Oil/Gas/Questions Answered by Expert James H. McConnell, CPL
| Subject | Date Asked |
| oil and gas lease | 3/24/2011 |
| Q: We own 160 acres of land and own 1/2 of the mineral rights. the seller retained 1/2 interest in ... A: Lease your half to expire on 9/13/12 with an option to extend the lease for the balance of the term ... | |
| Oil/Gas Lease | 3/24/2011 |
| Q: 72.3 acres of land, more or less, located in Nacogdoches County, Texas, on the James Storrack ... A: It would appear by your question that the landman missed the reservation of one half of the ... | |
| NPRI % SAME AS MINERAL OWNER LEASE? | 3/17/2011 |
| Q: MY TEXAS WARRANTY DEED STATES "CONVEYED TO GRANTEE A ONE THIRTY-SECOND (1/32)ROYALTY INTEREST, BEING ... A: Your NPRI interest is 1/32 of 8/8. The conveyance is very specific "being a one fourth (1/4) of a ... | |
| Mineral Right Ownership | 3/17/2011 |
| Q: Mr. McConnell, My grandfather (died 1967) and grandmother (died 1976) own several acres of Oklahoma ... A: The Oklahoma laws governing descent and distribution of intestate estates at the time of your ... | |
| servitude lapse? | 3/6/2011 |
| Q: Pipeline co. is presently doing maintenance work in T2N, Range1E, in Rapides Parish, Louisiana and ... A: There are times when it is not only adviseable but profitable to hire an attorney. Neither I or ... | |
| Oil/gas leases in OK | 3/5/2011 |
| Q: My sisters and I have inherited 19 fractional interests in Oklahoma oil/gas property. They ... A: You would need to research on a county by county basis the ownership interests which in all ... | |
| illegal operator? | 2/24/2011 |
| Q: I can tell you were a landman for 35yrs. I guess you would not know if you have to report your well ... A: You probably will and you will probably need a permit to reenter a well and you will need to file ... | |
| Chesapeake stalls one year / bonus money | 2/19/2011 |
| Q: We were to receive appr. $140,000 bonus money on 80 acres in La Salle county Texas A-331 for leased ... A: Send them a letter by certified mail demanding the lease bonus due you for your non executive ... | |
| Royalty Payment | 2/18/2011 |
| Q: I am trying to get an idea of what a monthly royalty check could possibly be. I own 16.5 acres @ ... A: This is a math problem and I will give you the formula to calculate your interest. You figure out ... | |
| lease expiration | 2/17/2011 |
| Q: james! my question concerns my lease. i have a three year lease that expires july 7 of this year. ... A: It depends on whether or not your lease contained a Pugh clause as to whether or not lands not ... | |
| oil-gas royalties | 2/11/2011 |
| Q: I have a 1/16th non-participating royalty interest in a well being drilled in south Texas by ... A: Your NPRI comes out of the royalty attributed to the tract under which your NPRI is derived. Your ... | |
| mineral lease | 2/10/2011 |
| Q: in 2005 we signed a lease agreemnt and received $100 per acre with a 2 yr option; 2 yrs later we ... A: Your lease is already expired. If you were going to contest the lease, the time to have done that ... | |
| mineral rights offer | 2/3/2011 |
| Q: my mother-in-law, who is 85 and on a fixed income, was offered $150/acre and 1/6th on a three year ... A: Make a counter offer of $250 per acre, .225 royalty and insist on a vertical and horizontal Pugh ... | |
| Drilling | 1/25/2011 |
| Q: I received a check to lease my land in Culberson County,TX early 2010.Did my research and was given ... A: There were 66 wells permitted in Culberson County within the last year. There is no assurance a ... | |
| PA Marcellus Shale and a Cemetery | 1/22/2011 |
| Q: I own 30 acres in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, and have a shallow well (3300 deep) on the land ... A: With a thirty acre tract, you could limit an oil and gas lease to a "no surface use", whereby they ... | |
| how to calculate mineral ownership | 1/21/2011 |
| Q: My grandparents deeded their 240-acre farm in Union County, AR, to their three children in 1957 as ... A: You and your brother own an undivided 80 net mineral acres each, as separate property, in 240 acres ... | |
| Subsurface Easements | 1/20/2011 |
| Q: In Texas, if company A is the lease owner/operator of pooled unit 1 and pooled unit 2 and the ... A: It depends on a lot of factors, but I would take a subsurface easement. Depending on the field ... | |
| Siging The Lease | 1/17/2011 |
| Q: My brother and I have a company established and are general partners and we are in the process of ... A: You can do a number of things. You can execute separate leases, you can execute one lease and a ... | |
| McClain County mineral rights | 1/16/2011 |
| Q: My 2 daughters and I leased 72.724243 acres to Continental Section 10, T 9N, R4W. McClain County, ... A: There are many companies that buy minerals and royalties in Oklahoma as a Google search will reveal. ... | |
| Lease Offer | 1/16/2011 |
| Q: My family owns approximately 1,800 acres of unleased minerals in Grimes County, TX (Thomas McDonald ... A: Sorry to take so long in responding to your question, but I wanted to do a little due diligence ... | |
| ROW for pipeline | 1/12/2011 |
| Q: I live in Hallsville, Texas Harrison County, ABST: 711 J B Turner. Last night a gentleman showed up ... A: You should consider retaining an attorney to represent your interest with this company. Easements ... | |
| Lease offer Pottawatomie County, OK | 1/8/2011 |
| Q: I received an offer of $100.00 per acre plus rentals for 3 years @3/16th in Pottawatomie County, ... A: You have been forced pooled and you have the three choices available to you in the letter you ... | |
| Colorado Oil and Gas Lease Offer | 1/7/2011 |
| Q: I have 162.41 acres, all rights for oil and gas minerals at T8N R90W S9 Lots 3,4,5,6 in Moffat ... A: I would sit tight for awhile and see what happens. That is pretty rank country, but so was Eastern ... | |
| I Smell a Rat in Ratification | 1/5/2011 |
| Q: Mr. McConnell, First of all, I been following your posting and answers for the past 3 years and ... A: In order to pool your interest you must give a company permission to do so. There is something in ... | |
| Royalties | 12/27/2010 |
| Q: I have a question regarding royalties and when they are paid and how I can find out if drilling has ... A: Oil and gas companies do not notice anyone about their drilling plans except for the surface owners ... | |
| quitclaim deed of mineral rights | 12/23/2010 |
| Q: I own mineral rights in Ellis and Roger Mills counties in Oklahoma. Specifically sections 14, 15, & ... A: You would be better served having a local landman prepare the Quit Claim Deed. The Deed needs to ... | |
| Concise Seismic Program | 12/23/2010 |
| Q: I have a company that I'm doing research on and I'm wondering if you can help me understand ... A: Why would you research a company that had one prospect of rank wildcat acreage and was an OTC BB ... | |
| Activity in Robertson County Texas | 12/13/2010 |
| Q: My family has about 300 acres worth of mineral rights leased in Robertson county Texas in the J.M ... A: The drilling of shale wells in the Haynesville and Marcellus areas of the country by companies ... | |
| Terry County lease contract | 12/10/2010 |
| Q: I have a 205 acre parcel of land in Terry County 120 acres of N/E 4 of section 5, and 85 acres in ... A: I have never seen a clause like that, but if the oil is sour or heavy I could see a producer wanting ... | |
| Oil and Gas Lease Value in Louisiana Succession | 12/9/2010 |
| Q: My father recently passed away. He died intestate. 3 Children (all alive) to inherit. He owns ... A: I would use $250 per acre for the value of the leased lands and $50 per acre for the unleased or non ... | |
| Royalty acre vs. Royalty interest | 12/4/2010 |
| Q: I have inherited a small oil royalty ownership in ND (no minerals). There is confusion in the ... A: royalty acres is a term derived from early in the oil business when leases were assumed to provide ... | |
| How is Heirs to Mineral Rights Split | 12/1/2010 |
| Q: I want to see if you knew how the chain of dividing goes if my grandmother owned mineral rights and ... A: In an intestate (without a will) succession, depending on the laws of the state in which the ... | |
| Questions about pad/drill site. | 11/24/2010 |
| Q: Location: Cleburne Co. Arkansas Township 10 North, Range 8 West, Section 21. 210 acres. We own 100% ... A: The company will drill a well in the section in which you own minerals from a location in an ... | |
| Oil Gas Lease.should I or Should'nt I | 11/22/2010 |
| Q: Section 10, T11N-R11W, Cleburne Cty, Ar I receive mailings monthly asking to buy my mineral rights ... A: If you have an offer that includes you receiving royalties, it is not an offer to buy your minerals ... | |
| Novice receives Oil and Gas Lease Offer - Not a Clue! | 11/15/2010 |
| Q: My adoptive sister has received an offer for a Paid Up 3 year Oil and Gas Lease from a Broker - ... A: Unless you know someone in this area it will be difficult to verify the bonus. however you can go ... | |
| Wells Heirs, Wood County, Texas | 11/12/2010 |
| Q: I am part of the Wells Heirs holdings for Well lease Hawkins FLD Un TR B5-19, Abstract AB 41 Brewer ... A: If you just want to know who is being paid, you can go to the CAD office in Wood County. If you ... | |
| Leasing offer for mineral interest | 11/11/2010 |
| Q: I have recently been contacted by a company, based out in Oklahoma, wanting to lease mineral rights ... A: Tell them you will pay attention when the bonus is over $100 per acre and the royalty 1/5. It may ... | |
| West Texas Lease | 11/11/2010 |
| Q: Don't know much about the oil business, but currently have 20 acres of a 321 acre pool leased out in ... A: Cobra drilled a well in Section 2 and recompleted it in November of 2009. The well drilled in ... | |
| shut in provision in oil and gas lease | 11/10/2010 |
| Q: Do you have any suggestions on language for a shut-in provision in an oil and gas lease? Basically, ... A: After the end of the primary term hereof, Lessee's right to maintain this Lease in force after the ... | |
| division order | 11/7/2010 |
| Q: just recieved a division order from chesapeake. i live in cleburne county,arkansas. section ... A: You can calculate your interest by dividing the number of acres in the unit by the number of acres ... | |
| Oil and gas royalty reservation | 11/4/2010 |
| Q: My Great Grandfather sold a piece of land in 1922. In that deed there is a statement which reads; " ... A: I am not familiar with the case law regarding NPRI in your state. My interpretation is that it is a ... | |
| oil/gas lease-held by production | 11/3/2010 |
| Q: 1945 LB 88 form lease. Will existing shallow production(not an issue) hold a lease, when the deep ... A: I'm fairly familiar with the Questar case. It is a District Court Case out of Mansfield La. It's on ... | |
| Barnet Shale gas lease | 11/3/2010 |
| Q: Mr. McConnell: I signed an oil and gas mineral lease with Paloma Barnett, L.L.C. in November of ... A: While you're at it, contact the lien holder on your loan and ask to have your principal reduced. ... | |
| oil/gas lease-held by production | 11/2/2010 |
| Q: 1945 LB 88 form lease. Will existing shallow production(not an issue) hold a lease, when the deep ... A: In the absence of a Pugh Clause or Freestone Rider type clause, production from any horizon will ... | |
| oil and gas lease in colorado | 11/1/2010 |
| Q: My mother owns approx 500 acres of mineral rights in eastern colorado. We have been contacted by a ... A: I don't know anything about the company. Eastern Colorado is fairly busy with leasing for the oil ... | |
| Lease in Carter County | 11/1/2010 |
| Q: We have a lease offer on my 1/4 interest in 239+ acres Sec. 31, 5S, 2W in Carter County Oklahoma for ... A: Try a counter offer of $300 per acre, 1/5 royalty for a straight 3 year lease, no option. I think ... | |
| mineral rights | 10/31/2010 |
| Q: great,great grandfather John M. Hale who was the Chief Deputy Marshall of the Oklahoma Territory ... A: It depends on how much research goes into the project. Altex Energy Corporation has many leases in ... | |
| mineral rights | 10/31/2010 |
| Q: great,great grandfather John M. Hale who was the Chief Deputy Marshall of the Oklahoma Territory ... A: Before you can claim anything, you will need to prepare and execute am Affidavit of Death, Heirship ... | |
| mineral lease | 10/29/2010 |
| Q: McConnell, Seven relatives and I own mineral rights in Ochiltree County, Texas. We signed individual ... A: If I were you I wouldn't worry about the bonus, but concentrate on 25% royalty. They have already ... | |
| Oil and gas lease offer | 10/29/2010 |
| Q: My question is I received a letter from an oil company that is offering to lease some land I own in ... A: The mineral interest you own has already been forced pooled into a 640 acre unit. The company is ... | |
| O&G and mineral lease appraisal | 10/28/2010 |
| Q: RE: your answer to 10/14/2010. I too own an interest in the same tracts as mentioned in the query ... A: unleased non producing minerals have no value for tax purposes, an appraisal will cost many times ... | |
| 1.)mineral rights transfered on repo? 2.) surface protection | 10/25/2010 |
| Q: Good evening i have 2 question i hope you can help me with. 1)Whats happens to mineral rights when ... A: Upon foreclosure, the VLB, owner of minerals and surface was free to do whatever they wanted with ... | |
| drilling/spacing units to be changed | 10/23/2010 |
| Q: Following the signing of an oil/gas lease, I have received a notice of an Okla. Corp. Commission ... A: They're going to drill horizontal wells in the section. You will share in production based on ... | |
| gas wells | 10/23/2010 |
| Q: We are in upper Bradford county in PA...Marcellus Shale country. Our lease is/was with EOG - signed ... A: When a company sells a lease, it has no effect on the contractual obligations made with the ... | |
| oil and gas lease in Clay County, IL | 10/23/2010 |
| Q: Robert Tiemann from Mid-Central Land Services, Inc., stopped at my mother's farm yesterday and ... A: Tell the landman that she wants $100 per acre and 1/5 royalty. They will refuse, of course. Be ... | |
| Mineral Rights in Montague County Texas | 10/14/2010 |
| Q: I was recently contacted by a landman for EOG Resources about some mineral rights that my late ... A: I don't normally reccomend this, but since you own so little interest in these lands it may work. ... | |
| gas lease renewal | 10/13/2010 |
| Q: i'm in Benbrook,texas in tarrat county texas.I have a 3year lease with chesapeake that expires in ... A: The lease will be held by the "continuous operations" provisions of the lease. The amount to be paid ... | |
| gas lease renewal | 10/13/2010 |
| Q: i'm in Benbrook,texas in tarrat county texas.I have a 3year lease with chesapeake that expires in ... A: If they pooled your lease with other lands, filed a Declaration of Unit that included your lease or ... | |
| Pecos County, Texas-"Market" Lease Terms & Activity | 10/7/2010 |
| Q: Mr. McConnell, please provide your expert information as to the bonus amount, royalty rate and ... A: The "market" would be whatever a willing Lessee would pay for a lease in a section surrounded by dry ... | |
| Understanding what a well name is telling me | 10/4/2010 |
| Q: I almost feel silly in asking this question as I have worked in the O&G Industry for years, but this ... A: (1) Development, Ambrose, 2,354 feet ground, 18,115 feet Bakken, Baytex Energy USA Ltd., Hansen ... | |
| goudeau louisiana leasing | 10/2/2010 |
| Q: Mr. McConell Greetings to you sir and thank you for the opportunity to ponder a matter of utmost ... A: That was one of Fred Rabalais' projects. Monty Moncrief was a wildcatter from Fort Worth that ... | |
| Flower Mound lease - forced pooling, etc | 10/1/2010 |
| Q: Mr. McConnell, my tiny acreage (.11 or so) is included with others in Flower Mound, TX in an offer ... A: The operator will probably allow you to execute an oil & gas lease. If you are unleased, your ... | |
| breaking a lease on a shut in well | 10/1/2010 |
| Q: Can an oil and gas lease be broken on a shut in well in Alfalfa County OK. I've received interest ... A: They need a valid reason to shut in the well, such as lack of market, which is unlikely to be the ... | |
| breaking a lease on a shut in well | 9/30/2010 |
| Q: Can an oil and gas lease be broken on a shut in well in Alfalfa County OK. I've received interest ... A: shut in royalties are only good for gas wells and then the primary reason is lack of market. shut ... | |
| Oil and Gas lease | 9/28/2010 |
| Q: I have an offer to lease my 4% net mineral acre interest in 300-acre tract in the J.A. Chireno ... A: Ask for $2000 and 25% royalty. If you don't lease your interest will not be included in the unit, ... | |
| What Does Private Min. Owner Do When BLM Notices Lease Auction Involving Private Owner's Tract? | 9/28/2010 |
| Q: TRACT INVOLVED: Section Thirty-Three (33), In Township Nine (9), South Range Thirty-Five (35) ... A: The operator may bid on 100%, but the BLM can only lease what it owns. I wouldn't worry about it, as ... | |
| shut in royalty | 9/21/2010 |
| Q: My father passed away last year and had a contract with a fairly well known company to drill on his ... A: The lease provides that any change of ownership must be in writing to the company. Provide the ... | |
| split mineral rights | 9/19/2010 |
| Q: I own the surface and 75 percent of the mineral rights, with another party reserving 25 percent from ... A: You can't prohibit an undivided mineral interest owner from enjoying their rights to develop their ... | |
| Division Order | 9/17/2010 |
| Q: My Father has royal interest in a well. he did not recieve a division order and his money went to ... A: The CAD of the county has a copy of the Division Order so they can assess the mineral value. Some ... | |
| Title questions in WV | 9/10/2010 |
| Q: I have mineral interest in two parcels in Upshur County, WV. These parcels were heired by my ... A: I will answer your last question first. No one gets free gas but a surface owner that owns minerals ... | |
| Oil and gas lease | 9/9/2010 |
| Q: My father owns a 1/8 th interest in an oil %26 gas lease on land described as Lots 6,7,8,9,10 of ... A: If the lease covers and affects all of the lots mentioned, it should be 100 acres, rather than ... | |
| Lots of land-Not sure where or how much | 9/8/2010 |
| Q: We have been notified recently that we are heirs to (5)leases in West Virginia. Right in the middle ... A: The Chesapeake landman would have all of those answers. In fact he probably offered to lease your ... | |
| INHERITANCE OF MINERAL RIGHTS ROYALTY | 9/2/2010 |
| Q: MY DAD NAME IS EARL DIAMOND SR PASSED AWAY 1988 AND HE LET US KNOW THAT THERE IS AN INHERITANCES OF ... A: The chances of there being an interest in minerals in Louisiana is very small. Find the website for ... | |
| INHERITANCE OF MINERAL RIGHTS ROYALTY | 9/1/2010 |
| Q: MY DAD NAME IS EARL DIAMOND SR PASSED AWAY 1988 AND HE LET US KNOW THAT THERE IS AN INHERITANCES OF ... A: In Louisiana minerals severed from the surface, revert back to the surface in ten years, if there is ... | |
| Violation of lease provisions | 9/1/2010 |
| Q: State: Arkansas Specific Area: NW Quarter of Section 27, Township 6N, Range 30W I know you're ... A: You state that you do not own the minerals, therefore you are not the lessor nor the mineral owner ... | |
| Texas Statutory Pugh Clause | 8/30/2010 |
| Q: I am having difficulty in finding any information on the Texas statutory Pugh. Can you give me a ... A: Mr. Pugh was an attorney from Crowley, Louisiana, who put a clause in his client's lease form that ... | |
| Oil/Gas Leases | 8/29/2010 |
| Q: Our area has been contacted by landsmen recently to sign leases for our oil/gas mineral rights. ... A: The state requires oil & gas companies to protect fresh water aquifers. You can include whatever you ... | |
| well names and locations | 8/28/2010 |
| Q: James - Please comment on how to distinguish between the LOCATION OF THE WELL, as over against the ... A: I said the name is not important at all. Operators can name wells what they wish, usually. One ... | |
| Oil/Gas Leases | 8/28/2010 |
| Q: Our area has been contacted by landsmen recently to sign leases for our oil/gas mineral rights. ... A: Any lease form can be amended to suit the needs of the lessor. In your case, I would ask for 22% ... | |
| well names and locations | 8/28/2010 |
| Q: James - Please comment on how to distinguish between the LOCATION OF THE WELL, as over against the ... A: The well designated as producing within the surface boundaries of a unit would be the production ... | |
| What type of professional? | 8/27/2010 |
| Q: Mr McConnell, This was our previous emails: Subject Selling versus leasing oil rights. Question ... A: There have been a couple of drilling permits issued in sections a mile north and east of section 6. ... | |
| Drilling in Chambers County TX | 8/24/2010 |
| Q: I'm doing a little research on Chambers County TX and notice that Samson-Lonestar got a permit to do ... A: I would imagine they want to look at the down dip Yegua. They have had some success near the ... | |
| Heirship | 8/20/2010 |
| Q: My deceased grandfather has land to be leased. I am a son of my father's first marriage. He ... A: If the deceased died with a will, the heirs and legatees will be sent into possession by court ... | |
| Clarification of Rule 37 | 8/20/2010 |
| Q: I recently signed an oil/gas lease where a rider was added that prevents the oil/gas operator from ... A: If you had a clause inserted in your lease that forbids surface use, no one is going to drill a well ... | |
| warranty deed on oil gas and minerals | 8/18/2010 |
| Q: The seller had in the contract that i signed that they would reserve and except all oil,gas and ... A: You own them. Within a specified time, depending on the state, the former landowner can bring a ... | |
