that are ... A: Not a bad deal in my opinion. The fact that they want a lease extension nearly a year before your ... | |
| Top Lease Offer in Dewey County, OK: 2-17N-15W | 3/2/2010 |
| Q: I recently received a letter from Ferrell Oil Co. They are located in Oklahoma City Ok. They want to ... A: Your legal description is missing the "Township" (the number between the T and the N) but I can tell ... | |
| Surface Use Issues | 2/26/2010 |
| Q: Each member of my family owns an undivided 1/5 interest of the oil rights located in section 29 (80 ... A: Hyrum, as you may or may not know, the mineral estate is still considered the "dominant" estate, ... | |
| Divide County, ND Lease | 2/25/2010 |
| Q: I own 25 mineral acres in Divide County, North Dakota. Recently I was contacted by a land manager to ... A: If you hold off leasing you risk that you will get no bonus or royalty at all. Just because they are ... | |
| Washita County, OK Offer | 2/25/2010 |
| Q: I own mineral rights in Washita county OK. We inherited them from relatives several years ago. They ... A: Jon, I think a minimum of $600/acre and 3/16 royalty would be in order for this area, though it ... | |
| Whether to participate in drilling or sell | 2/24/2010 |
| Q: An OK company requests I select: 1) participate with my interest in drilling of a test well and ... A: Tia, companies commonly include AFE's in their lease offers. They are not necessarily trying to ... | |
| Divide County, ND Lease | 2/22/2010 |
| Q: I own 25 mineral acres in Divide County, North Dakota. Recently I was contacted by a land manager to ... A: Lyle, the state and federal government have a LOT more minerals, and thus bargaining power than most ... | |
| Value of mineral rights at timeof inheritance | 2/20/2010 |
| Q: I am working on my 2009 taxes. My husband sold his mineral rights in Blaine County, Oklahoma in ... A: Your best bet for an accurate valuation would be to contact a mineral appraiser I would think, since ... | |
| Leases in Reeves and Montgomery Counties, TX | 2/19/2010 |
| Q: Sir we have two pieces of land that we have leased the mineral rights out and we have not heard ... A: It's not uncommon for lessors (the mineral owners) to not know when or if their lessee plans to ... | |
| Tarrant County, TX | 1/18/2010 |
| Q: We own mineral rights for some acreage in Tarrant and Brewster Counties, both in TX. These mineral ... A: Lori, If you have the original deeds, the locations should be listed on the deeds, in the form of a ... | |
| Section 12 of producer 88 lease | 1/14/2010 |
| Q: I need some advice pertaining to Section 12 of the "Producer 88" oil and gas lease dealing with ... A: Unitization benefits the mineral/royalty owner in that (as you said) it allows recovery of minerals ... | |
| Carter County, OK | 1/13/2010 |
| Q: My grandmother passes away almost4 years ago. Thanksgiving 2009 I found out that RD Williams want to ... A: You could start by filing an affidavit of heirship in Texas and having copies filed in Oklahoma. It ... | |
| Section 12 of producer 88 lease | 1/12/2010 |
| Q: I need some advice pertaining to Section 12 of the "Producer 88" oil and gas lease dealing with ... A: There really is no standard "Producer's 88" lease, so a paragraph 12 on one lease is not necessarily ... | |
| Mineral Deeds and Future Foreclosures | 1/11/2010 |
| Q: Mr. Scott, I am buying up mineral and royalty deeds in Louisiana. If i buy a mineral/royalty deed ... A: In Louisiana, as you probably know, mineral rights are classified as a "servitude" which, if not ... | |
| 13-08N-19W Washita County, OK Lease Offer | 1/9/2010 |
| Q: Mick, First off, thanks for the valuable information/advice that you provide. It’s clear to me ... A: The fact that they want to extend it before it even expires may mean they plan to drill a well ... | |
| ND Participation Penalty | 1/8/2010 |
| Q: My wife and her family are heirs to 20 acres worth of mineral rights in Divide county North Dakota. ... A: Rick, It looks like I misquoted the ND Statutes. It does in fact read "16 percent"; which would in ... | |
| Inherited mineral rights | 1/7/2010 |
| Q: I recently found out from an energy company that my wife inherited mineral rights in Mountrail ... A: Paul, they are telling you that they think your wife owns 8.99 mineral acres of a 320-acre tract ... | |
| ND Participation Penalty | 1/6/2010 |
| Q: My wife and her family are heirs to 20 acres worth of mineral rights in Divide county North Dakota. ... A: I would not bother opposing the risk penalty at the hearing. 50% is not a very big penalty for one ... | |
| Purchasing 50% Interest in Oil Well | 1/5/2010 |
| Q: I'm interested in purchasing 50% working interest in an oil well in Carter County, Oklahoma, and I ... A: Tim, the fact that this well is not currently producing worries me. How much are you paying for this ... | |
| Royalty | 1/3/2010 |
| Q: If you have more then one line or leg (I am not sure what the correct term is) coming into/on your ... A: The mineral owner will be paid his or her proportionate share of the lease production no matter how ... | |
| Williams County, ND Lease | 1/2/2010 |
| Q: Can you tell me anything about oil lease values for Williams County North Dakota: Township 158 ... A: Your minerals are definitely in a producing area of the county, though I'm not sure how hot it is ... | |
| Forced Pooling | 12/12/2009 |
| Q: How can I find out if any of my leases are in the forced pooling data base. If yes how can I find ... A: Jay, I don't use the Oklahoma Corporation Commission's site much because I subscribe to pay sites ... | |
| Forced Pooling | 12/11/2009 |
| Q: How can I find out if any of my leases are in the forced pooling data base. If yes how can I find ... A: Jay, check with your state's oil and gas regulatory body. In Oklahoma, it would be the Oklahoma ... | |
| Tarrant County, TX Lease Offer | 12/10/2009 |
| Q: My brother and I have been sent contracts and checks by a landman in TX regarding a lease by an OKLA ... A: Kathleen, sorry to be a few days in answering. Holidays and all. To answer your questions: 1. The ... | |
| Jefferson County, OK Lease Offer | 12/8/2009 |
| Q: My brother and I own the mineral rights to 160 net mineral acres in Jefferson County, OK. SW/4 ... A: Lawana, $125/acre and 3/16 is about right for the area. There are currently no rigs setting up or ... | |
| When Does a Lease with no Production Expire? | 12/7/2009 |
| Q: I own some of the minerals in a quarter of land in Bottineau County, ND, under an October 2008 ... A: David, if it comes down to a fight, it would ultimately be up to a court to determine whether your ... | |
| Williams County, ND Lease | 12/4/2009 |
| Q: what is the present going rate per acre? township 156 North Range 96 west.i have seen the blm sales ... A: Konner, bonus amounts in the most recent BLM lease auction ranged from $600/acre in Section 18 to ... | |
| Lease offer for oil and gas in Mountrail ND | 12/3/2009 |
| Q: I have recently inherited some property in Mountrail ND, and have been contacted by a lawyer ... A: Chris, short answer is no, $95 per acre does not seem average for the area. It seems pretty darn low ... | |
| O&G lease renewal | 11/30/2009 |
| Q: I am a landowner with a 5 year oil and gas lease on 3,000 net mineral acres in Emery County, Utah. ... A: David, I'm not familiar with production or leasing bonus amounts in Utah unfortunately, but I've ... | |
| Beckham County, OK Mineral Offer | 11/27/2009 |
| Q: We were recently contacted by a land broker by phone concerning property left in our grandmothers ... A: Likely the reason you were contacted is because there is a good deal of activity in this area. Often ... | |