| mineral rights | 8/17/2010 |
| Q: In 1935 my grandfather acquired an undivided 1/8 royalty interest in 320 acres in Grimes county, ... A: Pardon my delay in answering you, but I wanted to check on a few things before I did. You may be ... | |
| Oil, Gas & Mineral Lease | 8/11/2010 |
| Q: I got a lease in the mail, thought it was bogus and wanted to contact consumer fraud reporting. Got ... A: Change the royalty amount to 1/5 and initial the change. Execute the lease in front of a notary, ... | |
| oil lease | 8/9/2010 |
| Q: My sister and I have the mineral rights to 75 acres in Banner Co, NE and have been approached by TK ... A: This is a totally rank wildcat area. Various companies are leasing as much acreage as they can in ... | |
| Mineral lease | 8/9/2010 |
| Q: Mr. McConnell; My brother and I have been offered a 5 year lease for 252 acres in Reeves County, ... A: For an owner of a tract of land as large as yours. it would behoove you to hire someone to review ... | |
| Follow-up | 8/6/2010 |
| Q: Mr. McConnell, In Louisiana: A spouse owns separate property (acquired through inheritance). He ... A: La. C.C. art. 2341 provides that the separate property of a spouse includes property acquired by the ... | |
| Ratification of lease - non-participating royalty interest | 8/4/2010 |
| Q: first of all, let my give you some background detail. I am a foreign owner of a non-participating ... A: In Texas an operator must have permission to pool an interest. In your case the interest is a NPRI. ... | |
| mineral interest after acct. in suspense | 8/2/2010 |
| Q: Here's situation(Texas)1)owner's interest placed in suspense_we rec'd from Koch(2)Amoco-BP picks up ... A: Write a certified letter to the present operator, as they incurred the former operator's interest ... | |
| Proper royalty amounts for undeveloped areas | 7/30/2010 |
| Q: My family owns a farm and ranch in Morrill Nebraska. Recently a leasing company has come through and ... A: There are a couple of wildcat plays going on in SW Nebraska and SE Wyoming. If I were you, I would ... | |
| Held By Production | 7/29/2010 |
| Q: I'm working as a land man in both Custer County, Oklahoma and Booker, Texas for my third internship, ... A: I am kind of confused as to what you are doing. I can't tell if you are lease checking or doing a ... | |
| oil and gas lease in McClain county, OK | 7/29/2010 |
| Q: I own 28.86212 net mineral acres in McClain County. N/2 SW/4 Sec 10 9N 4W and the spacing unit is ... A: You left out the most important part of the equation, which is the royalty you reserved in the ... | |
| Gift Deed of Mineral Interest | 7/28/2010 |
| Q: My mother wants to gift me her mineral interest in a tract of land in Texas that is currently under ... A: As the mineral owner you will be the owner of the royalty as well. Under the terms of most leases, ... | |
| what to do | 7/28/2010 |
| Q: my parents live in Goliad, Tx and would like to know how to begin the drilling process. Several ... A: I am not sure I understand your question as most landowners are approached by oil & gas exploration ... | |
| Forced pooling in Colorado | 7/26/2010 |
| Q: I have been presented with an oil & gas lease for my land. I only own 25% of the mineral rights ... A: The mineral estate primes the surface estate. The surface owner csannot deny the mineral owners ... | |
| New Well Questions | 7/25/2010 |
| Q: A well has been drilled on our mineral property in Oklahoma County: SW NE NE Sec 12-12N-E named ... A: The wells were permitted for three zones and at least two of these zones are on 640 acre spacibg. ... | |
| Transfer of Royalty Interest without Probate in Illinois | 7/18/2010 |
| Q: In the State of Illinois, if there is no probate of a deceased person's estate because everything ... A: The Illinois law concerning descent and distribution for those who die intestate would determine who ... | |
| gas well on property | 7/18/2010 |
| Q: An oil well was put on our property approx. 10 years ago. My father didn't sign or approve anything. ... A: You should notify the oil & gas regulating agency in kentucky and advise them about the pipeline and ... | |
| lapse lease Held By Production | 7/16/2010 |
| Q: EXCO Production Co. LP has been on my land with production wells for 36 years. In 1998 there was a ... A: I was going along with you until you got into the conspiracy theory. I don't know what happened, ... | |
| lapse lease Held By Production | 7/16/2010 |
| Q: EXCO Production Co. LP has been on my land with production wells for 36 years. In 1998 there was a ... A: Sheila, this company isn't going to just roll over and hand you a release. They are going to claim ... | |
| Mineral Rights | 7/14/2010 |
| Q: I'm writing a contract for the owner of property and he wants to keep 25% of mineral rights. How do ... A: Seller expressly excepts from this conveyance and reserves unto Seller,and to seller's heirs and ... | |
| Oil, gas, mineral lease for texas | 7/13/2010 |
| Q: I have received a lease offer from Sandridge Exploration and Production for an undivided section of ... A: Sandridge probably has 100,000 or more leased in the county. You and your brother own minerals in ... | |
| Marcellus Drilling | 7/13/2010 |
| Q: Is there a central info. center where I can determine whether drilling is imminent in my area ... A: Drilling schedules are propriety information of the companies doing the drilling. You can search ... | |
| Oil & Gas Lease | 7/13/2010 |
| Q: Mr. McConnell, I own with my sister 640 acres in Reeves County Texas know as All of Section Three ... A: I would reccomend you not do anything at this time and sit back and wait for the play to come to ... | |
| DENIED ROYALTY MONEY FROM OIL COS. | 7/12/2010 |
| Q: My great-great ucle died intestate(TX.-1927)He adopted my grandfather(1910-census)In '46 property ... A: you will need to prove the adoption, which is only done through the courts. If you are successful ... | |
| Winchester Texas - Wormley Lane | 7/11/2010 |
| Q: My mother owns this parcel of land - A69 Whitesides, Geo W., TRACT 4, ACRES 40.156 ;ID R104172 ... A: The Survey is in the corner of Bastrop, Lavaca and Lee Counties. It appears that several wells were ... | |
| Mineral Tresspass | 7/1/2010 |
| Q: NW/4-29-29N-5E, Kay County, OK. I am a Kansas landman working in Oklahoma. I am putting together a ... A: I am not familiar with the law in Oklahoma concerning seismic, but imagine it to be 63% of the ... | |
| company seeks to lease mineral rights | 6/29/2010 |
| Q: McConnell, I have inherited mineral rights to 640 gross acres located in Kings County California, ... A: Since there has only been one well drilled anywhere near your lands in more than sixty years and ... | |
| Oil & Gas Lease | 6/22/2010 |
| Q: Would specific wording have to be put in a "Bath Form Louisiana Spec [4-BR]-2A-NL Paid up R2:99" ... A: It would clarify a situation by including language specifically dealing with existing well bores, ... | |
| Mineral Lease | 6/9/2010 |
| Q: I have a mineral three year mineral lease from 1979 from which I received on check for $100. After ... A: Texas Oil & Gas Corp., changed their name to TXO in the early eighties, was merged with U.S. Steel ... | |
| drilling oil wells and my right as a land owner | 6/4/2010 |
| Q: I got a letter from an oil company that owns my mineral rights to a 77A parcel I own. I have this ... A: You are selling the land and the purchaser is buying the land subject to what you allude to be an ... | |
| Unleashed property in Very Section Being Drilled | 5/31/2010 |
| Q: 87 year old aunt owns 40 UNLEASED POOLED %26 UNITIZED acres in Sabine Parish, La, T8N R11W S10, well ... A: Your aunt is now in the status of an "Unleased Mineral Interest" or UMI under Louisiana Revised ... | |
| Mineral Interest | 5/29/2010 |
| Q: My father-in-law received a brief letter from an unknown gentleman in Tulsa, OK. He is interested in ... A: I would need to know what royalty was reserved in the last lease and if there are royalties being ... | |
| Prescription in Louisiana | 4/23/2010 |
| Q: Jim: Consider a 1,500 acre contiguous tract of land in Louisiana. The property sells and the ... A: Prescription is interrupted by: (1) drilling or reworking on the tract, (2) production from the ... | |
| Pipeline launcher | 4/20/2010 |
| Q: I recently signed a oil and gas pipeline lease and pipeline easement for a natural gas line in ... A: I think you should ask them to put it somewhere else. No matter how much money they pay you, it ... | |
| Clarification of Royalty Deed | 4/20/2010 |
| Q: I have inherited from my Grandfather(deceased) an interest in "An undivided 20 Royalty Acre Interest ... A: You realize that this interest is 20/249812.64. Thats about $80 for every million dollars in ... | |
| assignment of good & marketable title | 4/20/2010 |
| Q: I am trying to be specific, this is not a trick question. 1. (1964) Louisiana Commissioner, executed ... A: Earl, you have to think about this a minute. The words unit, commingled, force pooled, field wide ... | |
| Approached by a Landman for an oil lease | 4/19/2010 |
| Q: I own 0.0625 interest of the undivided portion of propertry which is part of a 47.3 arpents(french ... A: I found it by Troxclair Ln. on Google. The original plat which includes the Assencion of Alexander ... | |
| Database for mineral interests | 4/19/2010 |
| Q: I have inherited several hundred mineral interests in several states. Am seeking a computer program ... A: There are many software programs to maintain lease and mineral records, varying in price from a few ... | |
| Approached by a Landman for an oil lease | 4/18/2010 |
| Q: I own 0.0625 interest of the undivided portion of propertry which is part of a 47.3 arpents(french ... A: You own .625 net mineral acres in this 10 acre tract and .015625 acres in the proposed unit. $50.00 ... | |
| bonus offer | 4/16/2010 |
| Q: I own approx 20 mineral acres in the sw/4 ne/4 & s/2 se/4 & nw/4 se/4 of Section 10, township 17 ... A: Pardon my delay in answering your question. My database for Oklahoma was down for several days. A ... | |
| Sueing for quiet title | 4/16/2010 |
| Q: My husband and I own property in Pennsylvania and we are looking to lease our property for ... A: If you have had three attorneys look at your situation and none of them seemed overly concerned, it ... | |
| Mineral Servitude | 4/13/2010 |
| Q: A mineral servitude was granted from Boise to Sonat over several thousand acres. Boise then sold all ... A: The royalties go to the owner of the minerals. The people who bought the land did so subject to an ... | |
| Naked owner and the lease | 4/12/2010 |
| Q: Mr. McConnell, I became the naked owner of 20 acres in Louisiana in 1999 subject to the usufruct of ... A: Your Dad has leased his interest in the lands and has leased the usufructurary interest of your ... | |
| Naked owner and the lease | 4/12/2010 |
| Q: Mr. McConnell, I became the naked owner of 20 acres in Louisiana in 1999 subject to the usufruct of ... A: As a naked owner, subject to the usufruct of your father, you are the beneficiary of the ... | |
| fiduciary duty of executive rights holder | 4/9/2010 |
| Q: Can the holder of executive rights withhold drilling on a large property that is highly lease-able ... A: The holder of executive rights or the authorized representative thereof is the only person that can ... | |
| Mineral Interest Deed | 4/6/2010 |
| Q: I recently inherited a Mineral Interests for 160 acres of land on the Fairway James Lime Unit Tract ... A: There will be required two affidavits of death, marital history and heirship filed of record in ... | |
| Lease expiration | 4/6/2010 |
| Q: In 2008, my mom signed a 3 year lease with Chesapeake for her land (section 2310 16) up in Washita ... A: The person at Chesapeake told you the truth. I imagine the lease has an option to extend for a ... | |
| Well activity on land I own the rights without my consent | 4/6/2010 |
| Q: Mr McConnell, Thank-you for taking my question. I have searched the question library but could not ... A: Without a lease they have no authority to pool your interest. They can include the tract and not ... | |
| Mineral Interest Deed | 4/5/2010 |
| Q: I recently inherited a Mineral Interests for 160 acres of land on the Fairway James Lime Unit Tract ... A: Send a certified copy of the probate documents from whom you inherited the interest; include the ... | |
| Well activity on land I own the rights without my consent | 4/5/2010 |
| Q: Mr McConnell, Thank-you for taking my question. I have searched the question library but could not ... A: Your tract is included in the XTO Tran Unit as tract 79. There have been two wells drilled within ... | |
| protecting royalty interest | 4/3/2010 |
| Q: Help~ TIA ---I helped a family with there oil and gas lease in NE PA. In return they awarded me 1% ... A: The Landowner needs to deed you a non participating royalty interest of 1% of 8/8 and that deed ... | |
| Drill without lease? | 4/2/2010 |
| Q: In 2007, I sold 2.8 acres to a neighbor who owns about 65 acres in Arlington, TX near Mansfield. he ... A: Your lease terms provided that you notify the Lessee or their assigns of any address changes or ... | |
| Miss on bonus lease | 3/30/2010 |
| Q: We are a group of people that miss on the signing bonus lease, Are we still entitle to royalties? ... A: Unless you are leased a company cannot pool your mineral interest with other interests. You either ... | |
| Nacogdoches County Texas lease offer | 3/12/2010 |
| Q: I received an offer to lease minerals in Nacogdoches county, Texas terms 350/acre 3/16 royalty 3 ... A: 1. strike the warranty language in the lease form. 2. $500 and 1/4 royalty 3. They aren't unless ... | |
| Offer to buy mineral rights | 3/11/2010 |
| Q: My family and I received an offer to buy our mineral rights left to us by our grandfather. The offer ... A: Your lands have three horizontal wells drilled in the oi;y part of the Barnett Shale. There is are ... | |
| $5000.00 Lease/Royalty Offer | 3/8/2010 |
| Q: Section 3-11N-R21W Beckham County, Oklahoma. I own approx 40 acres of mineral acres in the above ... A: You are describing a term Mineral Deed, wherein if there is production at the end of the 12 years, ... | |
| Expropriated Land | 3/6/2010 |
| Q: LAND(IN SEC 13 T16N R13W) IN CADDO PARISH/LOUISIANA I OWNED THAT HAS BEEN PRODUCING GAS SINCE THE ... A: from the sound of it, you own the minerals, all of them. Those minerals are subject to the terms of ... | |
| Jefferson County (Savery A-46) Exxon property west of Beaumont Airport | 3/2/2010 |
| Q: Mr. McConnell, Thank you for your consideration to this post. I promise to be brief. My family ... A: The seismic data is proprietary information owmed by the people that license it. The play is the ... | |
| lease addendum | 3/1/2010 |
| Q: Legal: section 8, township 10, range 18 west in Washita Co., Okla. Signed a lease for my 80 mineral ... A: I think it is very generous of Questar to offer you this after you have signed the lease. Questar ... | |
| Royalty expectations | 3/1/2010 |
| Q: My father signed a lease with Chesapeake in Aug 2006, he passed away March 2009 and production ... A: They can include all or part of your lands in a unit or units unless you have made provisions for ... | |
| Royalty expectations | 2/28/2010 |
| Q: My father signed a lease with Chesapeake in Aug 2006, he passed away March 2009 and production ... A: If I were you, I would concentrate on getting your royalty issues straightened out and seeing what ... | |
| Oil Royalty payment | 2/26/2010 |
| Q: I currently have a oil lease in San Patricio County, TX, 135 Acres, A Loy Sims, et al Maria J. De La ... A: The well has produced every month in 2009. Send the operator a certified letter demanding all ... | |
| SPLITTING MINERAL RIGHTS | 2/24/2010 |
| Q: I WAS LOOKING TO BUY A PIECE OF LAND IN THE MARCELLUS SHALE PLAY IN SOUTHERN NEW YORK. THE CURRENT ... A: Both of you have the power (executive rights) to lease the land. The reservation of minerals in a ... | |
| Oil Payment Distribution Between Working Interest Owners | 2/23/2010 |
| Q: McConnell. I recently bought 50% working interest in an oil and gas lease with a producing oil well ... A: Normally the parties have a Joint Operating Agreement that sets out the terms and conditions of how ... | |
| Royalty question | 2/20/2010 |
| Q: I apologize for the incomplete description (lack of Block no.) The original question should have ... A: The Covington well is istuated on your lands and produced some gas and oil. There has been no ... | |
| Mineral Lease Offer in Lea County, NM. | 2/18/2010 |
| Q: Sir, I own the following minerals with other family members: Township 9 South Range 34 East NMPM ... A: Years of experience with undivided interest owners in tracts have taught me that owners should deal ... | |
| Leasing rights offer | 2/18/2010 |
| Q: we have received an offer to lease the mineral rights to a parcel of land in Pawnee County, OK -- ... A: It means that 20% of 8/8 is your royalty. In Oklahoma onedoesn't have the opportunity to spend a ... | |
| leasing mineral rights in colorado | 2/18/2010 |
| Q: I have been contacted by an oil company interested in leasing our mineral interests in Weld County, ... A: Petro Canada, which was bought by Noble Drilling on Jan 5, 2010 has a well permitted in section 26 ... | |
| Mineral Lease Offer in Lea County, NM. | 2/18/2010 |
| Q: Sir, I own the following minerals with other family members: Township 9 South Range 34 East NMPM ... A: The only lease my database shows for the W/2 of the section is Heaslet which expired on 2/09. There ... | |
| mineral rights value | 2/17/2010 |
| Q: We recently sold mineral rights that were part of a trust I am trustee for. We need to determine the ... A: If the minerals were non producing, you can use two and one half times the last lease bonus to value ... | |
| Same old story | 2/16/2010 |
| Q: Our deceased grandmother receives (still to this day - guess they didn't know she passed in 1985) ... A: Who endorses the checks sent to your deceased grandmother? Do you realize the income tax ... | |
| Prescription in Lousiana | 2/16/2010 |
| Q: My questions are in regards to prescription in Louisiana. Consider this scenario: a person sells ... A: 1. The person/s reserving minerals own the minerals for ten years after the cessation of production. ... | |
| Gas Well Production Measurements | 2/12/2010 |
| Q: Is the flow rate from a Gas Well Measured in Actual Cubic Feet per Day (volume of gas flowing ... A: The majority of producing wells measure natural gas production with an orifice style meter. Orifice ... | |
| Gas Well Production Measurements | 2/12/2010 |
| Q: Is the flow rate from a Gas Well Measured in Actual Cubic Feet per Day (volume of gas flowing ... A: Gas is measured in MCF or one thousand cubic feet. The gas is produced at the wellhead and treated ... | |
| Mineral Rights | 2/12/2010 |
| Q: McConnell, An oil/gas company recently contacted me about some acreage I own in Texas.I cannot find ... A: If a company is contacting you and your fiance about leasing this land, they will need your ... | |
| General Valuation Multipliers For Working Interest | 2/12/2010 |
| Q: First, what a great site and thanks for your time. I own 85% Working Interest and operate a ... A: I ball parked the LOE in my original estimate. I used $70 per bbl as the factor. Higher oil prices ... | |
| Mineral Rights. | 2/11/2010 |
| Q: McConnell, I own 21.54 acres(2 10.77 AC parcels)in Texas.In 2009,a geophysical survey was done on my ... A: Not knowing the title history of the lands in question, I would assume that your co-tenancy with ... | |
| Pooling unit question | 10/25/2009 |
| Q: Coogan, I know this may not be your specialty, but the two experts listed are not available. I ... A: I suggest you let the geologist represent you for a percentage of your royalty. Something is better ... | |
| Oil Well Working Interest Legal Rights | 8/25/2009 |
| Q: I have a working interest in several fields through an operating company. The fields are producing ... A: I am assuming you are a party to a Joint Operating Agreement for the wells in question. If you are, ... | |
| New Homeowner | 6/19/2009 |
| Q: We recently purchased a home in Grand Prairie in Oct. 2008. Just found out yesterday that the ... A: If you had read your title policy you would have known before closing that you were buying a house ... | |
| withheld royalties | 6/15/2009 |
| Q: My family has an existing lease for a gas well with Goodrich Petroleum. Since August of 2008, the ... A: Send the company a certified letter, demanding payment within thirty days for all royalties due and ... | |
| gas lease chaves county NM | 6/11/2009 |
| Q: I have 160 acres,surface and mineral rights in section 10 15s 25e Chaves co NM. My lease with PLLL ... A: Negotiating leases is like playing poker, if you want a sure thing, take the offer on the table. If ... | |
| Heirship forms | 5/16/2009 |
| Q: My family has land in Louisiana and all relatives to receive interest from my grandmother's portion ... A: The purpose of the affidavit is to set out the heirs of a person that died intestate. If the said ... | |
| Royalty related to unmarketed gas of nonoperator | 5/15/2009 |
| Q: I am a royalty owner in a Texas gas well. Chesapeake is the operator. They are reducing my royalty ... A: Why don't you send Chesapeake a certified letter, giving them thirty days to pay you all that is due ... | |
| Arlington, Tx gas lease | 5/8/2009 |
| Q: About a year ago we were offered a gas lease through Central Arlington Property Owners in Arlington, ... A: The landman is telling you the truth. You should have made the landman aware of the problem when ... | |
| leasing mineral rights in colorado | 5/4/2009 |