| oil lease | 11/19/2009 |
| Q: I have mineral rights to 13 acres (1/6 of family's inheritance) in Mountrail County ND. S3 T157N ... A: Mike, while I'm not "super familiar" with lease bonus amounts in the area where your minerals are, I ... | |
| Question on Oil, Gas and Coalbed Methane Lease | 11/18/2009 |
| Q: we have been presented with a lease to consider which will be for a non-surface, paid-up lease ... A: Andrea, likely they will not "rewrite" the lease in "layman's terms" for you. This is not to be ... | |
| Leasing in SE Washita County, OK | 11/16/2009 |
| Q: I have 80 acres under lease [ SE Washita County] that expires in Feb 2010. Section 15 What should I ... A: Lawrence, I would think in that area that buyers will have differing opinions as to their worth. ... | |
| Leasing in SE Washita County, OK | 11/15/2009 |
| Q: I have 80 acres under lease [ SE Washita County] that expires in Feb 2010. Section 15 What should I ... A: Lawrence, you didn't give me a legal description, which I would have preferred, but my guess for SE ... | |
| Fair Market Value of Mineral Interest | 11/14/2009 |
| Q: Scott: I am preparing my mother's Inventory, Appraisal and List of Claims for court. She has ... A: Robert, I would hire a mineral appraiser if you can find one. Most major oil producing states have ... | |
| Lease Offer Mountrail County, ND | 11/13/2009 |
| Q: I just received an offer for an oil lease of mineral rights I did not know I owned (!) in Mountrail ... A: Judy, I think your husband, or relative, Mike just asked me this same question recently, so ifyou ... | |
| Reserving Mineral Rights | 11/11/2009 |
| Q: In North Dakota Montrail County, If you sell a track of land do the oil and mineral rights ... A: In most (if not all) states you must specifically reserve the minerals on the deed if you wish to ... | |
| Oil & Gas Lease in Washita County | 11/2/2009 |
| Q: My family and I have been approached by a company that wants to lease the mineral rights for N/2 ... A: Marti, I'm really not too familiar with leases in this area these days, though I can tell you that ... | |
| Gaines County, TX Lease Offer | 9/17/2009 |
| Q: Frederick, I inheritated a mineral lease (60 acres in Gaines County Tx.) from my mother who passed ... A: Ed, with "no experience whatsoever", and owning potentially 60 mineral acres, I would really suggest ... | |
| Washita County, OK Offer | 9/15/2009 |
| Q: I was contacted by phone from a broker with Red Sky Land on behalf of Chesapeake Oil. He made a ... A: Dennis, Frankly, in that part of Oklahoma these days, it doesn't sound like a horrible offer, but ... | |
| Ratification of lease and authorization of pooling with separate tracts clause | 9/9/2009 |
| Q: We have received a Ratification of Oil, Gas and Mineral Lease and authorization of pooling with ... A: Mary Ann, I believe they are asking you to sign this because you own a non-participating royalty ... | |
| Downside to waiting for exploration results? | 9/2/2009 |
| Q: Mr. Scott: My widowed mother has mineral rights to my father’s family farm, now owned by someone ... A: David, most of the recent permitting activity that I was ABLE to find(by far) is several miles south ... | |
| Division Order | 9/1/2009 |
| Q: Mr. Scott, first I want to thank you in advance, and if you can help in anyway it would be ... A: Billy, as long as the division orders correctly reflect your interest in the wells they pertain to, ... | |
| Reservation of Overriding Royalty in Lease From Life Tenant | 8/18/2009 |
| Q: Scott, Here's the scenario: R has a remainder interest in fee simple to a tract of land, subject ... A: Gee Wes, this kind of sounds like a test question! I think "A" would get 1/8 of the lessee's gross ... | |
| Pugh Clause | 8/15/2009 |
| Q: Mr. Scott, My parents leased out there land some time ago and it has a small producing oil well on ... A: Mike, unless North Dakota has a statutory Pugh Clause (many states do) then I'm afraid you're out of ... | |
| Info on gas drilling in Northern PA | 8/13/2009 |
| Q: We own a sizable piece of property at the top of a mountain in Northern PA and have been hounded by ... A: Kathy, in Oklahoma you can go before the Corporation Commission to protest a pooling, or a drilling ... | |
| Mineral Deed and Probate | 8/2/2009 |
| Q: Scott: Here is the present dilemma: A local lawyer in Oklahoma drew up a Mineral Quit Claim Deed ... A: Rita, though probate is not required legally, most companies will insist on it if the description in ... | |
| Tangiapahoa Parish Leasing | 7/21/2009 |
| Q: Mr. Scott My family has ~140 acres in North Tangiapahoa parish 70444. About 9 months there was lots ... A: Nathan, as far as I know, that part of Louisiana is pretty much "dead" right now. NW LA is where the ... | |
| Selling Mineral Rights | 7/20/2009 |
| Q: Mr. Scott, My sister and I own some mineral rights in Section 35 and 36, Township 13 North, Range ... A: Steven, if Devon has leased these rights from you and your sister, then apparently title is in your ... | |
| "Paid-Up" Oil and gas lease | 7/5/2009 |
| Q: I was contacted by a petroleum land service company about leasing mineral rights to land in OK owned ... A: Mike, you should have taken the draft to your bank and deposited it for collection from their bank. ... | |
| Cleveland County, OK Lease Offer | 7/4/2009 |
| Q: I just received a phone call from a landman with MGH Management, LLC in Edmond, Oklahoma. Mr. W. ... A: Sharon, without the "legal description" (which I request all people send me when asking a question) ... | |
| Mineral rights to land in Wyoming County PA | 6/30/2009 |
| Q: I have been contacted by the current land owner of property in Wycoming County PA that was ... A: Pat, if your relative properly reserved the mineral rights when he conveyed the surface, then the ... | |
| ROW & Royalties | 6/29/2009 |
| Q: I purchased my grandparents' property in Bradford County, PA--48.88 acres. 22.57 acres are within a ... A: Deb, assuming your documents were sufficient to convince the company that your grandparent's ... | |
| Valuation of Royalty Interests in WY & MT | 6/24/2009 |
| Q: I am looking for a resource(s) to provide estate valuations of oil and natural gas royalty interests ... A: Tom, best bet is to find a "certified mineral appraiser" though they are few and far between it ... | |
| Oil and Gas Lease questions | 6/10/2009 |
| Q: I would so appreciate your expertise on a matter regarding an oil and gas lease on property located ... A: Linda, with such a small acreage you really don't have MUCH bargaining power, but as long as there's ... | |
| Gas & Oil Attorney / Pittsburg Cty, OK | 6/9/2009 |
| Q: I have inherited gas/oil leases in Pittsburg County, OK, but live in San Antonio, TX. I am having a ... A: Judy, I am not an attorney, but I would say that if the decedent lived in Oklahoma at the time of ... | |
| how many acres in an oil well foot print in michigan | 6/8/2009 |
| Q: I hope you can help me or send me in the right diretion to get the answer to my question. How many ... A: Judy, "spacing units" for oil wells can range from 10 acres to 160 acres or more. Shallow wells have ... | |
| GAS LEASE IN LOGANSPORT, LA | 6/7/2009 |
| Q: I signed a gas(mineral) lease 3 yrs ago and it had an opeion for renewal by co for 2 more years.they ... A: Althea, sometimes a "bird in the hand is better than two in the bush" as the old saying goes...and ... | |
| Purchase mother's gas royalties | 6/5/2009 |
| Q: My sister and I will be purchasing my mother's gas royalties and want to transfer ownership/title. ... A: Diane, if you're just purchasing a "royalty interest" rather than the minerals themselves, then no, ... | |
| Leasing Mineral Rights | 6/3/2009 |
| Q: There are a couple of oil companies duking it out in my area. I have been approached by Carlysle ... A: Vicki, the phrase relating to "as long thereafter" is common to most leases and is no big deal. The ... | |
| Tax liability on sale of mineral leases | 6/2/2009 |
| Q: My husband and I own mineral rights on 20 acres in Oklahoma. We live in Texas, though I don't think ... A: Jan, I would check with your tax adviser, but it's my opinion that the proceeds would definitely be ... | |
| oil gas mineral lease | 5/29/2009 |
| Q: was approached today from an independent contractor title co,he said and he represents munoco ... A: Debra, without doing some in-depth research, I really can't speak for that area of Arkansas. ... | |
| How to get to the bottom of what we own. | 5/5/2009 |
| Q: I could probably write a 6 page letter with questions. I am looking through old family documents to ... A: Valerie, an abstracter will charge you to look at their records, and also would be happy to "build ... | |
| Determining Mineral Ownership From Old Deed | 5/4/2009 |
| Q: I happened to come across some things of my father's and am wondering how to check them out. He ... A: Leonie, though your father at one time appears to have owned some sort of interest in a well in ... | |
| oil and gas lease renegotiation | 5/3/2009 |
| Q: I hope you can help, Ok my mother in law signed a lease with a company 2 yeas ago, one year and a ... A: Debra, your mother-in-laws heirs are probably out-of-luck as to being able to renegotiate the lease. ... | |
| ratification of oil and gas lease | 5/1/2009 |
| Q: I want to purchase a small lot that the owner signed a ratification of oil and gas lease that is ... A: Elizabeth, if the owner of the lot also owns the minerals under the lot, and the deed granting you ... | |
| How to get to the bottom of what we own. | 4/29/2009 |
| Q: I could probably write a 6 page letter with questions. I am looking through old family documents to ... A: Valerie, I agree that it is best to "know what you own." I also realize a lot of folks have no idea ... | |
| No Cost s / Division Orders | 4/16/2009 |
| Q: I have just received Division orders for a gas well producing in my pool. I have already found an ... A: Rob, Texas statutes are somewhat ambiguous in that on the one hand they say that a division order ... | |
| Seismic survey | 4/14/2009 |
| Q: Had seismic survey was done on my property a couple months ago,is there anyway to get the seismic ... A: William, the results of seismic surveys are proprietary information unless you have an agreement ... | |
| Gas Properties Title Issue | 4/13/2009 |
| Q: I need help with a gas properties title issue. My half sibling and I were given gas royalty shares ... A: Mesha, in order to determine if the wells are still producing, or when they stopped producing, and ... | |
| mineral rights in Montrail County, ND | 4/12/2009 |
| Q: I have inherited mineral rights from my father and aunt who in turn inherited them from their ... A: Christina, I would not sell your minerals to anyone without getting more than one offer; especially ... | |
| North Dakota Lease Offer | 4/3/2009 |
| Q: I live in Australia and have found out recently my siblings and I together with other family members ... A: Sam, first off, I would not advise her participation in the well. Let the oil company take the risk! ... | |
| North Dakota Lease Offer | 4/2/2009 |
| Q: I live in Australia and have found out recently my siblings and I together with other family members ... A: Sam, I have heard of the company, but know nothing about them good or bad. It is probably not a ... | |
| Gas lease | 4/1/2009 |
| Q: We signed with a gas company before the prices went sky high and like many people feel we got ... A: Toni, while you may have gotten "ripped off" it would not be simply because you leased at the then ... | |
| How to Price Minerals for Sale | 3/29/2009 |
| Q: I HAVE APPROXIMATELY 600 ACRES IN THE HAYNESVILLE SHALE IN BOSSIER CITY AND SHREVEPORT LA. I HAVE ... A: Warren, for the ones that are leased, a rule-of-thumb would be to ask for three times the lease ... | |
| ownership of FLOWERS #1-15,beaver,co,ok | 3/28/2009 |
| Q: I inherited a small part in the FLOWERS natural gas production some years ago. In 2000 I received a ... A: Blanche, "more detailed" info would indeed have been helpful, especially the "legal description." ... | |
| marcellus shale gas lease | 3/27/2009 |
| Q: Range Resource is refusing to pay an up-front amount on our gas lease. They will pay the amount over ... A: Harv, my suggestion would be to see an attorney on this matter. I'm assuming they had agreed to pay ... | |
| Forced pooling | 3/26/2009 |
| Q: What is forced pooling? How does the gas company get away with forced pooling? Is it fair? A: Bill, “Forced Pooling” means that under state law (in states that allow forced-pooling) the oil ... | |
| surface owner rights | 3/19/2009 |
| Q: my husband and i along with his sister and her husbamd owns a farm of 70 acres,(inherited by their ... A: Brenda, since you agree that you are not the mineral owners, it may help to know that the "mineral ... | |
| Gas lease while purchasing property with land contract | 3/18/2009 |
| Q: My wife and I are currently purchasing property with a Land Contract, where the owner holds the deed ... A: Keith, if only the land is owned, then neither you nor the current landowner can sign the gas lease ... | |
| Considerations when owning only a percentage of mineral rights | 3/16/2009 |
| Q: Due to multiple generations of inheritance, I own percentages in mineral rights (for example, 0.29% ... A: Will, some mineral owners will put "land" clauses in their leases even if they don't own the land, ... | |
| Considerations when owning only a percentage of mineral rights | 3/14/2009 |
| Q: Due to multiple generations of inheritance, I own percentages in mineral rights (for example, 0.29% ... A: Will, if you own any minerals in a proposed drilling unit, then it's always helpful to have these ... | |
| Landman Fee for Lease Negotiation | 3/10/2009 |
| Q: I'm in Lewisville Texas. Recently contacted by Cherokee Horn to sign lease. I contacted a friend ... A: Brandon, I'm not sure if you meant 5% or .5%. .5% would be hardly anything and so that would be a ... | |
| La Laws and MInerals | 3/9/2009 |
| Q: About to go do some research in Louisiana concerning royalty interest for my family. I am of the ... A: Kempe; short answer is yes, a royalty interest will "prescribe" (be extinguished) in 10 years, and ... | |
| North Dakota Lease Offer | 3/8/2009 |
| Q: I received a letter asking me to sign a lease for some land that I did not know I owned. Apparently ... A: Jim, likely it is not a "scam" but I'd attempt to find out the "going rate" for leases in the area ... | |
| Locating Mineral Owners | 3/7/2009 |
| Q: I purchased some property about 5 years ago with a home on it. I have a total of 28 acres and on ... A: Terry, the most accurate way to find out who owns the minerals under your land would be to visit the ... | |
| Fort Worth, TX Minerals | 3/6/2009 |
| Q: I own about 100 acres of mineral producing land in the Dallas/Fort Worth area and was wondering if ... A: Joseph, my first thought is to get offers from more than one buyer in order to establish the actual ... | |
| Types of Mineral Interest | 3/5/2009 |