| Q: I have been contacted by an oil company interested in leasing our mineral interests in Weld County, ... A: If I were you I would just forget about leasing now and let the company get all they can leased. ... | |
| Recording of Extension of OGL | 5/4/2009 |
| Q: Is it required, in the State of Texas, to record some sort of affidavit at least for the extension ... A: There is no requirement to record anything but the lease. If the lease provides for an extension by ... | |
| Waiver of Surface Rights | 5/1/2009 |
| Q: McConnell- Thank you for being a part of this service. My father and I are trying to buy a small 250 ... A: If you can get the restrictions in the deed where the seller agrees to lease the lands for oil & gas ... | |
| Inherited Mineral Rights | 4/29/2009 |
| Q: Sir, My question is about Sec34 12N 9E in Okfusky County Ok. I inherited 35 acres of minerals from ... A: Your father's interest was forced pooled and in Oklahoma the State essentially leased for you. You ... | |
| inheritance guidance | 4/22/2009 |
| Q: McConnell: My deceased grandfather owned several acres in section 28, township 11, and range 11 of ... A: You should open your father's succession if he died testate. If he died intestate you should have ... | |
| 1/4 royalty vs. full share royalty | 4/22/2009 |
| Q: I recently won a decision by the Oklahoma Commission to reopen a pooling order concerning my mineral ... A: First off you have confirmed a long held belief of mine that the companies do little due diligence ... | |
| Waiver of Surface Rights | 4/22/2009 |
| Q: McConnell- Thank you for being a part of this service. My father and I are trying to buy a small 250 ... A: If the seller retains the mineral rights, they automatically retain the exective rights. Your ... | |
| OIL & GAS WELL IN WYOMING | 4/21/2009 |
| Q: I own a 35% WI in an 7200' well drilled in Wyoming. The well began drilling in December and ... A: It would appear by your question that the well was still in the "completion and testing" phase of ... | |
| Working Interest vs Share of Lease Charges | 4/21/2009 |
| Q: Sir, I have inherited a working interest on an oil and condensate well in Texas. The decimal ... A: You are a working interest owner which means you pay your part of the bills and your part of the ... | |
| Royalty Purchase | 4/19/2009 |
| Q: I received an offer from a royalty company and I'm wanting to know if this is a good offer or should ... A: Lisa, I can tell by your question that you do not know what you have in the way of an offer. You ... | |
| Pipeline lease | 4/19/2009 |
| Q: James, One year ago I acquired a tract of land with a crude oil pipeline. There were no copies of ... A: You bought the land subject to a right-of-way agreement, which is a covenant running with the land ... | |
| 232 acre mineral rights in wood county texas | 4/19/2009 |
| Q: First of all I would like to thank you for your time and assistance. Me and my family own 232 acres ... A: Ann, I really don't know how to tell you this and not have you be offended. There is no production ... | |
| Bodcau Wildlife Management Areas leases | 4/17/2009 |
| Q: I live in Brisbane Australia. I have inherited property leases in the Bodcau Wildlife Mgt Area in ... A: You aren't going to get much help until you know more specifically about what you are talking about. ... | |
| MT probate proceedings | 4/16/2009 |
| Q: Mr. McConnell, Thank you for making this forum available. My family inherited mineral rights to 7.5 ... A: 1. Send a certified letter to the operator of the well and explain what tou own and explain how you ... | |
| Oil and Gas lease involving minors | 4/16/2009 |
| Q: I have been approached by a Carrizo landman in Tarrant Co to sign an oil and gas lease on a small ... A: I understand your reasoning and until now you haven't had a reason to have yourself appointed ... | |
| Oil, Gas & Mineral Lease State MS | 4/14/2009 |
| Q: How much is .50623 net mineral acres? What is a 100.00 bonus consideration? What is 175.00 per net ... A: (1) a little more than a half acre. (2) It must be their minimum payment as your bonus would equal ... | |
| Mineral rights that were my Moms and she died | 4/14/2009 |
| Q: How should I go about getting the mineral rights in my name in Oklahoma? Thanks for any help that ... A: If your mother died intestate her heirs are those designated by law in the Oklahoma descent and ... | |
| How can I get a lease in this situation ? | 4/13/2009 |
| Q: here is the situation.All parties where domiciled in California at time of death.In 1997 M.the ... A: Buy out as many undivided interests as you can and then have an attorney file a petition in ... | |
| executive rights | 4/12/2009 |
| Q: I'm selling 75 acres of land in Goliad Texas and the purchaser agreed to the selling price, and ... A: The person with the executive rights executes the lease. The one with the executive rights decides ... | |
| mineral rights (inherited) | 4/9/2009 |
| Q: Where do I go from here. I have looked at the questions and answers but what is best for me? An ... A: In 1982 Apache Corp. drilled a 23,300' well in the NW/4 of that section and plugged the well in ... | |
| Lease Bonus | 4/9/2009 |
| Q: Me and my 3 sisters and an uncle are being asked to sign a lease for mineral rights in Van Buren ... A: It means that you own an undivided interest of .078 net mineral acres in a 5 acre tract which is ... | |
| LEASING LAND | 4/9/2009 |
| Q: I started a succession on immovable property that was in my mother name in Bossier Parish LA. 005 ... A: From the time the first well is spudded until the last well is plugged is the life of the unit. In ... | |
| Lease Bonus | 4/9/2009 |
| Q: Me and my 3 sisters and an uncle are being asked to sign a lease for mineral rights in Van Buren ... A: The royalty reserved in a lease is stated in fractions, such as one fourth (1/4) and sometimes the ... | |
| LEASEING LAND | 4/7/2009 |
| Q: I started a succession on immovable property that was in my mother name in Bossier Parish LA. 005 ... A: Yes, it's done all of the time. But, If I were you I would secure your JOP and make certain you ... | |
| Pay rights - Grandfather's 'mystery' Mineral Rights | 4/7/2009 |
| Q: I have just been contacted by a gentleman from an oil company, who has informed me that there are ... A: why don't you call an attorney in the county in which the minerals are situated and ask them how you ... | |
| Oil, Gas & Mineral Lease on property | 4/6/2009 |
| Q: I received several letters for oil, gas and mineral rights lease on my property in Southeast Fort ... A: Save all of your correspondence and try to get a tape reording of the landman telling you what they ... | |
| Division of Interest | 4/4/2009 |
| Q: McConnell: I have three questions: 1. Is it possible for me to get access to the current Division ... A: If you have executed a Joint Operating Agreement with the operator your rights are spelled out in ... | |
| Mineral Rights | 3/30/2009 |
| Q: My wife was a stockholder in a corporation that owned ~1100 acres of land in Louisiana. The corp. ... A: I'm not going to answer your question because it will delay you in retaining an attorney. This is a ... | |
| Someone owes me some money.... | 3/29/2009 |
| Q: Here is my sad tale: My great grandmother was a country woman. She was 1/4 Cherokee and inherited ... A: You would need your Great Grandmother's name and a period of time in which the transaction took ... | |
| Release of Lease | 3/28/2009 |
| Q: I own 25% of mineral rights on a 200 acre parcel. I do not own the property. The way I understand ... A: Example: Company drills seversl wells to develop a field, A portion of your leased premises is ... | |
| Drill Site negotiations | 3/26/2009 |
| Q: I had leased my minerals to a major company last year and had added a clause at the end that says ... A: 1. The company does not have the authority under your lease to drill a well into another section, ... | |
| oil lease | 3/24/2009 |
| Q: I purchased a parcel of 80 acers with some minreals recently, in Latimer co Ok, T3N R21E section 29, ... A: You or someone you hired would have to go to the county courthouse and run the records to make such ... | |
| Reasonable lease provisions for Montezuma County, CO? | 3/17/2009 |
| Q: I am doing some research for a friend regarding some mineral interests that they own in Montezuma ... A: Tell your friend to sign the lease and enjoy a nice dinner and forget about it. One day they may be ... | |
| Oil & Gal Lease Offer | 3/13/2009 |
| Q: I received an offer to lease my mineral interest in oil and gas from a TS Dudley Land Company ... A: Since you own an undivided 1/8 of the minerals in that tract, you should ask for $250 per acre and ... | |
| Oil and Gas Mineral Lease OFFER | 3/12/2009 |
| Q: McConnell! I am a new homeowner in Tarrant County (SouthEast Arlington) Newport Village. I am from ... A: Your lot is probably included in a pooled unit. In Texas, unless you have executed a lease, your ... | |
| Lease Agreement | 3/12/2009 |
| Q: Do you think she would be able to renegotiate her lease with the extension? ANSWER: I mistakenly ... A: For future reference, the Abstract number for the Brown survey is 98. It is a small survey in the ... | |
| Lease Agreement | 3/12/2009 |
| Q: Do you think she would be able to renegotiate her lease with the extension? A: I mistakenly mishandled your original question and I am pasting it and my answer here. My mother, ... | |
| 840 acres of Mineral Rights in Wood County | 3/11/2009 |
| Q: My sister & I received a letter in the mail a couple weeks ago from Weber Energy Corporation in ... A: I would counter with $250 per acre and 1/5 royalty, three year pd up lease, a vertical and ... | |
| Attorney now or later for heirship problem? | 3/11/2009 |
| Q: My mother died in FL in 2004 owning mineral (no surface) rights to property in Goliad County, Texas ... A: If you probate your father's will in Florida, You can have certified copies of it filed in Goliad ... | |
| Attorney now or later for heirship problem? | 3/10/2009 |
| Q: My mother died in FL in 2004 owning mineral (no surface) rights to property in Goliad County, Texas ... A: Even though the operator has changed twice since Mission Resources drilled these wells, the same ... | |
| Minteral Servitude | 3/10/2009 |
| Q: I leased with an O/G company in 2005. The lease expired due to a 'shut in' dry hole/future utility. ... A: It happens all the time. The lease taken in the 40s'covered and affected a number of tracts and did ... | |
| Back Pay on Non-participating royalty interests | 3/9/2009 |
| Q: On 11-14-08 I signed the Ratification regarding the Temple Inland Gas Unit Wells, A. Vannoy Survey, ... A: A ratification of an existing lease covering and affecting a tract of land included in a pooled unit ... | |
| Oil & Gas Lease Legal Descriptions for TX | 3/5/2009 |
| Q: I am in the process of gathering legal descriptions to file liens on some wells we have worked on. I ... A: It is required in Texas that a well sign be posted at every well giving the lease name (unit name) ... | |
| Mineral Rights | 3/4/2009 |
| Q: Mr. McConnell, My 3 siblings and I have each been asked to sell mineral rights on our respective ... A: I suggest you throw it in the garbage. Sometime in the future there will be some wells drilled that ... | |
| unknown wells on our land | 3/3/2009 |
| Q: MY MOTHER OWNS 10AC IN LATIMER CO OK CGG LINE NO OFZ-1804 PROPERTY DESCRIPTION ... A: A reasonable person would pay the $600 and get the accurate mineral ownership report. There are no ... | |
| Mineral rights/taxes | 3/3/2009 |
| Q: My mother and her two siblings were willed (from their father) mineral rights on a piece of property ... A: You would need to ask the attorney to answer the question, as he is the only one that would know. I ... | |
| Pugh clauses | 3/2/2009 |
| Q: McConnell, My brother and I own ½ the mineral rights on a 200 acre parcel in Fayette County, PA. ... A: If you own an undivided interest in a tract and you have a Pugh clause, whatever land is not ... | |
| Royalty Payments | 3/1/2009 |
| Q: James, I have noticed that the royalty payments for gas that I have been receiving are for about 7% ... A: Each of these companies picks a percentage to deduct for "other" or "miscellaneous" expenses. I ... | |
| mineral rights | 2/28/2009 |
| Q: I have signed a buy sell agreement to buy some land from a family member. We put down 10,000 down ... A: Ask your attorney that drew up the buy-sell agreement if your deal covers all of the minerals and if ... | |
| Waiting on Division Orders | 2/27/2009 |
| Q: Mr. McConnell... We own 4+ acres in the Elaine Keith Gas Unit in Johnson County Texas. According to ... A: Send Devon a certified letter demanding all royalty payments due and owing. Give them thirty days ... | |
| Royalty Interest | 2/26/2009 |
| Q: Is there an average royalty interest and if so what is it? I have been told it is 3/16 (or 0.1875). ... A: Royalties and bonus are negotiated between the mineral owner and the Lessee. The only factors that ... | |
| Stuck between a mortgage and a Gas\Oil company | 2/12/2009 |
| Q: We bought property and were told we didn’t own the mineral rights. Turns out we do but they were ... A: Stop entertaining these people and hire an attorney. Send the Morgtage company a certified letter ... | |
| follow up 2 | 2/11/2009 |
| Q: When my mother died she left nothing of value but a file of old oil leases she inherated from her ... A: Step 1: Hire a professional, take a course in abstracting title, go to law school. The fact that ... | |
| Powhatan, La | 1/27/2009 |
| Q: They drilled the Bearden well around 1978. It was capped due to a problem recovering the gas, do you ... A: EnCana drilled an offset to the ANR Messenger No. 1 well in the Haynesville and made a nice well for ... | |
| Surface Use/Drill Site | 1/17/2009 |
| Q: Mr. McConnell, My wife and I own 19.12 acres with 50% minerals in Hood County, TX (John Morris ... A: There's no easy solution, but you can be very specific how the build the pad and place the tanks for ... | |
| Surface Use/Drill Site | 1/16/2009 |
| Q: Mr. McConnell, My wife and I own 19.12 acres with 50% minerals in Hood County, TX (John Morris ... A: If you signed a no surface use lease, then they have no reason to be on your land. Logic would ... | |
| Royalty-Division Order Late Payment | 1/11/2009 |
| Q: I have about twenty acres of royalty in a well that was completed early in July, 2007 and which has ... A: This has gotten more common over the past few years. Send the company a certified letter demanding ... | |
| Mineral ownership | 1/10/2009 |
| Q: 20 years ago we purchased 200 acres in Louisiana. The land is split into 2 adjoining sections, 160 ... A: Your mineral ownership has more to do with the contiguity of the minerals than sections. Since the ... | |
| new mexico mineral leases | 1/5/2009 |
| Q: I inherited in 1993 over 33 mineral leases located in Curry, Rosevelt and DeBaca Counties. I would ... A: If there are no royalties being paid the leases expired by their own terms years ago. You would ... | |
| Mineral (oil & gas) Lease | 1/5/2009 |
| Q: By virtue of Power of Attorney for my mother, I now have the delight of deciphering the details of ... A: You have already given up control of the negotiations. I would tell them that I would not sign a ... | |
| Mineral spacing | 12/31/2008 |
| Q: This lease is located in NW/4 5-29-6 in Grant County Oklahoma. Most of the spacing is 160 acres but ... A: I would imagine that the Corporation Commission will grant the 160 acre pooling, regardless of ... | |
| Non-Operated WI | 12/31/2008 |
| Q: James, Firstly let me thank you for your vast contribution in this site. And pardon me for ... A: First, I would only reccomend owning working interest if you were a seasoned veteran of the oil & ... | |
| Escambia County Ala. Oil Lease | 12/30/2008 |
| Q: Mr. McConnell, First, I'm stunned/thrilled to find this site, and someone like you on this site. I ... A: Jay Field, was a significant oil&gas field in the 70's and 80's and is situated due south of your ... | |
| Oil & Gas Lease Offer in OK | 12/23/2008 |
| Q: I received a letter in the mail today from United Land Company in Oklahoma City offering to lease my ... A: It's not a fair price, but in today's market it may be the only price. Try a counter offer of $150 ... | |
| Kuwait gas discovery Dewitt County | 12/22/2008 |
| Q: Mr. McConnell, My question is regarding the news story that broke last Monday: ... A: I wouldn't put much stock in this. That San Antonio newspaper is more like a supermarket tabloid, ... | |
| Reserved right on a mineral deed | 12/20/2008 |
| Q: On a 1929 mineral deed, for which I own partial mineral interest, the following phrase was inserted: ... A: The executive rights are a covenant running with the land. Unless they are specifically reserved, ... | |
| Reserved right on a mineral deed | 12/19/2008 |
| Q: On a 1929 mineral deed, for which I own partial mineral interest, the following phrase was inserted: ... A: The landman is interpreting it to mean you have no executive rights in and to the mineral interest ... | |
| Mineral Rights | 12/19/2008 |
| Q: Is there an organization working with the government trying to get landowners who do not own the ... A: I have never heard of such a program. the government would not have an interest in the lands or ... | |
| Texas Mineral Rights | 12/19/2008 |
| Q: I bought 10 acres of raw land in west Texas over the internet about 3 years ago. About 6 months ago ... A: (1) The land isn't worth spending what it would cost to ascertain exactly what you own. (2)A title ... | |
| Texas Mineral Rights | 12/18/2008 |
| Q: I bought 10 acres of raw land in west Texas over the internet about 3 years ago. About 6 months ago ... A: The seller sold you everything he owned. The question is what did he own? You did no due diligence ... | |
| Remote location for Storage Tanks | 12/16/2008 |
| Q: My property is located in the John H. Miles survey, Abtract No. 855 in Parker County, Texas. The gas ... A: You're not going to like this advice. I suggest you hire an attorney to approach the company with ... | |
| land lease dewitt county texas | 12/13/2008 |
| Q: My mother and I were in the process of leasing the land we own in Dewitt county Texas. The land ... A: Burlington resources is drilling a deep wildcat well about three miles from your minerals. Your ... | |
| Fair bonus and royalties | 12/13/2008 |
| Q: My sister and I hold 1/2 interest in the mineral rights of a 55 acre tract in Johnson County Texas. ... A: Tell the man you want $10,000 per acre and 25% royalty. If they don't want to do that and and ... | |
| Mineral Rights Ownership | 12/12/2008 |
| Q: My mother died in 1997 in Harrison County TX. Acting as the estate executor, I transferred one ... A: You do not specify if the Probate is closed or still open after more than ten years. If the Probate ... | |
| Receiving bonus payment | 12/10/2008 |
| Q: I am getting ready to sign a mineral right lease for minerals in Oklahoma. The company said they ... A: Tell the landman you will execute the lease and endorse a 10 day, not banking days, draft. Put the ... | |
| Gas lease offer in Logan Co. Arkansas 32-5N-28W | 12/10/2008 |
| Q: My sister and I each received a lease offer for partial interest in 32-5N-28W in Logan Co. Arkansas. ... A: To answer your question, no you don't have any power with so little land. Arkansas provides ... | |
| Gas Leases | 12/8/2008 |
| Q: My husband and I own 25 acres in the southwestern portion of Burlington Township, PA. A few months ... A: 4If I were you I would wait until you get an offer to lease more like the original offer. It may ... | |
| RI/ORRI & Non Operating WI | 12/7/2008 |
| Q: First of all let me thank you for all the contributions you have made. I have gained immense ... A: I am not going to attempt to answer your questions for several reasons. (1) You are seeking ... | |
| Interest Type and Mineral Assignment and EFT | 12/7/2008 |
| Q: Tyler County TX, Sterling Black Stone A-5 West. 0.00012969/RI. Mom has interest in minerals on ... A: Why don't you simply state that your mother received a division order and you don't know what to do. ... | |
| Woods County, OK Mineral Lease Offer | 12/6/2008 |
| Q: If I understand this correctly, I have been offered a 3-year paid up lease for my 0.517789 mineral ... A: Unless you write a check for your part of the drilling expenses up front, you will be carried ... | |
| Leasing or not to lease? | 12/6/2008 |
| Q: A sibling and I own an undivided 20 net mineral acre interest in Section 33, Blk 1, W&NW RR Co. ... A: I don't understand how the lawyer got out of the picture. Usually when people hire attorneys to ... | |
| Barnett Shale unitization, meaning of | 12/6/2008 |
| Q: What does "left out" mean when a unit is being formed to drill for gas in the Barnett Shale in ... A: They probably won't do anything. They may have already petitioned the court for a Receiver Lease on ... | |
| physical oil storage in Texas/Oklahoma | 12/5/2008 |
| Q: I am interested in taking a small speculative long position in WTI via physical ownership of oil ... A: You would be better served buying oil futures than trying to own and store oil. But to answer your ... | |
| Woods County, OK Mineral Lease Offer | 12/5/2008 |
| Q: If I understand this correctly, I have been offered a 3-year paid up lease for my 0.517789 mineral ... A: Take option 2. You have been forced pooled and you don't have a lot of time to fool around or you ... | |
| Barnett Shale unitization, meaning of "left out" | 12/5/2008 |
| Q: What does "left out" mean when a unit is being formed to drill for gas in the Barnett Shale in ... A: Assume you are not going to get $25,000 per acre and make a counter offer of the terms under which ... | |
| Overrides in Oil and Gas Pooling | 12/5/2008 |