| Q: I have a client who has numerous oil rights in various counties/states and we are trying to transfer ... A: Maggie, when a lease expires, the rights to produce the minerals revert back to the mineral owner, ... | |
| Obligation to Lease? | 3/4/2009 |
| Q: My friends owns 75% of the mineral rights to 160 acres. She had a five year lease expire a few ... A: Laura, it's possible that the company was aware of your friend's lease expiration, but chose not to ... | |
| drilling | 3/3/2009 |
| Q: My parents have property in PA. They ahve been approached by companies to lease the mineral rights. ... A: Linda, it's fairly common up there for attorneys to get groups of people together to negotiate as ... | |
| Intestate Succession | 1/30/2009 |
| Q: My grandmother owns mineral rights in Grady Co., Oklahoma. MyMy grandmother had two children, a son ... A: Renee, if your grandmother had no will, then her property would pass by the laws of "Intestate ... | |
| General inquiry in regard to minerals | 1/29/2009 |
| Q: Good morning: Some weeks ago, I was contacted by a "Land Man", who wanted to broker a deal between ... A: Lora, Chesapeake commonly hires landmen to buy leases for them. If he said he or his company had ... | |
| Drilling Horizontally? | 1/28/2009 |
| Q: I live in PA and I refuse to lease my property due to lease terms. There is a company that is ... A: Greg, if you don't lease but they want to drill anyway, and your minerals are included in the unit ... | |
| Power of Attorney | 1/27/2009 |
| Q: My grandmother is dead and my grandmother's power of attorney is still recieving money from my ... A: Lura, once your grandmother passed away, the power of attorney expired and is no longer valid. This ... | |
| Out of State probated will | 1/24/2009 |
| Q: Scott, Thank you for reviewing my question. My grandfather passed away leaving a probated will in ... A: Marton, though the will is valid in Pennsylvania, it must be probated in Oklahoma in order for it to ... | |
| Rights to Free Gas | 1/23/2009 |
| Q: I own a parcel of property in Pennsylvania that was subdivided from a farm. My parcel is part of a ... A: Scott, if THEIR oil and gas lease states they can receive free gas, and they are the owners of the ... | |
| Oil Lease | 1/22/2009 |
| Q: Fredrick, Well I wish I'd known about you sooner. We Signed a 5 yr lease on Our 160 acres of land ... A: Bob, as you will note if you read your lease document (which of course should always be read before ... | |
| Renegotiating initial payment intervals | 1/20/2009 |
| Q: Our family entered into a contract with a leasing company July 4, 2008. We were to receive payment ... A: Susan, many companies are attempting to "renegotiate" bonus payments lately unfortunately. Some of ... | |
| Decimal Interest | 1/19/2009 |
| Q: Please help! My husband and I are very confused and do not understand decimal interest. We own 30 ... A: Dora, no, the decimal interest will not change. Your decimal interest is based on your proportionate ... | |
| Past Fair Market Value of ORRIs | 1/18/2009 |
| Q: I need to find at least 2 separate sources that can provide me with what the Fair Market Value ... A: Christena, your best bet would be to locate and hire either a certified petroleum engineer or a ... | |
| avoiding big tax hit on sign on bonus with lease | 1/16/2009 |
| Q: Pertaining to a lease for natural gas in WV. Once the order of payment is signed and finalized, is ... A: Jade, if you haven't been paid yet, you could ask the lessee to withhold part or all of your payment ... | |
| Forged Notary Invalidates Lease? | 1/13/2009 |
| Q: In October 2002 I signed a gas lease with EOG. I and my neighbors were told we would all be in the ... A: Victor, if you signed the lease, it is a valid lease whether you signed it in front of a notary or ... | |
| assignment of overriding royalty interest | 1/11/2009 |
| Q: Found a document at the court house for assignment of overring royalty interest on my fathers land. ... A: Tom, first you'd need to determine whether there is any current production from the subject lands. ... | |
| Lease Offer Rescinded by Lessee | 1/6/2009 |
| Q: What determines whether an Oil and Gas lease is a binding agreement? I have a signed lease and was ... A: Mark, if the draft and lease were received by the lessee or their bank prior to them telling you ... | |
| Mineral Rights | 12/3/2008 |
| Q: My stepmom has asked me to help her find out if her late fathers deed to a property in Mountrail ... A: Judy, you'd need to check back further than the deed you have to be sure. It's possible some ... | |
| Lessee breaking lease | 11/26/2008 |
| Q: The company that we have a lease with broke our lease 6-8 times by dumping frac water (we also had ... A: Holly, if you feel the lessee has violated your lease, the first thing you need to do is notify them ... | |
| Marcellus Leasing | 11/25/2008 |
| Q: I have recently been approached by a land company leasing oil and gas rights for Chesapeake Energy. ... A: Mark, if you do not agree to lease, they will possibly "force-pool" your interest into the unit at ... | |
| Mineral Deed Pittsburg Ct. Oklahoma | 11/22/2008 |
| Q: I inherited 12 mineral deeds in Ok. I recently received a call from a Land Consulting Co.from ... A: Alice, if your mother owned the property in question when she passed, you can likely prove you who ... | |
| Oklahoma Drillsite Payment Offer | 11/20/2008 |
| Q: I have a small ten acre lot of land in Southern Oklahoma and I was recently contacted by an oil ... A: Bryan, "$1000 a month" is a bit unusual in that they usually just offer a flat rate, but it really ... | |
| Texas Final Decree/Will Dispute | 11/18/2008 |
| Q: My mom owned a lot of mineral and undivided surface in west texas. She passed away several years ... A: John, "60 acres of surface in an undivided 180-acre section" would of course receive no royalty or ... | |
| Bum Rushed on Natural Gas Lease | 11/15/2008 |
| Q: Recently my wife and I have been approached by the village where we live about allowing a drilling ... A: Thomas, the mineral estate is the "dominant" estate in this county, and so the mineral owner does ... | |
| Will they Contact you? | 11/11/2008 |
| Q: I was wondering if the Oil companies contact us for leasing OR do we contact them If we Think we ... A: Cheryl, assuming your contact information is available in the courthouse public records (i.e. a ... | |
| Gas Lease on A foreclosed property-- | 11/10/2008 |
| Q: I purchased a foreclosed home and previous had already signed the gas lease. The property is in ... A: Amal, check the mortgage for the subordination clause. Mortgage should be filed of record in the ... | |
| Mineral rights inheritance/deed | 11/2/2008 |
| Q: My grandmother has mineral rights through her mother [my great-grandmother] land is located in ... A: Michelle, if the will had a "residual clause" (most do) then that would include the minerals, even ... | |
| Gaines County, TX Lease Offer | 10/9/2008 |
| Q: First I want to say thank you for participating in this forum. This is awesome for people like me ... A: Patrick, there seems to be an oil field just past the southeast corner of Gaines County. There have ... | |
| Tangipahoa Parish, LA | 10/7/2008 |
| Q: We own 145 acres in Amite, LA 70422 in Tangipahoa Parish and want to know how to go about the ... A: Jan, as far as I know there is virtually nothing going on oil and gas-wise in your area of the ... | |
| Kern County, CA Leasing | 10/4/2008 |
| Q: Are you familiar with mineral right values and California Law as it relates to oil leases? My family ... A: Mark, a "favored nations" clause is as you say, and unfortunately is also very hard to negotiate ... | |
| Top Lease Definition and Options | 9/13/2008 |
| Q: We have mineral rights in Montana. Our lease expires next year (2010). The lessor has not done ... A: Gary, a "top lease" is simply a lease taken by another company before your current lease expires. ... | |
| Grandfathered gas lease | 9/8/2008 |
| Q: We have a farm which has been in our family for over 100 years. The gas lease on it is dated pre ... A: Rose, unless there is current production on the leased premises, then the lease has expired unless ... | |
| Forced Integration in Arkansas and Arkansas Website | 9/7/2008 |
| Q: I have had an oil & gas lease presented to me for mineral interests I have in Arkansas that I am not ... A: Jan, not true, you may be force-POOLED (I think Arkansas calls it forced "integration") but you will ... | |
| Well drilled on adjacent land taking my gas | 9/5/2008 |
| Q: I have ownership in a parcel of land in north central Pa. in which the land next to mine was pooled ... A: Larry, your oil and gas could be produced from a well outside your property if the producing ... | |
| Austin County, TX Lease Offers | 9/3/2008 |
| Q: Mr. Scott First, please let me say that I most appreciate your time in reading this. Time is of ... A: Theresa, those two companies are about the only two leasing in your area as far as I can tell. ... | |
| Gas Lease in Erie County, PA | 9/2/2008 |
| Q: I bought a house in Corry Pa. (Erie County) a year and ten month's ago. The house sits on1.3 acre's ... A: Jon, likely the company is wanting to drill a deeper gas well, and they want to include your ... | |
| Selling Minerals in New York | 9/1/2008 |
| Q: Fred Im an investor in the Southern Tier of New York and the gas business is becoming huge. I buy ... A: Chad, yes, NE Pennsylvania and even southern New York state are becoming "hot." If you've got some ... | |
| Searching for Family Minerals...Where to Start? | 8/16/2008 |
| Q: Scott, My grandfather who died in 1949 owned oil & mineral rights all over Texas and Louisiana. My ... A: Vemelle, apart from looking through any old papers of your grandfather's you have lying around, I'd ... | |
| Duchesne County, Utah Activity | 8/14/2008 |
| Q: I have recently been contacted to renew my Oil and Gas Lease which was previously leased at $25 per ... A: Mary Ann, Berry Petroleum Company has received "a ton" of drilling permits for some shallow wells in ... | |
| Depth Clause in Haynesville Shale | 8/13/2008 |
| Q: Mr Scott, Thanks for taking my question. I own 170 acres in Harrison county Texas. m.l. woods ... A: Kerry, the company won't sue you if you lease to "big oil," don't worry. However, you should ... | |
| Is it possible to renegoiciate royalty interest in a forced pooling | 8/11/2008 |
| Q: Good Evening I'm am the heir,that inherited royalties through a will, after extensive research on ... A: Mrs. Burton, funds are held in suspense depending on company policy up to a point, usually three to ... | |
| old natural gas lease | 8/9/2008 |
| Q: My father has mineral rights to 160 acres in Beaver County Oklahoma. He doesn't even have a copy ... A: Kathryn..."ripped off"? That sounds a bit strong doesn't it? While it's true that leases from the ... | |
| Oil & Gas/ Okfuskee Co. Oklahoma | 8/8/2008 |
| Q: I inherited 7.14 acres of minerals out of 120 located in 21-12N-10E in Okfuskee county. I was have ... A: Frank, section 21 was pooled by the Oklahoma Corporation Commission on July 29 for $125 per acre and ... | |
| Is it possible to renegoiciate royalty interest in a forced pooling | 8/7/2008 |
| Q: Good Evening I'm am the heir,that inherited royalties through a will, after extensive research on ... A: Mrs. Burton, if the company made a "diligent effort" to locate you, but could not, then the pooling ... | |
| Unitization and Pooling | 8/6/2008 |
| Q: Scott: We just recently signed a gas lease in Bradford County, PA with Chesapeake. I have a few ... A: Anita, sorry so late in responding....been a busy week! Pooling and unitization are often considered ... | |
| mineral lease violations | 8/4/2008 |
| Q: My family have 180 acres in NW Louisiana which we sign a mineral lease on 2 1/2 years ago. A ... A: Alan, read your lease if you haven't already. It likely gives them permission to drill any necessary ... | |
| Drill on Lease or Wait one year? | 8/3/2008 |
| Q: 4 years ago we signed a "standard 5 year mineral rights lease" 1/6 royality if any production was ... A: Tom, if the guy wanting to stake a well is not the current lease holder, then technically he is ... | |
| marketing mineral leases to oil/gas co's | 8/2/2008 |
| Q: I was called by phone by rep of oil co wanting to lease my minerals. we verbally agreed to terms. ... A: John, Try to find out from all these companies which one might actually be capable of drilling a ... | |
| Clinton Oklahoma | 7/30/2008 |
| Q: Is there any gas play, or any one interested in leasing minerals around Clinton, Oklahoma. Thanks ... A: Paul, pretty general question there, so my answer must be general as well. Most of the recent ... | |
| contract and related oil.gas lease | 7/29/2008 |
| Q: This may be a dumb question,however, recently, upon perusing many papers of my deceased father, my ... A: Bill, if you'd like to fax me the document, you can send it to 817-887-3400. I'm not an attorney, ... | |
| contract and related oil.gas lease | 7/27/2008 |
| Q: This may be a dumb question,however, recently, upon perusing many papers of my deceased father, my ... A: Bill; not a dumb question, but it is unlikely not worth pursuing. You should however try to ... | |
| "Top lease" exclusion in lease offer | 7/26/2008 |
| Q: Mr. Scott: I'm trying to assist a senior citizen who just received an unsolicited oil/gas lease ... A: William, I always delete the "top lease" clause, so in my opinion, it's a good thing that it's ... | |
| oil/gas rights and lease | 7/25/2008 |
| Q: How do I go about finding out the status of an old lease on oil/gas rights in Williams County, ND. ... A: Mary Ellen, you'll need to of course establish whether there is currently, or ever was, any ... | |
| Texas Oil and Gas Lease Royalty Minimum | 7/22/2008 |
| Q: Is there a minimum mandated royalty payment in Texas for oil and gas; such as in Pennsylvania where ... A: In most states I believe the minimum is 1/8. I actually do not have personal knowledge of such a law ... | |
| Oil and Gas Lease | 7/18/2008 |
| Q: My Friend found some old oil and gas lease papers that her grandmother had and her Aunt left her. ... A: Mike, if there is still a well producing there, then I'd look into it. If not, I'd still look into ... | |
| gas, oil and mineral rights | 7/16/2008 |
| Q: My family and I own approx. 500 acres of gas,oil and mineral rights in Steuben County N.Y. as well ... A: Steve, best thing to do is check with your neighbors if possible, and see what they've been offered. ... | |
| Mineral rights from the 1920s | 7/15/2008 |
| Q: My grandmother recently past away and as we were cleaning out her house I came across a bundle of ... A: Erica, assuming the State, or some previous owner didn't retain the minerals to the subject lands ... | |
| mineral rights and leasing | 6/17/2008 |
| Q: Question 1 I bought one hundred acres in NEPA back in 1986, I found out that back in 1956 (four ... A: Carl, the 1956 owner and his heirs still own 50 percent of the minerals under the land you ... | |
| Louisiana Gas Mineral Lease | 6/16/2008 |
| Q: My Husbands family bought a 100 leased gas mineral rights on some property in Louisiana. Up until ... A: Sally, probably what's happened is that the well is either no longer capable of production, or it ... | |