| Q: Good morning! My question is regarding a 216.2 acre property my wife and I own located on the John ... A: I don't think you have any claim to mineral royalties from another tract, irregardless of the situs ... | |
| access road through a subdivision | 12/4/2008 |
| Q: I live in a rural subdivision in the Bethany-Longstreet Field, Haynesville Zone, Reservoir A, T15N, ... A: You are under no obligation to grant any easement to the operator. However, they can do what the ... | |
| Leasing Question | 12/4/2008 |
| Q: Mr. McConnell, Scenario: In North Louisiana, Company X has 95% of a section leased. Company BS has ... A: Once a LOC unit is approved, all interests in the unit are pooled into the unit, including the ... | |
| access road through a subdivision | 12/4/2008 |
| Q: I live in a rural subdivision in the Bethany-Longstreet Field, Haynesville Zone, Reservoir A, T15N, ... A: In the face of a long drawn out affair, the company will seek another route. It is almost necessary ... | |
| rusk county | 12/2/2008 |
| Q: I inherited a little over two acres located in the Jessie Wilson survey,A-725 in Rusk County. I was ... A: If you own land in Rusk County, the Abstract number is 1798. If you own land in Panola County, the ... | |
| deciphering a production report filing | 11/30/2008 |
| Q: Can you tell me whether this is considered a very good, good or poor well? I can only decipher the ... A: It is the first Tuscaloosa Marine shale well completion. It will take time to evaluate the well and ... | |
| Texas notary | 11/29/2008 |
| Q: We were in talks with a gas company and never signed a lease in front of a notary republic and we ... A: That will depend on who's lease is of record. If the lease you claim to not have signed in front of ... | |
| mineral deed | 11/28/2008 |
| Q: my father passed away about 18 years ago. going through some boxes my mother and came across some ... A: If they are deeds they have a description of the property. You would need to go to the county in ... | |
| deductions from royalty for gas injection expenses | 11/25/2008 |
| Q: I am a geologist in Dallas with 31 years experience. I have an overriding royalty under 3,000 acres ... A: I would send the revenue department of the company a certified letter with a copy of the Assignment, ... | |
| pooling likely in these economic times? | 11/20/2008 |
| Q: Identifier: zig zag prospect Section:35, Township:11N; Range;21W, a tract of land in the S/2 NW/4. ... A: I can't make that decision for you. You and your family own 6/640 in a unit. You have obviously ... | |
| Offer for Conveyance and Assignment of Mineral Rights | 11/20/2008 |
| Q: My step-father, in his younger days sold deeds (?) for gas and mineral rights in Panola County, ... A: You will need to hire a landman to research for you. These areas have been in production for decades ... | |
| Oil/Gas lease offer in McClain County,OK | 11/15/2008 |
| Q: My wife owns 12.5 net mineral acres in the SW 1/4 of section 8 of Township 5n-3w in the Payne ... A: Why don't you let the old lease expire and see what happens? $1250 isn't going to do much. If they ... | |
| Louisiana Deed Witness Requirements | 11/9/2008 |
| Q: I am buying some mineral rights in Louisiana's Calcasieu and Cameron Parishes. Do conveyances of ... A: In order to have an instrument recorded in Louisiana there must be two witnesses and a notary. ... | |
| Texas Oil Lease Questions | 11/8/2008 |
| Q: McConnell, We own mineral rights to 54.66 acres (640 acres pooled) in Mitchell County, Texas. ... A: Your question is unclear and you may have some terms mixed up. Since there's never been a producing ... | |
| Proceeds Lease | 11/8/2008 |
| Q: Mr. McConnell, We have a mineral interest in the Barrnett Shale. Our Royalty lease agreement calls ... A: Under the terms of your lease you will not be charged for the treating and separation of gas and ... | |
| Ward Co Gas Leases | 11/7/2008 |
| Q: Mr. McConnell: I have been reseaching property owned by my grandfather since August 2008. He ... A: In Texas royalty owners get an ad valorem tax bill for each interest in each producing well. In ... | |
| Ward Co Gas Leases | 11/7/2008 |
| Q: Mr. McConnell: I have been reseaching property owned by my grandfather since August 2008. He ... A: I looked at the section in question and can tell you now that it's not going to be easy and I don't ... | |
| oil and gas lease offered | 10/31/2008 |
| Q: McConnell, I own 1/3 of 40 mineral acres along (each individual interest is 13.333 acres) with my ... A: Continental Resources, Chesapeake, TODCO and SoDak have leases in Section 18. Apparently Crawley ... | |
| Lincoln County, OK - Oil and Gas Lease | 10/26/2008 |
| Q: My wife was recently contacted about leasing 60 acres in N/2 S/2 NE/4 and N/2 S/2 NE/4, Section ... A: It is probably your wife's separate property that she inherited unknowingly, so they won't need your ... | |
| Oil & Gas Lease Ouachita County, Ark. | 10/25/2008 |
| Q: We are being summoned to court in Camden AR to decide on our rights to accept or refuse a couple of ... A: You are in Oklahoma and you don't own enough mineral interest for a company to worry about. Sign the ... | |
| Latimer County Gas Lease | 10/24/2008 |
| Q: I have a lease with Chesapeake on 1/8th undivided interest on 69 acres in Section 19 township 5N ... A: Section 19 appears to be geologically sound for the Atoka which is already spaced on 640 acres. ... | |
| Foard County TX Lease Royalty and Bonus | 10/23/2008 |
| Q: My Mom received a lease today for an interest she has in the AH&TC Co Survey Abstract A-198 in Foard ... A: Tell them you will lease from the surface to 4000' for $50 ac. 1/5 and 3 year lease. There are ... | |
| pooling resulting in dilution | 10/21/2008 |
| Q: Sir, I own a lakefront property in Robertson County Texas, on small private lake. When the lake was ... A: I own interest in the Landers Unit. I sold leases to Chesapeake in the drill site. They are pooled ... | |
| Oil rites | 10/19/2008 |
| Q: My aunt passed away in 1990. She left everything to my mother who passed away in 1995. My mom eft ... A: The first thing you need to do is find all of these probates and order a certified copy of the last ... | |
| Is it Legal to not Honor a Signed Lease? | 10/17/2008 |
| Q: I recently signed an oil and gas lease with one of the largest energy companies in the US and they ... A: Not knowing all of the details, I would rather not comment on this. Perhaps Chesapeake doesn't know ... | |
| oil and gas leasing in IL | 10/14/2008 |
| Q: My family owns some farm land near Oblong. On this land there have been no producing wells for 3 or ... A: Illinois is the best state I ever worked in because the lands are abstracted by quarter sections. ... | |
| oil & gas lease, sell or keep? | 10/12/2008 |
| Q: Mr. McConnell, I am a Native Oklahoman, but having lived inCalifornia most of my adult life, I am ... A: If you don't sign a lease you are going to be force pooled by Alltex. You come here with help me, ... | |
| Oil and Gas Mineral Lease in Oklahoma | 10/9/2008 |
| Q: This is in regards to inherited mineral rights in Muskogee County, Oklahoma. I have been offered ... A: You might try bumping up the bonus to $150.00, but if they don't go for it, don't push it. There ... | |
| Gas Pipeline Classifications and Customary Obligations | 10/9/2008 |
| Q: McConnell, Your expert responses to such a wide array of questions have been very informative and ... A: I would not let them put any pipelines on my land that were not hooked to wells that produced ... | |
| Number of Wells in a 330 acre unit. | 10/8/2008 |
| Q: Mr. McConnell, I'm currently in a unit with 330 total acres in the Barnett Shale in Johnson County. ... A: There are many reason why a well could produce that way, too many to go into on this site. I try to ... | |
| Gas Pipeline Classifications and Customary Obligations | 10/8/2008 |
| Q: McConnell, Your expert responses to such a wide array of questions have been very informative and ... A: The only pipelines covered and affected by the oil & gas lease are gathering lines from a well or ... | |
| Farmout Terminology | 10/8/2008 |
| Q: James, Thank you for taking the time to read my question. I am investment professional for a ... A: Without having been a party to the discussion, I wouldn't assume anything. Farm-outs and Farm-ins ... | |
| Mineral rights | 10/8/2008 |
| Q: In 1991 my father and his sister inherited mineral rights from their mother. They each received an ... A: You would need the services of a local attorney where the minerals are located. Perhaps your Dad ... | |
| getting back to you as requested | 10/8/2008 |
| Q: I am getting back to your request: YOUR ANSWER: When your offers get over $100 per acre and 3/16 ... A: Seismic options are a way to tie up a lot of acreage for a long time. If seismic condemns your ... | |
| getting back to you as requested | 10/8/2008 |
| Q: I am getting back to your request: YOUR ANSWER: When your offers get over $100 per acre and 3/16 ... A: It gives you a sinking feeling when they respond to a counter offer five times as much as their ... | |
| Gas Lease Harris County | 10/7/2008 |
| Q: Understanding that all gas wells produce different volumes, perhaps nothing, is there any "typical" ... A: I am showing that the permit #670865 was issued for the drilling of a 200' deep water supply well. ... | |
| Royalties | 10/7/2008 |
| Q: I just have a general quetion concerning the lease contract/payment for land up in Oklahoma, Washita ... A: She leased 160 acres for $4500 per net mineral acre, which totals $720k. She will receive royalties ... | |
| lease on top of lease | 10/7/2008 |
| Q: James Ok I guess that I need a little help on this whole situation. First let me give you a ... A: Tell XTO that you will execute a top lease for a 3 year primary term at their terms. Line through ... | |
| Gas Lease Harris County | 10/6/2008 |
| Q: Understanding that all gas wells produce different volumes, perhaps nothing, is there any "typical" ... A: The typical well in this survey and the surveys surrounding it are dry holes. The few wells that ... | |
| PIPELINE ROYALTY | 10/6/2008 |
| Q: WE ARE LOCATED IN LYCOMING COUNTY, PA. A COMPANY WOULD LIKE TO INSTALL A TRUNK LINE ON PROPERTY 2000 ... A: I will give you the same answer that I do almost every Easement question. Easements are not do it ... | |
| Kanas Gas Wells | 10/3/2008 |
| Q: My in-laws own the mineral rights to a section of land in Kansas with three gas wells on the ... A: If you had done the math (multiplying the gross amount of money times the decimal interest) you ... | |
| Atoka County, Okla. Lease Question | 10/2/2008 |
| Q: Mr. McConnell, I have just received a Lease (unsigned) for my 23.44 acres in Section 1 Township 1N ... A: You have an offer for more than $11,000 for your 23.44 acres that is located in a section that has ... | |
| "top lease" | 9/30/2008 |
| Q: James, I have recently encountered the term "top lease". My land is 135 acres, A-30 Flores Survey, ... A: I don't know much about them except they are staffed with pros. The Landman is an old friend of ... | |
| Hughes County Section 17 | 9/30/2008 |
| Q: My aunt and I each own 16/25 acre mineral interest in land in Hughes County, Sec 17-5N-11E.This is ... A: You can accept any offer to lease. Simply line through the warranty clause at the end of the lease ... | |
| oil royalties/divorce | 9/29/2008 |
| Q: I Acuired my oil royalties after 25 yrs of my 35 year marriage. Would this be condidered seperate ... A: You don't say how you acquired the properties. If the properties are your separate property, you ... | |
| Haynesville depth severance | 9/25/2008 |
| Q: I have 32 acres in Red River Parish, LA, T13N R10W, Section 11, that have been held by production ... A: There's nothing to enforce, it is released by the terms of the Lease. Send the present owner/owners ... | |
| Mineral lease | 9/25/2008 |
| Q: Mr. McConnell, I have a couple tracts of land that are located in the Haynesville Shale. The first ... A: Wesley, you are wrong about most of your thinking. I have answered these same questions so many ... | |
| gas lease options | 9/25/2008 |
| Q: I have a question concerning my 8 acres in Sec. 16, T19N, R15W. Matador has just finished drilling ... A: Do nothing. They have not noticed you properly and they will in all likelihood miss the date to ... | |
| Surface Rights | 9/24/2008 |
| Q: We purchased a 90+ acre farm / ranch in Southeast Texas in 1982, Colorado County, Cat Spring. The ... A: Yes you own the surface rights subject to the mineral owners ingress and egress to the lands. The ... | |
| carried forward working interest | 9/23/2008 |
| Q: I own mineral interests in the core area of the Barnett Shale play (N.TEXAS). It has been described ... A: If you are having to ask questions about it, then you need to lease. Carried working interest is ... | |
| Pipe Line Lease - Right of Way Agreement | 9/12/2008 |
| Q: Is this agreement OK? The have offered to pay $100 per rod. ONEOK Field Services Right of Way ... A: I don't understand why they would want 75 feet working easement and 50 feet permanent easement ... | |
| Mineral Owners Pooling Application | 9/12/2008 |
| Q: James, in the Q & A session below you refered to the 'Mineral Owners Pooling Application' or MIPA. I ... A: Try this link http://www.utcle.org/eLibrary/preview.php?asset_file_id=553 MIPA actions are not ... | |
| marcellus lease | 9/11/2008 |
| Q: Mr. McConnell, I have read several of your answers to questions regarding leases in the Marcellus ... A: I can't see into the future and I can't make this decision for you. If you need the money, get 25% ... | |
| pooling order/ royaltys | 9/10/2008 |
| Q: My mom passed away in Jan of 2008, she was trustee of her brothers revocable trust in Oklahoma,which ... A: The Secretary Of State's office keeps the unclaimed funds, which the oil companies are supposed to ... | |
| almost fully surrounded by state land...more valuable or less valuable to an oil/gas company? | 9/10/2008 |
| Q: McConnell, I am holding an offer of $2,411 acre/15% royalty/5yr w/2 yr extension on a 22 acre parcel ... A: How perfect. After the state leases, tell the company you want the same deal on the same lease as ... | |
| Re-entry of existing well | 9/9/2008 |
| Q: I work for a very small operator in the state of Oklahoma and would greatly appreciate your opinion. ... A: If the landowners haven't sued you by now and no one is upset, you could probably go to the ... | |
| bonus and royalty rates | 9/9/2008 |
| Q: We have 100% ownership of 140 acres in Parker County (T & P RR Co. Survey, Section 137, Abst. No. ... A: I would have no way to know about lease bonus where your land is located. XTO, Range and Carrizo ... | |
| Lease offer. | 9/8/2008 |
| Q: You often state in your answers that "there have been no pooling applications or will say there is ... A: Cimarex was granted a hearing on August 11, 2008 to pool 640 acres in your section for several ... | |
| Oil lease in Wood County Texas | 9/5/2008 |
| Q: I have received a lease offer on 100 acres in the W. H. Secrest Survey A-523. Property is 7 miles ... A: You have a unique situation in that there is only one company interested in your lease and he's the ... | |
| Follow-up Harrison Co., TX | 9/4/2008 |
| Q: Sorry, I can't seem to access Follow-Up button. Is there any place we could access that would show ... A: I am showing 68 leases in the Earp Survey from 2005. A broker bought about half of them and Navajo ... | |
| Follow-up Harrison Co., TX | 9/4/2008 |
| Q: Sorry, I can't seem to access Follow-Up button. Is there any place we could access that would show ... A: You would need a subscription to Tobin, but it is very expensive. Almost all of the leases are to ... | |
| Pooling | 9/4/2008 |
| Q: Mr. McConnell I Live In Okla. And Own Mineral Interests That Are Currently Leased By Chesapeake ... A: If an operator has at least 63% of the leasehold in a section, in which they wish to form pooled ... | |
| Owner-Lessor relations | 9/4/2008 |
| Q: I should have asked you this the first time around: Three tracts of oil/gas rights in Texas were ... A: If the person died intestate, the laws concerning descent and distribution of the deceased's estate ... | |
| Follow-up - Harrison Co, TX | 9/4/2008 |
| Q: Undivided 100% mineral rights on this 50 acres owned by 7 people, have decided to act together. Can ... A: Forty acres is necessary for a "drilling unit", which is forty acres around the drill site. The ... | |
| Harrison Co., TX lease offer | 9/2/2008 |
| Q: Have been approached by Encore to lease 50 acres in NW Harrison Co., TX, J. EARP Survey - A230, S of ... A: It's a strange deal. They have the wells permitted as 1,2,3 but they are all on different non ... | |
| Oil and Gas pricing | 8/30/2008 |
| Q: My Father left his family with numerous ORI interests in Oil and Gas. I have been fairly successful ... A: This is a backwards approach to solving this problem. I would put them on written notice to pay for ... | |
| Haynesville Shale in Rusk County, TX ? | 8/29/2008 |
| Q: I own over 300 ac surface and minerals in the JB Mansola Survey A-22 SE of Mt Enterprise in South ... A: Your question is too long to answer completely. I will touch on one point, the Haynesville Shale. ... | |
| Montague County TX | 8/29/2008 |
| Q: I recently signed an EOG lease for 3 yr @$500 bonus; 20% royalty/3 yr option. This is on 3.125 net ... A: If you grew up with a landman as a father, I am sure you know that if they want you, they will find ... | |
| Oil/Gas Lease Offer - Nacogdoches County, TX | 8/29/2008 |
| Q: Mr. McConnell, We have received our first oil/gas lease offer for the 176.2 acres we own 100% of ... A: This is just my opinion, as I have no facts at all. I think you are too far west for the Shale ... | |
| lease acreage correction | 8/28/2008 |
| Q: My grandfather G. Holloway leased 145.87 acres being three tracts 91.17, 31.50, and 23.20 (tract ... A: You could spend a lot of time and money and prove up your acreage and make the company resurvey the ... | |
| Corsicana | 8/27/2008 |
| Q: Jim: I just wanted to extend my thanks to you for the site. You were right. I have learned some ... A: I'm sure you are right, but Spindletop was the first "boom" well. It brought in the speculators and ... | |
| Washington Parish, LA offer | 8/27/2008 |
| Q: My mother has just received an updated offer for an oil, gas and mineral lease on her approx. 150 ... A: Look at this link:http://tuscaloosamarineshale.com/BRIpub.html (1) There has never been any ... | |
| defination | 8/27/2008 |
| Q: In the state of Louisiana,when a rig reaches the desired depth, what does WAITING ON STATE POTINTAL ... A: It is the next step in the paperwork process. Once a well is drilled and completed, it is tested. ... | |
| McIntosh Co., OK - offer to lease | 8/26/2008 |
| Q: My 93yr. old grandmother received a letter requesting the right to lease her land for oil and gas ... A: There is no application pending for pooling or spacing in that section. 3/16 is what the other ... | |
| Gas well | 8/26/2008 |
| Q: My family from my fathers side had 40 acres which was sold and 1/2 of mineral rights was kept in the ... A: Then you should go to the website of the Oklahoma Corporation Commission and see when your section ... | |
| Desoto Parish - Logansport Area Drilling | 8/25/2008 |
| Q: Our family has close to 100 acres located atSection 13: Township 11, North-range 16 West. Currently ... A: There is more than a year left on your lease, which is ample time for a company to drill a well in ... | |
| mineral rights in DeSoto Parish | 8/24/2008 |
| Q: i own 5 acres in section 30, township 15N, range 14W of DeSoto Parish. we have lived here for 12 ... A: There are three producing wells in Section 28. One of them has been in constant production since ... | |
| Mineral rights - Freestone County, Tx | 8/22/2008 |
| Q: Mr. McConnell, I own a small divided interest in Freestone County that I purchased in 2004. ... A: You would need an attorney's opinion on that. If you do not enter into a lease or farmout agreement ... | |
| Pipeline Easement - Existing Easement | 8/22/2008 |
| Q: James, I have recently been approached by a pipeline group in East Texas about running a pipeline ... A: Get $125 rd, one pipeline, one time, annual rentals, 30' working easement, 10' easement, running ... | |
| Force Pooling/Oil & Gas Lease/Oklahoma County | 8/19/2008 |
| Q: The land in question is located in the (NE/4) (Sec 17) (T12N) (R1E) Lot 10 in Oklahoma County. We ... A: No one has applied for any kind of force pooling on that section. There were some forty acre ... | |
| Lease Offer | 8/19/2008 |
| Q: My husband owns mineral rights to acreage in DeSoto Parish, Township 12N, Range 15W, Section 28. ... A: Your situation is complicated because there have been so many wells drilled in which you are an ... | |
| mineral interest | 8/19/2008 |
| Q: Four years ago I purchased 400 acres in Texas on a 10 year note. The deed states: For and during ... A: Without reading the Deed of Trust and the Warranty Deed with Vendor's Lien, I wouldn't venture a ... | |
| Oil & Gas Lease/OK County | 8/19/2008 |
| Q: We own 160 mineral acres in Oklahoma County in the NE4 Sec 12 12N 1E. Several land men have ... A: I would tell the landman that when they can pay you $250 and 1/5 to come by with a lease. There's ... | |
| Gas Lease Question | 8/17/2008 |
| Q: I have property in Bossier Parish, LA. Township 16N, Range 11W, Section 12. In 2003 I was offered ... A: There are not any royalties due you as you never leased. If I were you I would hire an attorney to ... | |
| louisiana, 10 year mineral rights rule defined | 8/17/2008 |
| Q: I REALLY ENJOY THIS SIGHT, QUESTION IS, IF YOU PURCHASE LAND IN LOUISIANA AND THE SELLER HAS AND ... A: Next time, please try to ask the question in enough detail for me to be able to give a correct ... | |
| Seismigraphic | 8/17/2008 |
| Q: I am the undivided, mineral owner along with my 8 siblings, of 100 acres. 80 acres section 10 and 20 ... A: The minerals belong to you. You can make any kind of deal you want to make or make no deal at all. ... | |
| Seismic Shoot | 8/16/2008 |
| Q: Mr. McConnell, Seismic Exchange, Inc. contacted me about performing a 3D shoot across our 35 acres ... A: Apparently this is a proprietary shoot if Chesapeake and Petrohawk are paying for it, other wise it ... | |
| Limestone County Lease | 8/15/2008 |
| Q: I will fax you the letter and agreement. This lease agreement involves our .0139444 interest in ... A: The sub broker has limited authority. When you counter offered, he had to go to the company Landman ... | |
| Wood County, TX, Hall H. Survey, Abstract A-264 | 8/14/2008 |
| Q: Wood County, TX, Hall H. Survey, Abstract A-264. We own 100 acres of mineral rights (155 surface ... A: The abstract number is the way I can find the survey. You can probably get one fifth and I would ... | |
| Limestone County Lease | 8/13/2008 |
| Q: I will fax you the letter and agreement. This lease agreement involves our .0139444 interest in ... A: It appears that the person contacting you is a sub broker employed by the lead broker employed by ... | |
| Oil & Gas lease Marion County, Texas | 8/13/2008 |
| Q: Interest in the following 296.50 acres (along with two siblings and three first cousins having their ... A: I think you should wait about a year and see what happens to the lease bonus amounts. I imagine they ... | |
| Gas and Oil Bonus | 8/13/2008 |
| Q: We own 117 acres South of Pittsburgh PA. 90 Days ago we signed an oil and gas lease with a bonus to ... A: It would have been better to have told the Lessee that when they were ready to write you a check, ... | |
| Oil and gas | 8/11/2008 |
| Q: Mr. McConnell: In April of this year, I wrote to you to ask your opinion regarding gas leases in ... A: The longer you hold out the more money you will make. The lease bonuses are $15,000 to $20,000 in ... | |
| Louisiana-OG's Right To Drill On Unleased Tract | 8/11/2008 |
| Q: In Louisiana, if I own 40 acres in a 640 acre unit and I am not leased, can an OG company with 80% ... A: I can't give you an answer on this question because I am not sure of what the answer is. Every ... | |
| Gas well with no production for eight consecutive months. | 8/11/2008 |
| Q: Our lease in Section 33, T16N, R16W Caddo Parish, Louisiana, Greenwood Waskom field, has a clause ... A: It appears that the well reported no production for 8 months during 2007. there is no black and ... | |
| 200% penality for non-leased property owners | 8/10/2008 |
| Q: The latest offer for my 8 acres in Caddo Pine Island Field,Sec 16, T19N, R15W is 1/4 royality and ... A: I am not certain, but I am researching it now. I think I may have confused unleased mineral owner ... | |
| Logan County Oklahoma Oil and Gas Lease | 8/9/2008 |
| Q: My wife inherited mineral rights in Oklahoma. We recently received an unsolicited request from ... A: No it's not reasonable. It's too cheap to talk about. It takes 64% of the mineral ownership in a ... | |
| leasing in harrison county, tx | 8/9/2008 |
| Q: We own 1547.38 acres in the Robert Asher A-28, Henry Vardeman A-726 and Henry Vardeman A-727 ... A: First decide on the number you will sign for, at least treble the current offer, and just sit tight. ... | |
| Mississippi minerals | 8/9/2008 |
| Q: James, I saw an earlier email which addressed a problem much like mine. My Father owned minerals in ... A: That's what I would do. If the Probate for your mother is still open, an executor's mineral deed ... | |
| leases | 8/8/2008 |
| Q: I am in East Texas, Shelby County. (Haynesville Shale) I have 48.72 acres and have had (ONE) offer ... A: The units can be 704 acres. If you are not included in one unit you will be in another. You cannot ... | |
| natural gas pipeline going through property | 8/7/2008 |
| Q: McConnell, My question is this. How do I protect the de-valuing of my property from a 30"-36" ... A: I suggest you do nothing at all. If the company has the powers of imminent domain, they will sue in ... | |
| PA Gas Lease | 8/7/2008 |
| Q: I have received what seems like an attractive offer from Chesapeake Appalachia to lease my 130 acres ... A: I suggest you hire an oil & gas attorney to review the lease. then wait for a year to sign it, ... | |
| Power in numbers | 8/7/2008 |
| Q: Why would a group of land owners, with property in various townships, be more attractive to O/G ... A: If you would be patient, the play would come to you. There are no more landmen. They are doing all ... | |
| Power in numbers | 8/7/2008 |
| Q: Why would a group of land owners, with property in various townships, be more attractive to O/G ... A: It is a stratigraphic play. It saves the companies money because the people have already agreed to ... | |
| Multiple leases in subdivision | 8/7/2008 |
| Q: I am in Tarrant County, Texas (Barnett Shale). In our subdivsion of approx 400 homes, there are at ... A: Nothing. Companies compete for leases and when it is all leased up, they swap and trade until they ... | |
| 200% penality for non-leased property owners | 8/6/2008 |
| Q: The latest offer for my 8 acres in Caddo Pine Island Field,Sec 16, T19N, R15W is 1/4 royality and ... A: Your LLC would own 16/640 or .025000 working interest in the Unit. You would be responsible for ... | |
| change of address on mineral right deeds - Denton County Deed 2004-82957 | 8/6/2008 |
| Q: My grandfather passed away and left mineral rights to the grandchildren and his current wife which ... A: Call the Denton County District Clerk's Office and request copies of the Last Will and Testament, ... | |
| Gas Lease renewal in Barnett with Chesepeake | 8/6/2008 |
| Q: I have a three acre lot in East Fort Worth. Chesepeake has drilled a successful well for over a year ... A: Have they paid you any shut-in-royalty payments? Read your lease to see when they must pay you a ... | |
| Mineral and Royalty Purchase Offer | 8/6/2008 |
| Q: I am an attorney in Washington state and have an elderly client that has received an offer to ... A: How's this for coincidence? Cobra Oil & Gas from Wichita Falls, TX, is a working interest partner ... | |
| 76 acres -Wise Co. Texas Worth? | 8/5/2008 |
| Q: My husband passed away and left this lease to me, which comes available Aug. 13,2008. What is a ... A: Have you asked any neighbors if they have received $10-20,000 per acre. Gossip is cheap and usually ... | |
| Tawney Case: Void Leases | 8/4/2008 |
| Q: My brother and I recently inherited 50% interest of 190 aces in Upshur County, WV. We are included ... A: I am familiar with the case. If the U.S. Supreme Court grants Certiorari and hears the case, it ... | |
| RATIFICATION OF LEASE | 8/3/2008 |
| Q: MR. McCONNELL THANK YOU FOR READING MY QUESTION. MY TWO BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS FOUND OUT THAT ... A: Your mineral interests and your step father's interest are two separate things. Your step father ... | |
| Forced Integration | 8/3/2008 |
| Q: Arkansas, Fayetteville Shale. We will elect "Non-Consenting Party" status. Therefore, we will have ... A: I would have advised you to sign a lease. Look at it this way. Chesapeake uses all of the good ... | |
| Leases with 2 companies | 8/2/2008 |
| Q: We signed a 5 year lease 1.5 years ago recently another company offered to lease the same land, ... A: The people with the money are the pros and if they want to give you money, you need to take it. The ... | |
| RE: Hughes County, OK Minerals | 8/2/2008 |
| Q: Thx for your quick response. How & where do I find out what the State or Indian lands went for? I ... A: It was a combination of fingers too large and calculator too small that took me to the erroneous ... | |
| final decree of probate and royalties | 8/2/2008 |
| Q: I have just received my final decree of probate for mineral rights where there is past and current ... A: Every state has a statute for interest payments on royalty payments owing over ninety to 120 days. ... | |
| Hughes County, OK Minerals | 8/2/2008 |
| Q: Mr. McConnell, I live in NW Louisiana and have seen the bonus payments explode from $250/ac to ... A: Find out what the state lands and Indian lands leased for in that county at their respective last ... | |
| Haynesville Shale play in DeSoto Parish,LA | 8/2/2008 |
| Q: Mr. McConnell, a couple of years ago, our family leased our property in Desoto Parish,LA (Section ... A: You have read a lot of information, but you don't really get the overall picture yet. The ... | |
| Section 12, Township 15 South, Range 19 West, Ouachita County, Arkansas, | 8/1/2008 |
| Q: James my grandfather received a letter from Texas Central Crude Company. (1) My grandfather is ... A: Take a pen and write in the space below the description on the face of the lease these words. ... | |
| Self Perpetuating Oil Lease | 8/1/2008 |
| Q: McConnell, I have a 3 year oil lease with a company in Oklahoma which expires in October of 2008. ... A: I suggest you read your lease. As long as they commence the drilling of a well on the lands leased ... | |
| Rural OK request for Oil Pipeline Easement | 8/1/2008 |
| Q: I recently purchased property in Rural Oklahoma. A representative of an oil company approached me to ... A: I would tell the guy that I did not want the pipeline on my place and I would tell him that I didn't ... | |
| OGML | 7/31/2008 |
| Q: I have received an unsolicited offer from a Petroleum Landman representing Renaissance Petroleum ... A: Tell them you will execute a seismic option for one year for $50.00 per acre. You will allow them ... | |
| Lease Offer | 7/31/2008 |
| Q: I recently received a request to lease my 23 net mineral acreage in the T.E.& L. Co. Survey, ... A: You are correst in your formula. It appears that EOG is leasing in this area. There is no ... | |
| Pipeline easements | 7/30/2008 |
| Q: How do I find out the highest amount paid by a pipeline company for an easement in the same county. A: If it's a small county you can ask the District Clerk what happened in the last pipeline ... | |
| Ethics and customs of the Pol & Gas industry | 7/30/2008 |
| Q: The scattered rights I inherited in two Texas counties were NOT serious investments, but my ... A: My experience has been thus; If an oil & gas company is interested in your minerals, they will find ... | |
| Lease offer in Murray Co., OK | 7/30/2008 |
| Q: I own 95 acres of minerals in Murray County, OK, (no surface rights), in Township 1 South, Range 2 ... A: You need to visit the Oklahoma Corporation Commission website and look up orders #547960, 549390 and ... | |
| Pugh clause | 7/29/2008 |
| Q: I've been an independent landman for almost 30 years and I was taught that a vertical Pugh clause ... A: I learned the same way you did, but it is irrelevant what they are called. I use one clause to hold ... | |
| Caddo Question | 7/29/2008 |
| Q: I have interest in 300 acres in Section 7,8,9 of T- 17N, R - 16W of Caddo Parrish. Myself and ... A: I am afraid I have never heard of "adjustable terms". An Oil & Gas lease provides for a fixed ... | |
| Oil/Gas Mineral Rights | 7/28/2008 |
| Q: I have a mineral deed for 60 acres in McIntosh County, Section 36-11N-14E ID#04-165. Is there a way ... A: Oklahoma County Clerk's offices are not very helpful. You would need to hire someone to find it or ... | |
| Heavy Crude | 7/28/2008 |
| Q: Is there any heavy crude production in Texas, 12 to 16 Deg API? How can I find out where it is being ... A: I am fairly certain there is, but I do not know where it is. I have purposely avoided it my entire ... | |
| Forced Pooling | 7/28/2008 |
| Q: I own 8 acres in Section 16, Township 19 North,Range 15West, Caddo Parish, Louisiana. My origional 3 ... A: Yes, it is like gambling, but the company has a lot of hoops to jump through before they can ... | |
| Decimal interest | 7/26/2008 |
| Q: How do you figure decimal interest? I have 24.75 surface acres and own 7/8 of the minerals out of a ... A: That's what I get. Send a certified letter to the Division Order Analyst of the company and write ... | |
| Lease | 7/26/2008 |
| Q: I own 79.42 acres in Hill County, TX in the F & N Scrutchfield Survey, Abstract 813. I also own 3/4 ... A: Turn them down. There is no upside to letting them shoot over your lands. It just will confirm ... | |
| mineral rights deed | 7/26/2008 |
| Q: My mother had deeded (& recorded) a 1/3 interest in mineral rights on 200 acres (in Fayette Co,Pa) ... A: File a certified copy of her death certificate with the county clerk's office and you're done. You ... | |
| Mineral Right s | 7/25/2008 |
| Q: I received a letter from a company leaseing mineral rights for Penn-Virginia Oil and Gas. I have a ... A: Tell them you want $10,000 an acre and 25% royalty and don't sign anything until you get that. I ... | |
| exception 37 | 7/25/2008 |
| Q: How many times does the gas leasing company have to contact those of us in our neighborhood who have ... A: A rule 37 deals with an exceptional location and has nothing to do with who is leased and unleased ... | |
| oil mineral property rights | 7/25/2008 |
| Q: We recently purchased our home in Tarrant Co., TX. We were not told by the builder that we did not ... A: You can refuse to sign, but they will still shoot the area. You bought a house in a subdivision ... | |
| Mineral Rights and Pugh Clause | 7/24/2008 |
| Q: In 1955 a landowner leases his mineral rights to 40 acres with a "Pugh Clause" specifying a depth ... A: I do not like hypothetical questions and I don't like questions that do not have the information I ... | |
| working interest costing me money | 7/23/2008 |
| Q: can i forfeit my working interest to the oil company to avoid paying joint billiing. i recently ... A: You can either work out something with the operator where they "net" you out each month. I don't ... | |
| Township 1 South, Section 19, Range 3West | 7/23/2008 |
| Q: Carter County, Oklahoma. I need to track down a "division or Transfer Order or Mineral Deed for oil ... A: You have the option of going to the genealogy websites and seeing what one of the volunteers from ... | |
| Haynesville Shell | 7/23/2008 |
| Q: As a land owner in Keithville, how long do you think it will be before we see any wells going up, ... A: I would venture a guess that there will be at least one well per section in 15N, 14W within two ... | |
| Duhig Rule in Arkansas | 7/23/2008 |
| Q: I own with my family 69 acres in Section 6 Township 5N, Range 24W in Yell County Arkansas. Our ... A: I think you should hire an attorney as this is not a do it yourself project. Most companies have a ... | |
| Lease offer in SW Colorado | 7/22/2008 |
| Q: We own 20 mineral acres in Dolores County, Colorado Sec 22-40N-19W. 8 other family members own a ... A: With oil & natural gas prices where they are today, it doesn't seem reasonable to lease for less ... | |
| Mineral rights leasing in Mountrail Co. ND | 7/22/2008 |
| Q: What is the difference in Leasing Mineral rights to a Oil Co. or being partners with a company. ... A: I've never heard of anything like that. Either you are leased and receive royalty or you are ... | |
| oil lease | 7/22/2008 |
| Q: my grandmother passed away and has rights to property that has recently been "leased" to exxon ... A: They would pass to the lawful heirs. Every state has a descent and distribution law for persons ... | |
| harris county texas | 7/19/2008 |
| Q: I own 27+ acres in the Robert Asher Survey in Harrison County Texas. I have been offered a $5,000 ... A: Why don't you hire yourself a good lawyer. You are operating on less than the facts of the ... | |
| Marcellus - Tioga County Lease offer timing | 7/18/2008 |
| Q: Mr. McConnell, thanks in advance for your answer. I have been approached by 2 companies ... A: I won't ever have the New York compulsory integration experience, but if I were in your position ... | |
| Unsolicited offer | 7/17/2008 |
| Q: I have received an unsolicited offer from carrizo for a mineral interest in Eastern Parker County in ... A: the 1/24 mineral interest in 100 acres should be worth $20,000 or so. It would behoove you to ... | |
| Unsolicited offer | 7/17/2008 |
| Q: I have received an unsolicited offer from carrizo for a mineral interest in Eastern Parker County in ... A: Carrizo has drilled two wells, the Andres #1H and Andres #2H and formed a 346 acre unit. I don't ... | |
| Lease Royalties | 7/16/2008 |
| Q: I hold a mineral interest in Sec 29/SE4/SW4 of Pittsburg Co, OK. My landman for another parcel I own ... A: If no one has filed copies of probates or filed affidavits of death and heirship, how would a ... | |
| Subordination Agreement | 7/15/2008 |
| Q: I am in Johnson County, Texas and our gas lease is held by EOG. Our wells have been in production ... A: Send a certified letter to EOG demanding payment of your royalties within thirty days. State in the ... | |
| Road R/W damages | 7/15/2008 |
| Q: McConnell, I have property leased in Bossier Parish. The OG company that has the lease has ... A: You don't owe them anything. They are asking you for a favor and you set the terms any way you want ... | |
| oil and gas lease | 7/10/2008 |
| Q: My husband and I currently own approx 1/2 acre in a 700 lot subdivision in north Louisiana. Our home ... A: You can hold out and before someone drills a well they will try to lease you, as they don't want to ... | |
| If I decide to not to sign... | 7/10/2008 |
| Q: My property is a .677 acre tract in a subdivision in Texas. The company who claims to be drilling ... A: You are absolutely correct, unless you elect to participate in the well as a working interest ... | |
| Permian Basin wants to buy my mineral rights | 7/10/2008 |
| Q: The Permian Basin folk want to buy my mineral and royalty interests in De Soto Parish, Louisiana, ... A: You can sell any part of your minerals and royalty. I can't advise you of whether or not you have a ... | |
| Grandfather left me mineral rights | 7/9/2008 |
| Q: James, My grandfather left me mineral rights when he passed in the late '80s, and my father just ... A: Since it's texas you will have a Survey name and an abstract number. It was a logical guess, since ... | |
| Lease extensions | 7/7/2008 |
| Q: Mr. McConnell, Thank you for your expedient reply to my last question. Now, knowing that the ... A: As far as you are concerned, you are better off lettingthe lease expire and renegotiating the whole ... | |
| Royalty Interest on Land in Texas | 7/5/2008 |
| Q: My husband had Royalty interest on some land in Texas. He passed away in l993. I recently filed ... A: Have prepared an Affidavit of Death and Heirship if there was not a will or the will was not ... | |
| Oil, Gas, and Mineral Lease | 7/4/2008 |
| Q: I have received an unsolicited offer to lease my mineral rights from Ted W. Walters & associates, ... A: I do not know of any books that would help you. You are on the western side of the county, so I ... | |
| lease questions | 7/3/2008 |
| Q: James, I leased 42 acres in North Louisiana 2 years ago to Empressa. It is for 3 years at 250 per ... A: Without knowing where you are I can't tell you anything about your lease. It may have an automatic ... | |
| oil leases | 7/3/2008 |
| Q: I have 2 questions: 1) How can it be possible for an oil company to come and drill on one side of ... A: If the road is the lease or unit line, it's possible to not take reserves from across the road. ... | |
| Gas Pipeline Easement | 7/1/2008 |
| Q: I have been approached regarding a gas pipeline running across my property on Highway 6 in Waller ... A: I suggest you do nothing and if they have eminent domain let them sue you. The court will award you ... | |
| Mineral rights in Matagorda County Texas | 7/1/2008 |
| Q: Upon dissolution of a trust, I was made "grantee" of all oil/gas/mineral rights to parcels located ... A: James you were the beneficiary of a trust. Upon reaching a certain age or the Trust having been in ... | |
| why do they need to lease land? | 6/29/2008 |
| Q: In La. is there a requirement that a gas company must have a certain amount of land in a section ... A: Oil & gas companies do not have to get all of the leases in a unit. In fact a company could get a ... | |
| Marcellus Leases | 6/28/2008 |
| Q: I live out of state and own a 60% interest in a 251 acre parcel of land in the northern portion of ... A: No one has ever seen below the surface of the earth. All geology is hypothetical. The company will ... | |
| Oil lease | 6/26/2008 |
| Q: The company that handled the lease of our land in TX (we own 1/25) said they were putting up the ... A: A division order is a division of interests in a well or a unit, setting out a decimal interest for ... | |
| uninterested party | 6/26/2008 |
| Q: A landman has been HOUNDING my mother for a signature to begin drilling on a cousin's land. All ... A: If you have a Durable Power of Attorney, that grants you the rights to enter into an Oil & Gas lease ... | |
| RE: Mineral Rights Lease in NW Louisiana | 6/25/2008 |
| Q: I am looking to lease my mineral rights in Keithville, La. which is in Caddo Parish. Do you know ... A: Things are pretty hectic in that area now. They will eventually get to you, but of course they are ... | |
| reserving royalties and bonus | 6/23/2008 |
| Q: I traced train of title. 1968 owner reserved 1/2 of 1/8 royalties and 1/2 of any bonus for any lease ... A: Leigh, it's a chain of title, not train. Minerals are conveyed by in, on and under language and ... | |
| gas lease | 6/22/2008 |
| Q: i would like to know what per net mineral acre means. A: if you have a ten acre tract in which you own 100%, you have 10 net mineral acres. If you own an ... | |
| percentage of section | 6/20/2008 |
| Q: Good evening. I live in NW La and just left an informational meeting about Haynesville Shale. What ... A: As much or as little as the company can afford to "carry". They can drill a well but if they don't ... | |