| Royalty retained for one lease or forever? | 6/13/2008 |
| Q: Greetings. This is a question about retention of gas and oil royalties in a deed that is about 90 ... A: Mark, I would say that since the deed specifically mentions the fraction "1/16" and since most ... | |
| Inherited Natural Gas Well Royalties | 6/12/2008 |
| Q: My wife is the sole inheritor of the royalty rights to several producing natural gas wells in Hemple ... A: Bruce, the lease your wife's grandfather signed state the royalty rate and other terms that were ... | |
| Gas Lease | 6/10/2008 |
| Q: I was just approached this afternoon by Magnum Land Services regarding a natural gas lease. I have ... A: DeAnna, I am not familiar with leasing rates in Maryland so I would instead check around with ... | |
| Oil and Gas Lease | 6/9/2008 |
| Q: I own 2 small parcels (1 acre, and 4-1/2 acres) in LaGrange County, Indiana. My mother has a life ... A: Laura (and others) first off be aware that neither we as experts, nor anyone reading your questions ... | |
| Oil leases | 6/7/2008 |
| Q: My family owns the mineral rights on 1425 acres in Williams and McKenzie counties in North Dakota ... A: Mark, I am not very familiar with that part of North Dakota, though as you likely already know, the ... | |
| Mineral Rights sale Bryan county | 6/5/2008 |
| Q: Mr. Scott, I hold 4.5 acres Section 35-05S-12E and have been offered 1150. per net acre to sell. Is ... A: J; I'd say it's a little low, considering that bonus amounts have been higher in the area. ... | |
| oil and gas leases in Wetzel County | 6/4/2008 |
| Q: I am a staff writer at the Wetzel Chronicle, a weekly in New Martinsville and have been writing a ... A: Brenda, northern West Virginia is where a lot of West Virginia's producing areas are located, though ... | |
| Prior Patent on Property | 6/3/2008 |
| Q: My Wife and I signed a lease agreement in April, with a Draft for the signing bonus. I just found ... A: Jim, sounds like they found a "cloud" in your title. May also be that they just changed their mind ... | |
| Is consultant fee fair? | 5/30/2008 |
| Q: I recently attended a meeting of a group of landowners in NE PA being represented by a ... A: Chris, I'd be curious as to who this guy is. I was contacted by an attorney a few months ago from ... | |
| paid up oil and gas lease | 5/28/2008 |
| Q: I own 48 acres in NE PA. Several mos ago a young man knocked on our door representing New Penn ... A: John, short answer is you'd need to check with an attorney familiar with contract law in ... | |
| What is a 'frozen' well? | 5/27/2008 |
| Q: What does it mean when an oil company 'freezes' a well? I heard this in reference to a well that ... A: BJ, a "frozen" well could be a number of things. It's not a term I'm familiar with as it relates to ... | |
| Mineral rights | 5/24/2008 |
| Q: My family has held land and mineral rights in East Texas near Crockett for 100 plus years. I ... A: Debbie, one thing you might try is the Texas Railroad Commission Website. It's a bit confusing, but ... | |
| Natural Gas Royalties | 5/23/2008 |
| Q: My property is situated within a 640 acre unit. How can I determine how much money I will receive ... A: Michael, it's pretty easy to figure your potential royalty actually, and I'm glad you didn't make ... | |
| Mineral Rights in Burke County, ND | 4/22/2008 |
| Q: My family owns the mineral rights to 357+ acres in Burke County, North Dakota, in Sections 19 and 24 ... A: Sandy, I'm not too familiar with North Dakota; but I have been there several times, because I used ... | |
| Oil & Gas Lease - WV | 4/22/2008 |
| Q: We are getting solicited from a leasing company (Magnum Land Services, LLC) to sign a oil and gas ... A: Mark, if you don't sign, and they want to drill a well in a spacing unit that includes your ... | |
| Gas leases in Northern Bradford County. PA | 4/21/2008 |
| Q: Recently a company called Range Resources hired a middle man to approach landowners in our area to ... A: Erin, wow, lots of questions. All Experts isn't set up to provide in-depth answers, so I'll have to ... | |
| surface property sold, but not mineral rights | 4/17/2008 |
| Q: I was contacted by a third party company acting on behalf of a major oil company. He informed me ... A: Tallie; if you want to verify your mineral ownership, you could check the courthouse records in the ... | |
| Gas Lease | 4/1/2008 |
| Q: Scott I am a student at WVU and recently my parents had told me that they had been approached by a ... A: Robert, too many questions for me to answer fully here, but I will try, and will also tell you that ... | |
| oil lease | 3/31/2008 |
| Q: Mr. Scott -- My wife and I were contacted by Sundance about leasing a small acreage about 10 miles ... A: Charles, In Mountrail County I have reliable sources telling me of leases there going for $2,000 per ... | |
| Bradford County, PA Gas Lease | 3/28/2008 |
| Q: Good Evening. I live in Bradford County PA (Litchfield Township)I was approached by Chesapeake a ... A: Shelly, I'd check with more neighbors, then check the papers, then check the courthouse to see who ... | |
| Mineral Leasing | 3/25/2008 |
| Q: Why do oil and gas companies lead you to believe they are interested in leasing for drilling, pay ... A: Luis, oil and gas companies usually lease because they eventually plan to drill the lease. However, ... | |
| mineral lease | 3/24/2008 |
| Q: Frederick, I live in Montana and along with my family, have 312 acres of mineral rights in Dunn ... A: Bob, "Marathon Man" is right most likely. If they get enough leases from others, they won't need to ... | |
| Gas Exploration | 3/21/2008 |
| Q: Mr. Scott, I live in Wayne County, Pa. I would like to know how to contact some one in regard to ... A: Jay, Chesapeake Exploration is doing most of the leasing in your area. I'm surprised they haven't ... | |
| gas lease in Cameron County, PA | 3/20/2008 |
| Q: We inherited the mineral rights to 200+ acres in Cameron County, PA. The property has had no ... A: John, since I'm not actually up there, I rely on folks like you to tell me what's going on in many ... | |
| gas lease in Cameron County, PA | 3/16/2008 |
| Q: We inherited the mineral rights to 200+ acres in Cameron County, PA. The property has had no ... A: John, don't sell for only $500 per acre. Leasing prices are $1500 per acre in some areas (i.e. Wayne ... | |
| Gas Leasing in NEPA | 3/15/2008 |
| Q: I live in Northeast PA which is being heavily marketed for gas leasing rights above the Marcellus ... A: Carl, as you may know, lease bonus amounts in your area have risen from a low of $25-$50 per acre ... | |
| How to search for ownership of royalties | 3/14/2008 |
| Q: We have recently been approached by someone in North Dakota who claims that my grandfather owns ... A: Karen, most courthouses are set up to do searches by legal description, rather than name. This is ... | |
| career question | 3/13/2008 |
| Q: I read that your college degree was not related to gas and oil, this is good news for me because the ... A: Nick, I would suggest checking out AAPL (American Association of Professional Landmen) for a start. ... | |
| recently approached | 3/12/2008 |
| Q: I live in norteast PA and was recently approached about leasing my land for shale drilling. I would ... A: Dave, if you really want more details on how a rig is operated and/or the whole process from start ... | |
| Oil and Gas Lease Columbia Co NE PA | 3/11/2008 |
| Q: I haven't seen any posts regarding Columbia Co. in NE PA., but I have gleaned a lot of information ... A: Chris, many of the things you mentioned are actually fairly "standard" contract terms, it's just ... | |
| NY gas lease | 3/10/2008 |
| Q: My family owns approximately 48 acres on Hwy 54 along Keuka Lake in Yates county New York town of ... A: Dan, with natural gas and oil prices up like they are, companies are going after more ... | |
| pool inclusion | 3/1/2008 |
| Q: We have never signed a lease. We are currently in a pool on a shallow well west of us. Someone is ... A: Barbara, I would call the company doing the drilling and ask them if you are in the pool. They are ... | |
| Oil & Gas Leasing | 2/26/2008 |
| Q: I own the mineral rights to a tract of land in Texas and was recently contacted by a leasing agent ... A: Charles, check with neighbors who may have been approached, check with local banks, call the county ... | |
| Pool size vs royaly payments-Barnett Shale | 2/23/2008 |
| Q: I have seen some calculations as to projected royalty payments. Insofar as I am negotiating a lease ... A: Ned, in the Barnett Shale, unit sizes (pool) can vary from 40 acres to (more recently) as many as ... | |
| Lease information nepa | 2/21/2008 |
| Q: I see you were maxed out yesterday so I tried another expert and they couldn't answer my questions. ... A: Dave, as you surmised, I have been attempting to work with an attorney to help you folks get a good ... | |
| selling mineral rights/leasing | 2/20/2008 |
| Q: my question is this, I'm all for this company to come in and check and find gas or oil on my ... A: Sherry, if you own the mineral rights under the land, then the company will "ask permission" from ... | |
| NEED HELP | 2/15/2008 |
| Q: WANT TO PAY YOU TO HELP ME WITH TAKING CARE OF MINERAL RIGHTS ISSUES.....THIS IS SMALL STUFF IN ... A: Hazel, I can't promise I'll have the necessary time available to help you professionally, but will ... | |
| Oil/gas lease | 2/14/2008 |
| Q: About 2 years ago I was one of the first in my area of Bradford Co, Pa. to be approached about ... A: Bill, short answer is probably "no" you cannot force a lessee to renegotiate the terms of your lease ... | |
| Top Lease offer - Bakken formation - Mountrail County. | 1/31/2008 |
| Q: which I thank you for your answer to, however, some factors have now changed. I have recently been ... A: Nancy, good thinking! I believe it may be possible for you to renegotiate your current lease if your ... | |
| Texas O/G Lease & Landman | 1/30/2008 |
| Q: I can only find ltd info on Thunderbird Oil & Gas who has presented us w/a lease. All indications ... A: Elizabeth, I am assuming your minerals are in Johnson County, south of Fort Worth, though you did ... | |
| Ratification of Oil and Gas Lease | 1/29/2008 |
| Q: My mom recently received a notice asking for her notarized signature on the Ratification of a Lease ... A: Justin, if you want to find out what your Mom owns in these parcels, the easiest thing to do would ... | |
| Sell or retain | 1/28/2008 |
| Q: I am a local Realtor and I have a client that has inherited acreage from his mother. This parcel of ... A: Kendal, how big is the parcel? Where is the parcel? Is it near production? Sounds like it might now ... | |
| Natural Gas-- Barnett Shale | 1/26/2008 |
| Q: Sir: I have two questions. (1) I own 60 acres of land 1 mile northwest of Itasca, Hill County ... A: David, without the legal description (block, section or abstract.) it's difficult to narrow down ... | |
| Rule of Thumb For Valuing Unproduced O & G Rights | 1/25/2008 |
| Q: Can you suggest a workable rule of thumb for establishing the fair bonus value for a lease based on ... A: James, bonus amounts vary widely. There is really no directly proportional relationship for bonus ... | |
| Gas lease | 1/21/2008 |
| Q: My father has over 300 acres in Elk Lick Township,Somerset County, and has been offered a lease for ... A: Duane, just don't agree to the renewal term! If you sign it, you likely can't get out of it! It's a ... | |
| Oil Lease OK County Sec 17 | 1/17/2008 |
| Q: RK Pinson has contacted me regarding an oil lease for my property. I have about 40 acres. Other ... A: Susan, first of all "section 17" is pretty vague in that it could be anywhere, but I suppose I don't ... | |
| Gas lease | 1/16/2008 |
| Q: My father has over 300 acres in Elk Lick Township,Somerset County, and has been offered a lease for ... A: Duane, R.L. Powell is likely either a small land company, or an individual. Not everyone shows up on ... | |
| O&G Lease Wayne Co. PA | 1/11/2008 |
| Q: Scott, This is another question from NE PA. I have 40 acres in Wayne Co. right on the edge ... A: James, I am not familiar with the “Starrucca” group. Is this someone’s name? There are actually ... | |
| oil and gas lease in Northeastern PA | 1/10/2008 |
| Q: We have been approached by three landmen representing three different gas and oil companies who want ... A: Jean, below is an example of a "depth clause" and a "hold harmless" clause. These should work in ... | |
| selling mineral interest in Stephens County Oklahoma | 1/7/2008 |
| Q: I am interested in trying to find out what my mineral rights are worth. I don't know how to even ... A: Cathy, some banks will lend money on minerals, some will not. If you are in need of money for the ... | |
| NE PA Oil and Gas Lease | 1/3/2008 |
| Q: I am looking to purchase a 22 acres of land for recreational activity and possible income property. ... A: Rick, if there is production during the lease primary term, then the lease is extended (and you are ... | |
| Royalty Pool | 1/2/2008 |
| Q: I own 120 acres (3 sections) in Amite Co. MS and also the mineral rights. I noticed they are ... A: Sebe, If your minerals are included in the unit, it's very likely they would have contacted you ... | |
| oil & gas lease | 12/28/2007 |
| Q: Fred, I would like to know if there is any additional compensation to the landowner where a well is ... A: Donna, the "royalty" is only paid to the mineral owners, not the land owners. Often companies will ... | |
| Mineral royalties | 12/22/2007 |
| Q: My family owns the surface and 50% of the minerals on a portion of the property and 25% minerals on ... A: If both properties are included in the drilling unit, then you will be paid your pro-rata share in ... | |
| oil/gas lease | 12/21/2007 |
| Q: For the past 30 days, a landsman has been leasing minerals in our area. All things considered ... A: He can't force you to lease at all. Now later the State might force pool you into a lease, though ... | |
| Mineral Leasing in SE OK | 12/19/2007 |
| Q: We just recently bought some land in SE Oklahoma (SW corner of Choctaw county) and own part of the ... A: Ke, might be a boom going on there that I don't know about, but I sure think it's pretty "dead" ... | |
| land lease in wayne county pa | 12/14/2007 |
| Q: I just read a question answers buy another fella in wayne county pa and the answer is really ... A: Jonathan, if you want more than 1/8th royalty, consider asking them for an "escalating royalty" ... | |
| Gas Lease in Pennsylvania | 12/11/2007 |
| Q: I have received several inquiries regarding leasing my land for the gas exploration.The land is ... A: Don, I've gotten several contacts from folks up in Pennsylvania over the last couple of months. ... | |
| royalties | 12/10/2007 |
| Q: A friend of mine found out he and his family members own mineral rights in south east Oklahoma. An ... A: Alan, the $1,000 is the "bonus" per acre he will get from the oil company for signing an oil and gas ... | |
| Residential Oil and Gas Lease in Arlington, TX | 12/8/2007 |