| Guarantee to drill on a oil lease | 6/18/2008 |
| Q: McConnell, Two aunts, my brother and I own the mineral rights to 270 acres in Clay County, Texas. We ... A: That is not a good assumption. They can pool your land with other lands and thereby unitize your ... | |
| Guarantee to drill on a oil lease | 6/18/2008 |
| Q: McConnell, Two aunts, my brother and I own the mineral rights to 270 acres in Clay County, Texas. We ... A: EOG has been drilling Barnett shale oil wells in Clay County. They are about 1600 feet deep with a ... | |
| Selling mineral interest in Hughes Co., OK | 6/17/2008 |
| Q: My mother, Wanda Hendrix owns 4 mineral acres in Hughes County Oklahoma in Section 4 Township 4N ... A: If there is existing production, you own a portion of the working interest of that or those wells. ... | |
| Mineral lease | 6/17/2008 |
| Q: I own w/my Step-mother a farm (wheat) land & the mineral rights on 160 acres in Ochiltree County ... A: It sounds like you signed a Lease that required a delay rental payment and the company missed the ... | |
| Mineral Rights in WV | 6/16/2008 |
| Q: About fifiteen years ago we bought 102 acres in the mountains of Preston County, WV. We have been ... A: If you got a title policy with your purchase, it is all spelled out in there. If you do not own ... | |
| Oil and Gas Lease | 6/16/2008 |
| Q: Re: Chastain family 160 acres, location in country of Weatherford, Oklahoma. Legal: SW/4 of ... A: Some of the Chastains have already leased to COPE. A three year lease is more than sufficient time ... | |
| How to Research Mineral Rights Status | 6/16/2008 |
| Q: Mr. McConnell, My elderly father (whom I have POA) has in his possession a copy of a letter to his ... A: Not without some type of action on behalf of the surface owner. I would imagine your granddad ... | |
| Oil and Gas Top Lease | 6/16/2008 |
| Q: We have a lease, that is located on 45 acres. We have a 1/6 royalty interest and we are receiving, ... A: The leased lands are described in the lease. If you have an undivided interest in the leased tract, ... | |
| Gas question | 6/12/2008 |
| Q: We have 255 acres of land in Caliborne Parish in Louisiana. We are up for renewal in July and I ... A: Most units in Louisiana are geographical and on most formations deeper than a few thousand feet, the ... | |
| NATURAL GAS ROYALTIES | 6/3/2008 |
| Q: I HAVE A GAS WELL ON MY PROPERTY THAT STARTED PUMPING ON SEPTEMBER 20 2007,TODAY IS 6/3/08 AND I ... A: I have answered this question before, so I hope you understand my answer because there won't be a ... | |
| Lease Agreements for Susquehanna Cty PA | 6/2/2008 |
| Q: Our community in Northeastern PA - Susquehanna County is being targeted for oil/gas leases. The ... A: I ask myself the same question. They are spending money on leases like drunk sailors in your area ... | |
| Protecting certain property - gas lease | 6/2/2008 |
| Q: Mr. McConnell, I am the land and mineral owner of 131 acres in Faulkner Co., Arkansas, Section 26 - ... A: Have you thought about going to the Commission and testifying at the hearing about why you oppose ... | |
| Extension option | 6/1/2008 |
| Q: My husband and his brother jointly own 10 acres of land near Ringgold, LA. In July 2005, they ... A: When you signed the lease it was a good deal at the time. Your mother in law is wrong about not ... | |
| Rural OK request for Oil Pipeline Easement | 5/31/2008 |
| Q: I recently purchased property in Rural Oklahoma. A representative of an oil company approached me to ... A: You can flat out refuse. But the kind of line they are talking about is dug with a small ditching ... | |
| Gas well in residential neighborhood | 5/31/2008 |
| Q: We live in a neighborhood in Arlington, Texas, which has a 6-7 acre open tract, zoned residential, ... A: I would forget about it until I saw the drilling rig being set up. If your neighborhood association ... | |
| ratification | 5/31/2008 |
| Q: could you please inform me on what a ratification of an oil and gas lease is used for. What is the ... A: If you are a non participating royalty owner it allows your interested to be pooled with a lease or ... | |
| States as a Working Interest | 5/30/2008 |
| Q: Greetings, Do you know of any states which invest in oil and gas wells as a working interest instead ... A: States sell lottery tickets because winning is a sure thing for them. Why would any entity want to ... | |
| How and Where to Get an Appraisal of Value for Probate Action | 5/29/2008 |
| Q: I am the executor of my deceased mother's estate. My mother's owns an undivided interest percentage ... A: A real appraisal will cost you way more than the property is worth. Unless you own the land, forget ... | |
| old wells and mineral rights | 5/28/2008 |
| Q: I just spent 2 hours reading posts, so I hope I do this correctly. If not, I apologize in advance ... A: That section is full of old shallow oil wells. The one you have is probably an orphan well. I ... | |
| Sale of Minerals in Hughes County, Oklahoma | 5/27/2008 |
| Q: I have been offered $4,500 an acre for the sale of my minerals. I have 7 1/2 acres in Section 22, ... A: You have have probably been force pooled already. If not there is probably an application pending ... | |
| Pennsylvania gas leasing | 5/27/2008 |
| Q: there are several companies working this area. if i sign with company "a" and adjoining land signs ... A: Sign with whomever offers you the best deal, let them work out the details. Your lands will be ... | |
| Force pooling and mineral lease | 5/20/2008 |
| Q: I live in northwest La. The area of the Haynesville Shale. I recently received a notice in the ... A: Most of Caddo, Bossier, Red River, DeSoto will be unitized for the Jurassic or Haynesville shale, ... | |
| Lease Extension | 5/16/2008 |
| Q: Mr. Coogan, could you please help me understand why a landman would offer to extend a lease, ... A: I would advise you to not sign the extension. I am very familiar with the Haynesville play. If you ... | |
| non operated working interest | 5/15/2008 |
| Q: I did not understand the definition of a non operated working interest. I was told that an investor ... A: You misunderstood the definition. Royalty owners do not pay bills, everyone else does. If you are ... | |
| Leasing in Hancock, NY by Chesapeake | 5/7/2008 |
| Q: I am a land owner (6 acres) in Hancock, NY and the Chesapeake company is leasing land in our town ... A: You have a good deal considering the fact that the shale has not been drilled or developed in your ... | |
| Gas lease - Comapny not acting in Good Faith | 5/4/2008 |
| Q: I know your knowledge is limited in this area, but everyone else is out so I hope you could give ... A: You had a very good case for nine months or so. A contract is not valid until consideration is ... | |
| oil lease | 4/29/2008 |
| Q: I have owned my property for 11 years. We are curious as to whether or not we actually own the ... A: It is called prescription by nonuse. If there has been no production from your land or land pooled ... | |
| Lease rates | 4/27/2008 |
| Q: I live in fort worth Texas and was approached almost a year ago. They offered $1500.00 per acre in ... A: It is called competitive leasing. I have never seen numbers like the ones you describe, but I don't ... | |
| Gas Well | 4/17/2008 |
| Q: Mtty husband has obtained a gas well that has a synthetic grease in it. What is this and how can it ... A: I doubt that it is synthetic. It is probably paraffin residue from the oil produced in the well. ... | |
| How to Back-out of a Lease | 4/16/2008 |
| Q: I signed a lease with Paloma in Nov. 2007 for 25% royalty and signing bonus of $5,000/acre. My ... A: You cannot back out of an oil & gas lease anymore than you can back out of a loan agreement or any ... | |
| Warranty Deed/ Deed of Trust | 4/16/2008 |
| Q: What is the different between Warranty Deed and Deed of Trust? I married to my wife from oversea in ... A: Lets begin at the beginning. When you married, everything from that point was "community property", ... | |
| prescription on mineral rights in Texas | 4/10/2008 |
| Q: Do you know how long one can retain mineral rights in Texas if there's been no lease or attempt at ... A: Ownership of minerals is usually conveyed or reserved "forever", however occasionally minerals are ... | |
| Gas Lease - Favored Nations | 4/10/2008 |
| Q: James, We are located in NEPA, Manchester Twp. of Wayne County PA. We signed a lease with ... A: I am not going to gain much favor with this answer, but this is the reason I oppose the use of ... | |
| WV law restricting drilling | 4/10/2008 |
| Q: I have oil/gas rights to part of 112 acres in WV. I have just recently been told WV has a law ... A: I don't know about the statute, but common sense says that is the way it will always be. Remember, ... | |
| Marcellus shale | 4/10/2008 |
| Q: I own 30 acres in the eastern third of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, on land purported to be ... A: Hold out for a year and see what kindof offers you get in a year. If they are really good, wait ... | |
| Gas Lease | 4/9/2008 |
| Q: Mr McConnell, I have 120 acres in Central Alabama. Recently I was contacted by a landman ... A: I am familiar with the area and that is a good price and a real good royalty for your lease. I ... | |
| mineral rights | 4/9/2008 |
| Q: I own 3/8 mineral rights on my property there is 5/8 remaining that 3rd party holders have but 7 out ... A: In Texas the severed minerals are forever. Just because you or the bank can't locate the heirs, ... | |
| mineral rights | 4/9/2008 |
| Q: I own 3/8 mineral rights on my property there is 5/8 remaining that 3rd party holders have but 7 out ... A: there are only two ways to convey property, by deed or by law. Which one did you figure on using to ... | |
| Primary Term and Delayed Rental-Gas Lease | 4/8/2008 |
| Q: Mr. McConnell, Four years ago we leased our mineral rights for a $15 an acre bonus and $5 an acre ... A: The lease's primary term expires 4/20/2009. Delay rentals must be paid on or before the anniversary ... | |
| oil lease question | 4/8/2008 |
| Q: In 2003 we signed an oil lease with a company called Regis. In 2006 a landman came out to our ... A: Some people dream of being pooled with other lands or leases and getting a portion of the production ... | |
| oil lease question | 4/8/2008 |
| Q: In 2003 we signed an oil lease with a company called Regis. In 2006 a landman came out to our ... A: The time to get advice is before you sign anything. If you feel you have been wronged, you need to ... | |
| Upstate NY gas lease | 4/7/2008 |
| Q: Mr. McConnell, My husband and I own 58 acres just below the Finger Lakes region of NYS. I was ... A: The game is played as follows: New area of interest opens where people have never leased and the ... | |
| Lease questions Lincoln County | 4/6/2008 |
| Q: Mr. McConnell, I am the trustee for a trust containing mineral rights in 14 counties in Oklahoma. I ... A: It would probably behoove you to hire someone to represent your interest in Oklahoma. There are ... | |
| Abandoned Well | 4/5/2008 |
| Q: My family home place in WV contains 43 acres and until 1974 we received free gas from a producing ... A: If the well is plugged and abandoned, as prescribed by statute wherever you're from, there won't be ... | |
| What is a good royalty percentage on an oil, gas & mineral lease in Utah? | 4/4/2008 |
| Q: My sisters and I have been approached by a land company to lease the following property in Uintah ... A: I wouldn't assume anything, but it appears the people in other parts of the country have a higher ... | |
| finding people | 4/4/2008 |
| Q: What are the best (top 3 let's say) free websites for finding people? I believe landmen use these. ... A: Let's say there are no free websites that are good for finding people. You get what you pay for. ... | |
| mineral rights in Mississippi | 4/3/2008 |
| Q: My mother and her brothers were given mineral rights in Lincoln County by their parents in 1959. ... A: The lease covered and affected an interest in the minerals, not a royalty interest. Royalty ... | |
| Non-participating royalty | 3/29/2008 |
| Q: Sir, I am negotiating to purchase a farm in Navarro County Texas. We have settled on the price and ... A: I am going to answer your question because too many people make the same mistakes. Most of the ... | |
| Gas lease and drilling | 3/27/2008 |
| Q: I own 11.5 acres in NE Penn. and was approached by a landman from Chesapeake Appalachia to sign a ... A: If you lease, they will be able to pool your land with other lands and form a producing unit. Put ... | |
| Lease expectations in California | 3/22/2008 |
| Q: My brother and I own 60% of the mineral rights on 35 acres of land in the Santa Barbara area of ... A: It might be prudent to go with Chevron. They acquired Texaco, which acquired Getty and one or all ... | |
| Marcellus Shale Reality Check | 3/20/2008 |
| Q: Mr. McConnell, I own 38 acres in Susquehanna, PA on Marcellus shale. We are currently receiving ... A: Just hang in there and be patient. Tell them you want 1/5 royalty and $2500 per acre bonus. You ... | |
| Cameron Parish Louisiana | 3/19/2008 |
| Q: Sir, I have been contacted by an agent for Energy XXI to lease our .20 acres for 3year at $200/acre ... A: They want you to lease because they don't want you for a working interest partner. And the truth is ... | |
| Oil/Gas Lease | 3/19/2008 |
| Q: Mr. McConnell, I have been contacted by Vernon l. Smith & Assoc. to lease our land in Arkansas ... A: Tell them you want $1000 per acre and 1/5 royalty for three years, no option to extend. You want a ... | |
| gas lease in tarrant county Texas | 3/14/2008 |
| Q: I signed a lease with Carrizo in Jan. 2006 I have 10 acres in a 240 acre pool they drilled 2 well ... A: Follow this procedure exactly: Send the operator a certified letter demanding they pay you in 30 ... | |
| Oil & Gas Lease | 3/14/2008 |
| Q: I was recently contacted by Bagely Title, Inc. re: 4 net acres of minerals I inherited in Kay ... A: yes, if you don't make a decision and execute the lease, the state of Oklahoma will do it for you in ... | |
| Rule 37 | 3/12/2008 |
| Q: Mr. McConnell, Texas-Barnett shale If you are a drill site location, with lease language within the ... A: Rule 37 applications for exceptional spacing is an Administrative Hearing process carried out by the ... | |
| Road by lessee for lessor | 3/11/2008 |
| Q: Exhibit C of the O&G Lease states:"Road to built from East side entrance to the existing house ... A: Just think how it would be if the clause read "Lessee agrees to build a road on lessor's land within ... | |
| Deed reservation | 3/7/2008 |
| Q: When I bought my land the previous owner made the following reservation in the deed: SAVE AND ... A: I believe you are right. He probably doesn't feel the same way, but the "of the usual" killed that. ... | |
| acreage influence price? does smelling gas? | 3/7/2008 |
| Q: McConnell, to begin I want to thank you for volunteering your time and providing so much great ... A: I don't have the time to go into your questions in depth. I will tell you this; $300 per acre is ... | |
| Contacting an oil company | 3/7/2008 |
| Q: I will come into possession of some land in the next few months in LA. I would like to lease the ... A: As long as I have been in the business, we found a prospect to drill, then leased the lands. You ... | |
| mineral lease | 3/5/2008 |
| Q: my children acquired mineral rights in some property located in sec 1 & 2 twn5n-r29w logan county, ... A: You gave me a specific description of 150 acre interest in 300 acres, which is one-half. One ... | |
| Unpooled acreage | 3/5/2008 |
| Q: I have a lease with a gas co and we have 167 acres. They have pooled 82.92 acres in 4 wells, 2 wells ... A: The first paragraph of your quote is a "Pugh Clause". By having that clause in your lease, you will ... | |
| Well Production | 3/4/2008 |
| Q: My Dad, Sister and I own the mineral rights on 160 acres in OK. A well was drilled and started ... A: The production of the well is declining. There is a 210 bbl tank on the lease and when it gets ... | |
| landowner rights | 3/3/2008 |
| Q: My husband and I just purchased a peice of property with active oil wells. Where would I locate ... A: I have answered these questions repeatedly. Minerals prime surface estate. Do the research before ... | |
| To Sell or Lease Mineral Interest? | 3/1/2008 |
| Q: I was recently contacted by Synergy Oil and Gas from Oklahoma City concerning a mineral interest ... A: Obviously you are not too hard to find, so the people that swore they couldn't find you didn't look ... | |
| Split Mineral Rights/Lease | 2/29/2008 |
| Q: I own 2 1/2 acres (Lot 12, Landerbell, Volume 5, Page 22 Johnson County, Texas) and I have 50% of my ... A: Honestly, it won't make any difference. Get as much money as possible and 25% royalty. Oil companies ... | |
| survey | 2/29/2008 |
| Q: my family owns 1/4 non-participating royalty interest in 50 acres of land. if a horizontal well is ... A: Unless your 50 acre tract is the drill site, I suggest you sign the ratification. Unless you grant ... | |
| Barnett Shale Gas lease Johnson county | 2/27/2008 |
| Q: We are being contacted in my neighborhood about leasing the mineral rights. During the conversation ... A: Call the City of Alvarado and ask what they got per acre. It's Public information. The landman is ... | |
| Is this a fair offer from Five State Land Services? | 2/26/2008 |
| Q: I have mineral rights in Beaver County, Oklahoma: 1.Southwest Quarter of Section 27, Township 2N, ... A: Since you have so much acreage that they can't force pool you in some sections because you own over ... | |
| Land Men and Land Agents | 2/26/2008 |
| Q: The big operators (like Chesapeake) in our area seem to be using subcontractors like Dale, Davis and ... A: Typically landmen are paid three hundred to five hundred dollars per day plus mileage, meals and ... | |
| Bryan County Oil & Gas Land Lease | 2/25/2008 |
| Q: We have mineral rights along with some other heirs to 80 acres of land in Bryan County Oklahoma. I ... A: You have done your homework and you know what they will and have paid in bonus and royalty for ... | |
| How Can I Verify Gas/Mineral Rights? | 2/25/2008 |
| Q: About 5 years ago my mother passed away and I am the sole heir. I remember that my mother regularly ... A: You would have to go to the courthouse and do the research or hire someone to do it for you. Your ... | |
| shared mineral right | 2/20/2008 |
| Q: McConnell, I think I may be caught in a catch 22 situation. My boyfriend and I own approx. 25 ... A: Cindy, had you done your due diligence before buying the land you would have known the minerals had ... | |
| Gas and Oil Interests | 2/15/2008 |
| Q: I was contacted recently by a representative for Waco Oil and Gas Co. in West Va. Through a title ... A: Tell them to prepare for you a mineral interest breakdown showing all of the owners and what their ... | |
| releasing of filed leases | 2/15/2008 |
| Q: i recently notarized and sent back leases for a number of mineral acres in coal county...i submitted ... A: Your only recourse is to hire an attorney and sue them. That is an incredibly bad practice and you ... | |
| sell partial mineral interest | 2/13/2008 |
| Q: Mr. McConnell, I will do my very best to give you all the data required to hopefully answer my ... A: I think your offer is too good. The oil business isn't run on 60 month payouts. I would check the ... | |
| seismic shoots | 2/10/2008 |
| Q: we own farms in East Texas--with seismic shoots on all of them taking place. Does IRS recognize ... A: As far as I am concerned, it is damages. I have never been audited, so I don't know how the IRS ... | |
| executive leasing rights | 2/10/2008 |
| Q: Does owning the executive leasing rights mean you can prevent gas or oil exploration even if someone ... A: Owning the minerals automatically comes with "executive rights". Unless these rights are conveyed, ... | |
| Selling Mineral Rights | 2/9/2008 |
| Q: My family owns the mineral rights to several hundred acres in Tilden, McMullen County, Texas but we ... A: One needs to find a willing buyer. Fair market value is determined by the lease bonus x 2.5, but ... | |
| Transferring mineral rights | 2/7/2008 |
| Q: My grandfather has mineral rights in Beaver County, Oklahoma and being 95, he would like to transfer ... A: Have your grandfather hire an attorney and make a Mineral and Royalty Deed to you. You can pay for ... | |
| Expiration of mineral rights in LA | 2/6/2008 |
| Q: I recently read a post indicating "...minerals prescribe by non-use to surface owners after 10 ... A: If a tract of land has not been drilled on or pooled with other lands which produced for a period of ... | |
| how to check on how many wells are on land | 2/6/2008 |
| Q: Mr. McConnell: My question is what information do I need to investigate a piece of land approx 307 ... A: There is a Designation of Pooled Unit of record in the county which the property is located indexed ... | |
| Help in finding status of oil and gas lease | 2/5/2008 |
| Q: McConnell, My father recently gave me several documents relating to property in Hughes County ... A: The lease to TXO has probably long since expired. There is a great deal of interest and activity ... | |
| Oil leases on land once owned by R/R Co | 2/3/2008 |
| Q: Louisiana Land. Who owns the mineral rights to land once given to Railroad Companies by the US where ... A: LL&E was purchased by Burlington Resources in the 80's and Burlington was purchased by Phillips a ... | |
| Purchasing a home/land without mineral rights | 2/1/2008 |
| Q: We are looking to buy a house on 27 acres in Crawford Texas. The current owners stated that they had ... A: In any trade there are negotiations. I suggest you hire an attorney that knows something about oil ... | |