| Q: My husband and I just received a letter from Permian Land Company saying that they are acquiring Oil ... A: Jessica, as you may know, it's fairly common for an oil company to hire a land company to get leases ... | |
| Lease take-off | 12/1/2007 |
| Q: What is a Lease take-off. What info does it contain? How is it researched ? Where can I find an ... A: William, a "take off" is simply a list containing the locations (book and page) of deeds, leases ... | |
| Paid-up Oil & Gas Lease in Northeastern PA | 11/27/2007 |
| Q: I just received a Paid-Up Oil and Gas lease from a landsman for Chesapeake Appalachia for a ... A: Maria, thanks for reading my previous responses for Pennsylvania. Glad you found them. I agree ... | |
| gas leases in Bryan Co, OK | 11/26/2007 |
| Q: Is Bryan Co in Oklahoma a hot area? What companies are leasing in this area? A: Sherry, I wouldn't say that Bryan County, OK is a "hot" area, but there is definately activity ... | |
| Gas Lease | 11/23/2007 |
| Q: I have some property, 74 acres, in Erie County, PA. A company has been siging up many of my ... A: Anthony, first off, good for you for not wanting to lease on bad terms. 10 years is too long anyway. ... | |
| united packers oil company | 11/17/2007 |
| Q: i have recently been going through some of my late fathers papers and have found an assignment of ... A: Steve, first you'd want to find out if the well is still producing, or if there ever was a producing ... | |
| Oil & Gas Speculation | 11/16/2007 |
| Q: My four sisters and I own about 1/4 interest in about 3700 acres of mineral rights in some West ... A: Logan, before you sell them I would do one of two things. I would either spend the money to get them ... | |
| Gas leasing strategy | 11/9/2007 |
| Q: I just read your response to an 8/14/2007 posting from a Wayne County, Pa. landowner. That landowner ... A: Jason, the "rule of capture" basically states, as you surmised, that there is no liability for ... | |
| Oil & Gas Lease | 11/7/2007 |
| Q: My wife and I own property in the Onshore Gulf Coast Region, Lavaca Co, TX and we were recently ... A: Omer, while it is not unusual for a land company to buy leases for an oil company using their OWN ... | |
| Gas leasing strategy | 11/5/2007 |
| Q: I just read your response to an 8/14/2007 posting from a Wayne County, Pa. landowner. That landowner ... A: Jason, I'm pleased you took the time to read my previous PA response done back in August. Saves me ... | |
| gas royalties | 10/29/2007 |
| Q: I collect gas royalties on a well in Comanche Co. Ks The well is operated by H & B petroleum in ... A: Elinor, a lot of gas is sold "at the well" to pipelines. The pipelines in many areas are able to set ... | |
| Oil & Gas properties appraisals | 10/24/2007 |
| Q: Our firm is administrating an estate with Oil & Gas interests and we are in need of appraisals on ... A: Often, local companies will advertise in the paper where your minerals are located. A real estate ... | |
| Proposed gas lease N Richland Hills home | 10/20/2007 |
| Q: We received an offer from Dale Property Services acting for Cheasapeake Energy of $2500 per acre or ... A: Tony, I'm assuming you live "in town" and that Chesapeake is wanting to drill a well, and your part ... | |
| royalties | 10/16/2007 |
| Q: how long does it take to receive royalty after a well starts producing. A: Perry, in most states, a company legally has six months after a well starts producing to pay you for ... | |
| oil lease | 10/11/2007 |
| Q: 1. How much is 4,035 bbl? What does bbl mean? Is it billions of barrels of oil? 2. On oil leases, ... A: Harry, "4,035 bbl" is 4,035 barrels of oil. A barrel is about 42 gallons. You MAY be held liable ... | |
| Lease price per acre | 10/1/2007 |
| Q: I have recently been contacted by Chesapeake regarding a lease for mineral rights I own in Brewster ... A: Mary, I assume you mean Brewster County, Texas, though you didn't say which state. I would check ... | |
| oil lease | 9/28/2007 |
| Q: My parents own,and my brother and I will own by virtue of a living trust, 159 acres in Montrail ... A: Robert, I am not familiar with North Dakota minerals. However, you should check out www.naro-us.org ... | |
| Oil, Gas & Mineral Lease | 9/27/2007 |
| Q: I have received in the mail a request to acquiring a non-developmental Oil, Gas, and Mineral Lease ... A: Dan, check with a local bank for bonus amounts. Many banks are aware of going rates. I'm sorry I'm ... | |
| Chesapeake lease offer | 9/25/2007 |
| Q: I have read several replies to lease questions indicating the property owner should ask the oil/gas ... A: Chuck, many companies prefer to give you a bank draft for the lease bonus because it allows them ... | |
| Reeves County TX lease offer | 9/18/2007 |
| Q: Scott: Our family owns mineral rights in Reeves County and we received a phone call from Petro Land ... A: Without seeing the lease it’s hard for me to tell you if it’s a “good” lease or not; however I can ... | |
| gas rights sale decision | 9/17/2007 |
| Q: from southwestern Pennsylvania. leased our gas rights about 9 months ago for $5/ac for 5 years. ... A: Ken, first off I would say do not even consider selling your minerals for only $300 per acre unless ... | |
| landsman comming tomorrow | 8/29/2007 |
| Q: I spoke with the landsman (kid 24 yrs)he told me that he's working for a broker that works with the ... A: Tom, the lease you sent me is pretty unfavorable to you as the lessor. Their royalty clause is one ... | |
| landsman comming tomorrow | 8/27/2007 |
| Q: I spoke with the landsman (kid 24 yrs)he told me that he's working for a broker that works with the ... A: Tom, What I'd suggest is that you find out who those other three companies are that contacted your ... | |
| landsman comming tomorrow | 8/26/2007 |
| Q: I spoke with the landsman (kid 24 yrs)he told me that he's working for a broker that works with the ... A: Tom, sorry I didn't get back to you earlier. Did the landman come back yet or did we beat him?? You ... | |
| Property Purchase | 8/20/2007 |
| Q: I am looking at purchasing a 20 acre piece of land in North Arkansas. After a little research, I ... A: Tracy, the "mineral estate" is the dominant estate. That means the mineral owner will be able to ... | |
| landman came to our home in Wayne County P.A | 8/15/2007 |
| Q: a landman came to our property in N.E P.A. He was offering us 50.00 per acre, and 1/8th royalties, ... A: Tom, to figure your potential royalty you would take your acres owned (38.8) and divide it into the ... | |
| landman came to our home in Wayne County P.A | 8/14/2007 |
| Q: a landman came to our property in N.E P.A. He was offering us 50.00 per acre, and 1/8th royalties, ... A: Though I am from Oklahoma and am not that familiar with PA, I will try to give you some basic tips. ... | |
| Potential Leasing of Mineral Rights on my farm | 7/21/2007 |
| Q: We have been approached by Millenium Natural Resource Development, E. Springfield NY to sign a 5 ... A: Grace, To begin I must say "Danger Will Robinson"! (Remember the show "Lost in Space")? Though I ... | |
| Oil & Gas Lease | 7/20/2007 |
| Q: My client owns .5 ac. as business property on Luna Rd/near IH 635, Dallas, Dallas Co. Texas. He was ... A: Kim, though I'm not familiar with leasing rates in Dallas County, I can tell you that a five-year ... | |
| Mineral Rights on property | 7/18/2007 |
| Q: Is there a way that I can locate who owns the mineral rights on my property. Where can I go to ... A: If you don't own the minerals under your land, but want to find out who does, my first stop would be ... | |
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