| Selling Property Under Oil/Gas Lease | 2/1/2008 |
| Q: If my buyer purchases the property (Currently under lease for 1 more year), but he wants the mineral ... A: The purchaser buys the land subject to an oil, gas and mineral lease. Unless specifically reserved, ... | |
| Royalty Interest Question | 1/31/2008 |
| Q: I own royalty interest in several gas wells in Nacogdoches County, TX, but am now dealing with ... A: You don't and that's the problem. Read the case at www.20oaks.com/case reviews. This is an ongoing ... | |
| Mineral Deed | 1/30/2008 |
| Q: I have the mineral rights to 10 acres in hughes county oklahoma. specifically, East half of ... A: Contact REAGAN RESOURCES 2525 NW EXPWY, SUITE 316 OKC, OK 73112. These people will lease ... | |
| Property Owner Rights | 1/30/2008 |
| Q: Mr. McConnell, I own property in Creek County, Oklahoma but no mineral rights. It has two oil wells ... A: After four years, I would assume you owned them. This new operator probably wants to buy them and ... | |
| MINERAL RIGHTS IN TEXAS | 1/29/2008 |
| Q: WE HAVE 100 ACRES IN HOUSTON COUNTY, TEXAS LEASED TO CHESAPEAKE DRILLING FOR ONE WELL. WE STARTED ... A: Send the company a certified letter demanding payment for all of your back royalties since ... | |
| oil and gas lease washita co ok | 1/28/2008 |
| Q: I own 4.62 acres of mineral rights in sec 8-10n-19w. Recently I was contacted to lease .75 acres at ... A: Either by metes and bounds description or survey of your fence line, you have encroached on 3/4 acre ... | |
| sell or not? | 1/28/2008 |
| Q: I have 40 acres on Van Buren Co, AR. S 21, T 10, North R 15 West. This is part of the Fayetteville ... A: If the price of gas remains above $7.00, they will probably drill at least two more wells in the ... | |
| Oil & Gas Lease | 1/27/2008 |
| Q: I may be in an area subject to drilling - I have not signed a lease and several companies have ... A: If your land is included in a designated or pooled unit, depending upon which state you are in, you ... | |
| gas wells | 1/26/2008 |
| Q: I have a completed gas well on my property. The operator is preparing to fracture the well. Is this ... A: They believe that the can create enough permeability by fracturing the zone to allow the gas they ... | |
| surface lease help | 1/26/2008 |
| Q: What would recommend to look at before signing the contract? Also what is the average offer for ... A: They would like to have the damages settled before they drill a well. However, it isn't necessary. ... | |
| oil lease issue | 1/25/2008 |
| Q: Two companies wanted to drill on my property in Illinois. The mineral rights are split 4 ways. ... A: That is called competitive leasing. It is neither trickery nor underhanded. Obviously everyone did ... | |
| Lost gas rights | 1/24/2008 |
| Q: I own about 30 acres in Pennsylvania. I have owned it for 30 years and my Grandfather owned it for ... A: I think you may be right. Some states have adopted "abandoned minerals" laws, where no activity has ... | |
| mineral interest in Sebastian County, AR 22-6-32 | 1/23/2008 |
| Q: Mr. McConnell, This is my second time using your site and I sure hope I rated your first response. ... A: You will notice that the company has your money and is making you fight them to get it. I don't ... | |
| gas well royalties | 1/23/2008 |
| Q: I live in Johnson county in Texas. I have a gas well that started producing August 3rd of 2007. I ... A: They have ninety days from first production to pay you. Put them on written demand for payment of ... | |
| not sure where to start,.. landman?attorney? | 1/22/2008 |
| Q: Mr. McConnell: Is it reasonable(and binding) that the residual clause in a will be used to determine ... A: A lot of times land is sold and minerals reserved. These minerals do not wind up on the inventory ... | |
| Deductions from royalties | 1/22/2008 |
| Q: My cousins and I own the remainder of our family farm, (and the mineral royalties), 160 acres, in ... A: Your royalty is not owned by the company, subject to the agreements or otherwise affected by their ... | |
| Mineral Acres | 1/22/2008 |
| Q: Mr. McConnell, I have been contacted by an oil company and was offered a considerable sum per ... A: abstracts begin with a patent or warrant and include every instrument that has ever been placed of ... | |
| Deductions from royalties | 1/21/2008 |
| Q: My cousins and I own the remainder of our family farm, (and the mineral royalties), 160 acres, in ... A: I posted a case on my website that deals with this very subject. http://20oaks.com/case_law_reviews ... | |
| mickeym@nemont.net | 1/20/2008 |
| Q: My questions pertain to oil & gas in Montana. When a landowner sells land, can he sell the mineral ... A: A royalty owner only has rights to the portion of oil & gas they are entitled to or the amount ... | |
| OIL AND GAS OWNERSHIP IN PA | 1/20/2008 |
| Q: I PURCHASED 77 ACRES IN fAYETTE COUNTY,PA NEAR BROWNSVILLE. A HOTBED FOR DRILLING PAST SEVERAL ... A: You are standing outside the candy store while the school bully uses your money like it was theirs. ... | |
| Atoka county, Oklahoma Minerals | 1/19/2008 |
| Q: Last week I bought 170 acres of mineral rights with a 5.29% mineral interest in Atoka county, ... A: The state leased it for you. Go to the Oklahoma Corporation Commission website and find the ... | |
| They want to explore | 12/19/2007 |
| Q: Continental Resources, Inc wrote asking if we'd let them explore and drill test holes on our 100 ... A: Tell them you want $50 per acre damages. the want a permit to shoot seismic over your land. If you ... | |
| Who owns my mineral rights | 12/12/2007 |
| Q: The property i have now,I purchased on a HUD forclosure. I live in Tarrant county in Texas. I have a ... A: The CAD office has plats of all of the tracts in the County. You can go to the county courthouse ... | |
| Mineral Leasing | 12/10/2007 |
| Q: I've been contacted by a Land Co. in OK about leasing my mineral acres in Sec. 8, Township 1 N., ... A: Part of that section is already unitized in a producing unit covering several sections under order ... | |
| Sign Up - Percentages for drilling - | 11/30/2007 |
| Q: A year ago, a lease rep held a series of meetings in my lower economic neighborhood in Fort Worth, ... A: My advice is to sign the lease and spend the money. If you don't, you will eventually get a bill ... | |
| HOW DO I KNOW IF I AM (AS A NEW HOME OWNER) ENTITLED TO ROYALTIES? | 11/29/2007 |
| Q: We recently purchased our home on 5.3 Acres of land in Johnson County Texas with 100% mineral ... A: Send a certified letter to the Lessee with a copy of your deed. You have acquired the same position ... | |
| Bryan County, Ok Oil Leases | 11/13/2007 |
| Q: My family owns 90 net mineral acres in Bryan County located in 28 sections scattered amid T5,6,and 7 ... A: any time you get a lease offer in Oklahoma you should expect at some point to be pooled. Since you ... | |
| oil and gas | 11/8/2007 |
| Q: Mr. McConnell, my great grand pa sold 308 acres of land but kept 1/16. the people who owns the land ... A: It sounds to me as though your grandfather reserved a 1/16 x 8/8(.06250)non-participating royalty ... | |
| Available leases | 11/7/2007 |
| Q: I live at 5405 Safari Trl Arlington TX (Tarrant County). Windmill Meadows Addition Blk 12 Lot 5A. ... A: You can call around, but none of the companies are going to get excited about a town lot. If you had ... | |
| Transferring Royalties | 11/6/2007 |
| Q: I own 8 acres of vacant land in west Fort Worth, TX. Leaglly, the property is in my name only, but ... A: Yo need to prepare a Mineral and Royalty Deed, have everyone execute it and have it notarized and ... | |
| Offered lease in Colorado | 11/4/2007 |
| Q: My sister and I have been contacted by Encana Oil and Gas with an oil and gas lease offer for ... A: ask for $300 for a three year lease with an option to extend for two years at $300. Ask for 1/5 ... | |
| mineral rights | 11/3/2007 |
| Q: I recently found some paperwork to mineral rights in rains county, Tx which belonged to my ... A: Go to the Rains County Courthouse and research the title to the minerals. then go to the Railroad ... | |
| oil and mineral rights | 11/2/2007 |
| Q: For the past forty years my Mother and I have been receiving royalty checks for our mineral ... A: You are already leased and the lease is "held by production. Now they are going to drill three or ... | |
| Executive/Non-participating | 11/1/2007 |
| Q: Who decides the Executive portion and how is the Non-participating portion on land determinded? I ... A: Your grandfather reserved a non-participating royalty interest, not minerals. Royalties share in ... | |
| Chesapeake wants to buy our lease | 10/30/2007 |
| Q: Through inheritance we own mineral rights (3.64 acres, not much) in Section 6-10N-15W of Washita ... A: Sell and lease are not the same thing. If they are offering you $700.00 per acre to lease for five ... | |
| royalties and minerals | 10/29/2007 |
| Q: James, I know you have lots of questions that you can't imagine who would ask such a dumb question. ... A: In the beginning there was land, some of it became the United States. Unlike other countries, ... | |
| Oil & Gas Lease | 10/29/2007 |
| Q: I am the owner of 40 net mineral acres in Section 17-3N-15E in Pittsburg County, OK. It is ... A: Samson has a play in the area. There has been no spacing, pooling or other actions filed in the ... | |
| verifying production | 10/28/2007 |
| Q: Sir, I am a royality owner in western Ok. This new well was tested out at about 4,000 barrels of ... A: I've never been able to reconcile production in Oklahoma. the corporation commission has one number ... | |
| Grady Co., OK | 10/28/2007 |
| Q: My father recently passed away. Part of his estate included rights in Grady County, OK. I don't ... A: Write a letter to the company and explain the same thing to them. Send it attention Division ... | |
| Mineral Lease in Wyoming | 10/27/2007 |
| Q: My wife and two other relatives inherited mineral rights in Converse County, WY (T-34N, R-70W, Sec-4 ... A: You own an undivided interest in a tract of land with other co tenants. It doesn't matter what the ... | |
| Oil & Gas Leases | 10/26/2007 |
| Q: I have searched the internet to try to find who I might contact with regard to leasing mineral ... A: Oil & Gas are under a minuscule portion of this country. Five or six miles is the same as being in ... | |
| first lease assistance | 10/25/2007 |
| Q: Union County, Arkansas: Sec 12, T16S, R17W I'm a newby to the O/G leasing business. My mother (age ... A: I would ask for $300 per acre and 25% royalty for a three year lease. 200'x 200' should be ... | |
| Working Interest | 10/24/2007 |
| Q: My question concerns working interest. I know that in the past you have advised against mineral ... A: The purpose of pooling interests is to effectively combine diverse interests into a common interest, ... | |
| Surface Rights | 10/24/2007 |
| Q: Me and my husband are buying 7.5 acres in Caldwell, TX. The seller does not own either the surface ... A: Unless a deed specifically conveys something other than the surface, then it is presumed to convey ... | |
| mineral interests | 10/18/2007 |
| Q: we bought 80 acres of land in Seminole County from an elderly man who later died with no heirs. His ... A: I usually do not answer questions without a description. there are more than one Seminole County in ... | |
| Gas Pipeline Easement | 10/13/2007 |
| Q: My mother has a landman who's working for a front company thats really part of a well known large ... A: A better bet would be the Tarrant County Planning Commission. the Railroad commission won't have a ... | |
| non-drilling lease | 10/11/2007 |
| Q: I live in Auburn Township, Geauga County, Ohio. Hall and Horning Oil co. put in a new oil and gas ... A: I don't know anything about Ohio Oil & gas, however there is another expert on this site that does. ... | |
| payment for lease | 10/10/2007 |
| Q: I signed a mineral lease with Carrizo. It has been past 45 days & I haven't recieved payment. Should ... A: Check the records online in your county and see if the lease has been recorded. If it has, send ... | |
| Surface Rights | 10/9/2007 |
| Q: My family bought property in DeSoto Parish, LA. The mineral rights were reserved by the seller and ... A: If I understand you correctly, you don't own any minerals, therefore you would have no interest in ... | |
| Spacing Unit Comm Agreement | 10/9/2007 |
| Q: This is our question as the operator. The spacing unit for the well is a 47% Fed 53% Fee 75 acre ... A: If I understand correctly, the well has been drilled on the fee 40 acres where one of the leases ... | |
| Mineral Interest Lease | 10/6/2007 |
| Q: I have been offered $150/net min acres, 3 year term, 3/16th royalty on 160 acres in Grant County, ... A: Ask for $200 and 1/5. You are under a quarter of a section and that gives you some leverage. The ... | |
| oil and gas lease | 10/5/2007 |
| Q: My Brothers and I received a letter from Chesapeake Energy wanting to know if we were interessted in ... A: Respond to them in writing, immediately, by certified mail with return receipt requested. You or ... | |
| Servitude & Right-of-Way & Receipt and Release Agreement | 10/4/2007 |
| Q: Mr. McConnell: My siblings (4 of us) and I along with another famiy member(1) have been approached ... A: As a co-tenant owning an undivided interest in 59 acres, you have the same rights as any other ... | |
| what does 'no spacing found' mean in legal application | 10/2/2007 |
| Q: I received a cy of a legal filing in the mail. This document states a 640-acre drill and spacing ... A: It's self explanatory; prior to the instant application for pooling being filed, that section had ... | |
| Drilling in Limestone County TX | 9/29/2007 |
| Q: Mr McConnell, I own/live on 250 ac (part of the J. Scott Survey)east of Hubbard, Tx, in Limestone ... A: There's never been a well drilled anywhere near there. But another group has leased a couple of ... | |
| Pipeline ROW from Cheasapeake Appalachia | 9/27/2007 |
| Q: Sir, I along with two others own 48 acres in Yates County, NY. This is raw wood/pasture land that ... A: You are not bound by what your partners did. You still own 33 1/3% of the land. I would have sent ... | |
| Poolin Authorization | 9/27/2007 |
| Q: Mr. McConnell, My family owns 307.8 acres as it states in the Pooling Authorization from below. ... A: You own a royalty interest not minerals. This is a ratification of an oil & gas lease covering and ... | |
| lease or sell mineral interest | 9/27/2007 |
| Q: SECTION 33-23N-13W SW QUARTER (SW/4) OF SECTION 33, TOWNSHIP 23 NORTH, RANGE 13 WEST WOODS COUNTY ... A: Pardon the delay in answering you, I needed to research this a little. You will need a certified ... | |
| LEASES | 9/26/2007 |
| Q: My family owns mineral rights on property located in Oklahoma, McIntosh County, Section 36, Township ... A: The NW/4 of Sec 36, Twp 11N, RBG 17E was pooled with lands in other sections to form a 640 acre ... | |
| Royalty Estimator Application ( Reliable ? ) | 9/25/2007 |
| Q: Good Afternoon James, I have a quick question for you in my search to estimate a royalty with a few ... A: I do not answer hypothetical royalty questions. It's a waste of time. The formula is very simple. ... | |
| Oil and Gas Lease - Arlington, TX | 9/24/2007 |
| Q: James, I have received a Paid up Lease from Carizzo here in Arlington. The offer: 1/5 net mineral ... A: Strike "laying pipelines" in the first paragraph. Mark out the 2 year option. You will get to ... | |
| Oil and Gas Lease - How to Update Ownership | 9/20/2007 |
| Q: My family has the following gas leases in Oklahoma, Pottawatomie Co. How do I update the address of ... A: You can update ownership information by filing either a a certified copy of probate proceedings (the ... | |
| mineral interests | 9/20/2007 |
| Q: receiving concerning purchase of mineral rights on land in Pittsburg county, Ok. She is a widow and ... A: If someone is offering to buy her minerals, then she probably owns them. She may not be leased. She ... | |
| Mineral Rights | 9/19/2007 |
| Q: This is a follow up to the previous question included below. The property is Section 30 of ... A: That section was forced pooled by Newfield on Sept. 11, 2007, under order no. 544038, cause no. ... | |
| lease bonus payment | 9/18/2007 |
| Q: I have a problem with a oil and gas lease I signed on July 18th, 2007. It is in Pittsburgh County, ... A: There are lot of sections 21 in Pittsburgh County. I would go to the courthouse and see if your ... | |
| Finding records of past easement payments | 9/18/2007 |
| Q: My sister and I own some unused family land in rural Claiborne and Lincoln Parishes, Louisiana. ... A: I would want the highest amount paid to any of those timber companies, large landowners, bankers or ... | |
| Oil and Gas Lease | 9/18/2007 |
| Q: In this proposed lease we recently got in the mail, by Encana Oil & Gas Inc. Their offer is to lease ... A: Making demands is the job of the lessor, making clauses is the job of the landman. Line through ... | |
| Chain of Title Question (Royalty Reservation) | 9/14/2007 |
| Q: If I have conveyances from A to B to C and both A and B reserve an 1/8 royalty interest, does C get ... A: I would really have to read the instruments to make any kind of comment about them. Reservations ... | |
| None payment on gas lease | 9/14/2007 |
| Q: I signed an Oil, Gas & Mineral lease with Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc. on the 31st of July, 2007, peddled ... A: Rather than do all of that, write a letter to Carrizo and demand that they pay you or release the ... | |
| Question about oil and gas lease offer | 9/12/2007 |
| Q: I have been approached by Paloma Resources with an oil and gas lease for the following location: Blk ... A: I suggest you get this into perspective. You don't own enough to hire anyone or you will lose ... | |
| Chaparral Energy and Fathers share of Proceeds | 9/12/2007 |
| Q: I received a letter from my mother from Chaparral Energy LLC. My father is deceased and they would ... A: You can check the Arkansas Oil & Gas Commission website for well information and hearing data. I am ... | |
| Gas well spacing to property line | 9/12/2007 |
| Q: It is my understanding that gas wells in Texas must be no closer than 467 feet to the nearest ... A: Actually the 467' is a Statewide Field Rule. many Fields have different spacing requirements. In ... | |
| didn't get answers | 9/12/2007 |
| Q: Mr.McConnell, The first time I ask a question I had several and every thing was in order. I was ... A: Last answer, no follow up, To deliver, free of cost, to Lessor at the wells, or to the credit of ... | |
| Determining Mineral Rights VALUE for sale | 9/12/2007 |
| Q: We are selling a property in Johnson County. ABSTRACT INFO: 175 TR 11 PTC Chaney S #H 04203A L# ... A: The value of something is what a willing buyer will pay a willing seller. In real estate you have ... | |
| Best Guess on Residential Lease | 9/11/2007 |
| Q: New to the business, I have yet to get a coherent answer to the following: A mineral owner on a ... A: Partners in oil & gas wells pay up front . Fortunately, we don't have forced pooling in Texas. If ... | |
| "Right of Connection" | 9/11/2007 |
| Q: I have received an offer of cash based on "potential" leasing of property which I do not own, and ... A: Ray, this was sitting in the question pool, so no one else is going to answer it. I will try to ... | |
| Producing oil well | 9/11/2007 |
| Q: i just bought some property in Jones county, MS that has two oil wells on it, i have no mineral ... A: The courts have defined it as a "reasonable time". One and a half years is a reasonable time. Just ... | |
| Best Guess on Residential Lease | 9/11/2007 |
| Q: New to the business, I have yet to get a coherent answer to the following: A mineral owner on a ... A: The economics that make drilling in the Barnett Shale feasible is about $5.00 per mcf. Gas is ... | |
| Ratification of Oil and Gas Lease | 9/10/2007 |
| Q: 78 Ac. in the C.G.W. Noffe Survey, A-390, Runnels Co., Texas I received an unsolicited letter from ... A: Unless you have a remainderman interest in minerals in which the lessor has a life estate, I can't ... | |
| didn't get answers | 9/7/2007 |
| Q: Mr.McConnell, The first time I ask a question I had several and every thing was in order. I was ... A: Sue, Oil & gas law is the same everywhere with variations in different states. An oil & gas lawyer ... | |
| HOA Gas Lease | 9/7/2007 |
| Q: I am in Keller, Texas (Tarrant County) and like many others my neighborhood is being offed a Gas ... A: I think you can get twice as much money now and 1/4 royalty. that's what I have been hearing on ... | |
| Wording on Lease Agreement | 9/7/2007 |
| Q: We have been made a substantial offer to lease our mineral interests and have received a "sample" ... A: I think it's a good clause because it covers all the bases. Depending on where the minerals are ... | |
| Mineral Rights.... | 9/7/2007 |
| Q: The Harding company signed our neighborhood with gas leases to tap the Barnett Shale here in Keller, ... A: Go to the County Clerk's office and research the title to the land from about 1900 or read your ... | |
| horizontal drilling | 9/6/2007 |
| Q: I own mineral rights in atoka oklahoma and I am benefiting from all the activity the woodford shale ... A: No matter where the surface location of a well is located, wherever the bottom hole is is located is ... | |
| Protecting against surface damage | 9/4/2007 |
| Q: Mr. Alexander, Thank you for considering another question from me. I own 240 acres of surface and ... A: Think through exactly what you want from the company as far as surface use goes. Fix your damage ... | |
| minerals | 9/4/2007 |
| Q: Like others, I have inherited mineral rights and have little knowledge of the oil patch. The ... A: Your section and most of the ones surrounding it have dry holes drilled on them. However, Brigham ... | |
| inheritance of mineral rights and leases | 9/3/2007 |
| Q: My sons have inherited mineral rights on leases in Texas. We have received a gas division order and ... A: It's just a Division Order, it's not a contract. the company has a title opinion prepared by an ... | |
| Continuous Drilling Clause | 9/3/2007 |
| Q: We signed a mineral lease 3 years ago. At the time they pooled us and drilled on adjoining land and ... A: No. There is no obligation to drill a well included in any lease form that I have ever used. When ... | |
| To lease Mineral Rights | 9/2/2007 |
| Q: I have mineral rights on 250+ acres in Buchanan County. Recently three things have happen that ... A: Until this day I had no idea this little slice of America existed. In order for an assessor to ... | |
| Royalty calculation template | 9/1/2007 |
| Q: My home is in an urban neighborhood that sits on top of the Bartlett Shale gas pool. We have two ... A: I've got a lot of stuff like that, but I subscribe to it. That's the reason I try to stress the ... | |
| residential lease letter | 9/1/2007 |
| Q: We just received a letter offering a lease for horizontal drilling under our property. It states ... A: Everything in Dallas County is speculative, as there have only been a handful of wells drilled in ... | |
| residential lease letter | 9/1/2007 |
| Q: We just received a letter offering a lease for horizontal drilling under our property. It states ... A: If I knew where the land was it would help, but it sounds like these guys are putting a block ... | |
| Mneral Lease wth Separate Tract Clause | 8/31/2007 |
| Q: Mr. McConnell, I have a nonexecutive mineral interest in property in Johnson Co., Texas. I ... A: As a non executive mineral interest owner, you are entitled to the same per acre bonus as the ... | |
| Oil/Gas Lease in Bryan County, OK | 8/31/2007 |
| Q: My husband and I own 78.75 net mineral acres in Bryan County, OK (S18-T6S-R13E). We have been made ... A: The only leases I found in your township taken this year from OK Land Commission were in 6 and 16 ... | |
| Mneral Lease wth Separate Tract Clause | 8/31/2007 |
| Q: Mr. McConnell, I have a nonexecutive mineral interest in property in Johnson Co., Texas. I ... A: That's exactly what it is, non-communitization. If you only own interest in the one tract, then the ... | |
| Subordination Agreements & Division Orders | 8/30/2007 |
| Q: Arlington,TX, Tarrant County, Survey A-1041 Blk 2 Lot 4 There was an article on August 25, 2007 in ... A: A subordination is sought by oil companies from lienholders of property on which the oil company has ... | |
| oil well drilling and completion costs | 8/30/2007 |
| Q: could you let me know what the typical elements and cost would be for shallow onshore oil wells of ... A: You will need to secure a lease, secure a title opinion from an attorney. You will need to settle ... | |
| Gas Lease | 8/30/2007 |
| Q: I live in Ft. Worth, where the Burnett Shale drilling is taking place everywhere. I've been ... A: The lease is granted for a "primary term". If there is no production holding the lease past its ... | |
| Gas Lease | 8/29/2007 |
| Q: I live in Ft. Worth, where the Burnett Shale drilling is taking place everywhere. I've been ... A: Both leases are the same. The landman didn't change the primary term to five years on the Western ... | |
| Know-nothing has o&g lease offer | 8/28/2007 |
| Q: I'm in Tompkins County, upstate NY. We have 6 acres and are offered $745 (I guess this is sign-up ... A: Because unitization is usually based on the pooling of mineral interests in a specific geographical ... | |
| Lincoln County, Mississippi mineral rights | 8/28/2007 |
| Q: My grandfather (deceased) had mineral rights to land (approx 80 acres)near Brookhaven, Mississippi ... A: It's like I told David a couple of weeks ago, file a certified copy of the probate of the deceased ... | |
| Executive Leasing Rights | 8/28/2007 |
| Q: Jefferson County, Texas-- My minerals are encumbered by the surface owner having executive leasing ... A: Absolutely, you have no executive rights so there is no reason for your name to be on the ... | |
| illegal use of water | 8/28/2007 |
| Q: McConnell, I am one of the owners of three wells located at NW/4, Sec. 11, Township 25N, Range 1W, ... A: Call the Oklahoma Conservation Commission and the EPA and make life as miserable as you can for ... | |
| Lease holdouts in urban areas | 8/25/2007 |
| Q: Leasing has moved into dense urban areas in the Barnett Shale in North Texas. Many homeowners who ... A: They would have to exist from the lease line to 330' from the lease line at the point of terminus of ... | |
| gas lease | 8/22/2007 |
| Q: I own 1/4 interest in 8.65 acres out of the MEP&P RR Co. Survey, A-950, in Parker County, TX. My ... A: Take your calculator and divide 8.65 by 4, then multiply that times $700.00. You own 2.1625 net ... | |
| gas lease | 8/22/2007 |
| Q: I was wondering if you could help, I just moved to northern PA on the border of NY from Philadelphia ... A: "Amarillo Slim" was a world champion poker player. His response to a question about his secrets to ... | |
| Mineral rights and ability to take home equity on home | 8/21/2007 |
| Q: Would signing lease agreements interfere with the ability of the property owners to get home equity ... A: I have never heard of an oil & gas lease ever having a negative effect on the ability to finance a ... | |
| Landman and Lawyer Compensation - Part II | 8/21/2007 |
| Q: Mr. McConnell: This is my second question. After reading your previous Q/A I figured more ... A: I answered the first question by stating that I knew of no companies with a royalty incentive for ... | |
| Landman and Lawyer Compensation | 8/21/2007 |
| Q: Mr. McConnell: I am a recent law school graduate and currently considering a job offer from a small ... A: I personally do not know an oil company that has a royalty agreement with in house Landmen. the ... | |
| Mineral Rights and Executive Leasing Rights | 8/19/2007 |
| Q: I wish to purchase 150 acres in northern Mills County, TX. The current owner has 100% of the ... A: There have only been two wells permitted in Wells County the past 1000 days. Not exactly a hot bed ... | |
| CPL | 8/19/2007 |
| Q: I have 3 years experience as a petroleum landman, and a BA from UW, my question is what do you think ... A: Chesapeake, XTO, Encana, Devon and I heard El Paso was hiring. They are buying out People's Energy ... | |
| CPL | 8/18/2007 |
| Q: I have 3 years experience as a petroleum landman, and a BA from UW, my question is what do you think ... A: I will be honest with you, I don't have any idea what the requirements are for a CPL. I have been a ... | |
| Gas lease | 8/18/2007 |
| Q: You answered a question about the gas lease situation in the Park Hill Division in Euless, TX. Our ... A: I'm not sure. Almost all companies contract drilling services. Usually when there is a safety issue ... | |
| 2007 Alabama lease | 8/17/2007 |
| Q: I would like to know if there is an approximate/maximum amount that a lease is worth. How much an ... A: Go the the website of the Alabama Conservation Department and check the past state lands lease sales ... | |
| Value of Mineral Interest | 8/17/2007 |
| Q: James, I'm preparing a gift tax return for a client that has gifted 400 non-producing mineral acres ... A: If the minerals aren't producing, any value you put on them is speculation. Every conveyance of them ... | |
| Oil & Gas Lease in New Mexico | 8/17/2007 |
| Q: My question concerns the terms of an "oil and gas lease" on land in New Mexico. I live in Germany ... A: All of you own an undivided interest in 160 acres and each can do with theirs whatever they want, ... | |
| multiple lease offers | 8/17/2007 |
| Q: We own 100% mineral rights on .262 acres (residential lot) on Block 2, Lot 6 of the Park Hill ... A: I'm sorry, I thought the other offer was a per acre deal. Chesapeake will match their offer. ... | |
| multiple lease offers | 8/17/2007 |
| Q: We own 100% mineral rights on .262 acres (residential lot) on Block 2, Lot 6 of the Park Hill ... A: Tell the Chesapeake landman you want 20% royalty and a three year lease for $400.00, not $400 per ... | |
| Oil & Gas Lease in New Mexico | 8/16/2007 |
| Q: My question concerns the terms of an "oil and gas lease" on land in New Mexico. I live in Germany ... A: Ask for 25% royalty, it is more important than the bonus which is a little more than a thousand ... | |
| Range Resources asking for a subordination clause | 8/16/2007 |
| Q: James, I was recently approached by my lease company ( I have 13.34 acres of a 117 acres tract ... A: It means that a landman isn't doing his or her job. The company wants or needs a subordination of ... | |
| Validity of second lease | 8/16/2007 |
| Q: James, This is regard a situation I ran across in Hughes County, Oklahoma. Mineral owner of a tract ... A: That's the big question. Most owners are ill informed about what they own, so it is hard to discuss ... | |
| Rights as the heir | 8/16/2007 |
| Q: My sisters and I, along with to unrelated parties, recently inherited a well upon my father's death ... A: The website for the governmental authority for oil & gas in Pennsylvania is: ... | |
| Oil & Gas Lease Oklahoma | 8/16/2007 |
| Q: We have inherited mineral rights in Oklahoma for 8.888890 net mineral rights. Would you provide a ... A: Use this formula for a 640 acre unit. Leave out the 640 and that's what it would be on a lease ... | |
| Validity of second lease | 8/16/2007 |
| Q: James, This is regard a situation I ran across in Hughes County, Oklahoma. Mineral owner of a tract ... A: When the present owner dies the interests in the 115 tracts will be passed to other people. If the ... | |
| Validity of second lease | 8/16/2007 |
| Q: James, This is regard a situation I ran across in Hughes County, Oklahoma. Mineral owner of a tract ... A: Lease B is no good now or ever. You cannot lease or sell what you do not have the rights to. If the ... | |
| Drilling without 100% mineral rights | 8/16/2007 |
| Q: Mr. McConnell, I own 26 acres located in Block 3, Bell County School Land Survey, Abstract No. ... A: You are dealing with idiots, but that's to be expected. I would be interested in leasing your ... | |
| Drilling without 100% mineral rights | 8/15/2007 |
| Q: Mr. McConnell, I own 26 acres located in Block 3, Bell County School Land Survey, Abstract No. ... A: I see they haven't permitted a well in Block 3 as of yet. those Units are about 175-200 acres, which ... | |
| right to sign lease when there is no will | 8/15/2007 |
| Q: my brother has died with no will and has property in white county Arkansas 40 acres in section 8 ... A: I researched this last night. It was integrate3d under order #52c-2006-03 for the Estate of Leland ... | |
| gas line right of way | 8/14/2007 |
| Q: I am in the Barnett Shale, Johnson County, Texas. I am trying to find out what the going rate is for ... A: If it were me, I would want twice as much for the second one as the first. They obviously made a ... | |
| Gas Lease Offer | 8/14/2007 |
| Q: My property .168 acre is in Watauga, TX Tarrant County. The offer is the same as the couple in ... A: This is where you can see how smart they are. It costs them $420 to lease you for $2500 per acre. ... | |
| right to sign lease when there is no will | 8/14/2007 |
| Q: my brother has died with no will and has property in white county Arkansas 40 acres in section 8 ... A: If under the Arkansas statutes, you are an heir of your brother's interest. You were sent into ... | |
| Heir to oil, gas and mineral lease | 8/13/2007 |
| Q: I am a heir to the oil, gas and mineral lease on some land in Lincoln County Mississippi. I ... A: The lease for the well in 1959 was probably taken in the early fifties. Companies lease all the ... | |
| Mineral Rights in Big Horn County, WY | 8/12/2007 |
| Q: James, Among my late mother's papers I found a letter suggesting that I may have an undivided one ... A: I don't have a database for Wyoming, which is almost all State or Federal lands. This may have ... | |
| royalties | 8/12/2007 |
| Q: I keep getting mail from DRI that I owe money for work that is being done on a well. We received ... A: If you were leased for oil and gas, you would never get a bill. This is an unusual set of ... | |
| royalties | 8/11/2007 |
| Q: I keep getting mail from DRI that I owe money for work that is being done on a well. We received ... A: To be honest with you, I don't have any idea why they would send you a bill, unless you were an ... | |
| Purchase Lease Opportunity | 8/10/2007 |
| Q: I have been presented on opportunity to purchase an Oil Lease for a 81.75% interest on 6 wells and ... A: Imagine owning a used car lot full of really old junky cars, knowing that every day something is ... | |
| Mineral Rights Royalties | 8/10/2007 |
| Q: In August of 2006 my three siblings and I learned from a landman that our grandfather along with his ... A: I believe she meant that your minerals were in, on and under the SE/4 of Section 33. Since sections ... | |
| Gas well lease | 8/9/2007 |
| Q: I have enjoyed reading your answers to so many questions, trying to find one that fits my situation. ... A: My favorite kind of client, one that does their homework first and gives me enough information to ... | |
| Should we lease natural gas rights? | 8/8/2007 |
| Q: I live in Texas, Dallas County, city of Grand Prairie. Today I got letter #2 from Cherokee Horn ... A: You always want to lease, just for the right terms. These people are paying $4000 per acre and 25% ... | |
| Oil Gas Mineral Interest Lease | 8/8/2007 |
| Q: My husband and I hold the mineral interest to 78.75 net acres in Bryan County, Oklahoma - Section ... A: Report that lawyer to the Oklahoma Bar Association as that is the most unethical thing I ever heard ... | |
| bryan county oklahoma | 8/7/2007 |
| Q: My mother owns mineral rights in at least 13 sections of Bryan County, Oklahoma, Townships 5-8 ... A: Amarillo Slim was the World Champion poker player for years and his reply to questions about his ... | |
| bryan county oklahoma | 8/6/2007 |
| Q: My mother owns mineral rights in at least 13 sections of Bryan County, Oklahoma, Townships 5-8 ... A: That's really not enough information for me to give you any real help. I use the state lands and ... | |
| How to find out what Petrolium companies are drilling in Dunn County,ND | 8/3/2007 |
| Q: My mother has oil/mineral rights on land in Dunn County, ND. We live in Calif. and are not certain ... A: Go to this site: https://www.dmr.nd.gov/oilgas/ It has everything about who is permitted to drill ... | |
| Possible lease agreement. | 8/3/2007 |
| Q: Mr. McConnell, I am an Elder and Treasurer of Inola Christian Church, 10 acres in Rogers county, Ok. ... A: Universal Land Services is a "Lead Broker" or a company that contracts with oil & gas companies to ... | |
| woring interest or royalty interest | 8/3/2007 |
| Q: Mr. McConnell, Re: 1/2 Lot in Tarrant County, White Settlement,Texas 76108 or West Fort Worth, ... A: As a mineral owner you own 100% or 8/8 of the working interest in and to your minerals. No one ... | |
| woring interest or royalty interest | 8/2/2007 |
| Q: Mr. McConnell, Re: 1/2 Lot in Tarrant County, White Settlement,Texas 76108 or West Fort Worth, ... A: I don't think you are reading the Lease correctly. The LPR is just an internal recap of the Lease ... | |
| Royalties for unmetered gas wells | 8/2/2007 |
| Q: Our farm in Ohio has three wells on it connected to a common gathering line that connects several ... A: I would get a good attorney and determine what the best way to stop the ongoing criminal enterprise, ... | |
| Oil and gas lease | 8/2/2007 |
| Q: I just received in the mail an oil and gas lease contract. I am concerned that if I sign this ... A: It should have a "surface use only" clause and the words "laying pipelines" should be lined through ... | |
| Ownership of severed minerals in Arkansas | 7/31/2007 |
| Q: My mineral properties are located in Van Buren County, Arkansas, in the following ... A: I have no idea. I own minerals all over the country, none in Arkansas, and I have never been sent a ... | |
| Oil and Gas Leases | 7/31/2007 |
| Q: If I sign a lease today with an oil & gas company and later find out that the oil & gas company has ... A: I don't know any attorneys in the Dallas area that do landowner oil & gas work. Your ownership of ... | |
| Mineral rights | 7/31/2007 |
| Q: There are several of us that each have a share in mineral rights in Bryan County, Oklahoma, which is ... A: Ah yes Bryan County; I was there a few weeks ago. It's the worst the worst courthouse I have ever ... | |
| Oil & Gas Leases | 7/31/2007 |
| Q: Mr. McConnel, My 13 Cousins and I own mineral rights in 10N-8E and 11N-8E, Okfuskee County, OK. ... A: I'm not a big fan of collective leasing. If a group is serious, they form an entity with their ... | |
| Oil & gas mineral rights | 7/30/2007 |
| Q: I googled 'Railroad Commission Oklahoma Mineral Rights" and one of the options was a question you ... A: In Texas the Texas Railroad Commission is the governmental authority over oil & gas, In Oklahoma it ... | |
| Swabbing Oil Wells | 7/30/2007 |
| Q: Mr McConnell, First off, I live in Gonzales County Texas. The two fields that apply to my immediate ... A: To begin with, that diamond and how much you should spend is a marketing tool that was created by ... | |
| Swabbing Oil Wells | 7/29/2007 |
| Q: Mr McConnell, First off, I live in Gonzales County Texas. The two fields that apply to my immediate ... A: First of all Scott, I'm a landman and swabbing to me has little or nothing to do with the oil field. ... | |
| Mineral rights in the title policy | 7/27/2007 |
| Q: I recently ask how to find out who has mineral rights, & you told me to ask my agent, I have done ... A: that won't be necessary, as your questions are answered already. Unless the minerals were excepted ... | |
| mineral rights ownership | 7/27/2007 |
| Q: My sister and I inherited the mineral rights for 10 acres located in County of Atoka, Oklahoma. ... A: In your question, you don't state what interest you and your sister own in the NW/4 of Sec 23 T3S ... | |
| How to find out who owns mineral rights (tarrant county,texas) | 7/27/2007 |
| Q: I have recently entered into a purchase contract and under exclusion the owner wants mineral ... A: Ask your agent to find out if she owns the mineral rights and if they are leased. Her title policy ... | |
| snail mail | 7/26/2007 |
| Q: I have a ten page lease agreement I would like you to look over when you can but would rather mail ... A: Mark, don't bother. There is nothing on earth in an oil & gas lease that takes ten pages. I have ... | |
| Coal and Lignite Lease | 7/25/2007 |
| Q: I am in the process of purchasing a 54 acre property in Camp County, Leesburg, Texas, Mary Arocha ... A: Gary, before you buy that land, go to Pittsburg and find the releases of those leases. If you can't ... | |
| mineral rights /surface rights | 7/24/2007 |
| Q: Is there any circumstances in which the mineral rights would revert back to the surface owner - ( in ... A: I don't know what the statutes are in Oklahoma. A number of states have varying periods from ten to ... | |
| oil lease | 7/23/2007 |
| Q: I inherited mineral rights from a friend who died in 2001. I was only recently informed of the ... A: I need to know some additional facts, like what state and County. You should have been deeded the ... | |
| oil lease | 7/23/2007 |
| Q: I inherited mineral rights from a friend who died in 2001. I was only recently informed of the ... A: Tiffany, I will try to answer your question. I don't know how to say this, but the executioner may ... | |
| WV oil/gas lease agreement | 7/23/2007 |
| Q: I faxed you a copy of the lease agreement. I reviewed it and found some of the information you ... A: It's the worst lease I ever saw. I tried to fax it back to you marked up, but your fax number ... | |
| Obtaining best oil lease price | 7/22/2007 |
| Q: Our family owns 238 acres of minerals in Atoka County T3S/R10E/Sec25. It is currently leased through ... A: I don't know when your lease expires, but if it isn't real soon, you may have a well drilled before ... | |
| Oil lease next to well | 7/22/2007 |
| Q: There is a well being padded 200' North of my property line in Atoka County. (3S/R10E/S25) I own 238 ... A: I don't find a permit, but Pablo has unitized several; sections including 25 and has gotten an ... | |
| Mineral Lease offer | 7/21/2007 |
| Q: I live in the S. Westchester area of Grand Prairie. I received a Mineral Lease Offer from Cherokee ... A: All I know is they are leasing in Dallas County and paying $2500 per acre and 22% royalty. They ... | |
| vertical drilling to horozontal drilling | 7/20/2007 |
| Q: I own 100 acres of mountain land in farm country of N.E. PA. Landmen are now canvassing landowners ... A: john, fortunately there are laws that prevent unscrupulous operators from drilling under your tract ... | |
| PRVB | 7/20/2007 |
| Q: A guy approached me offering co-ownership of Working Interest of Oil and Gas leases in Texas managed ... A: Sir, if you have to ask how working interest works, you don't need any of it. Working interest pays ... | |
| WV gas lease | 7/20/2007 |
| Q: I received an offer of $7200 from Mason Dixon Energy to lease 143 acres in Mineral County, WV (Cross ... A: Talk to the County Clerk or the big landowners around you. The banker gets the drafts, ask him. I ... | |
| Oil and Gas Leases | 7/19/2007 |
| Q: If I sign a lease today with an oil & gas company and later find out that the oil & gas company has ... A: That depends on whether or not you have actually been given money. If you haven't cashed a check or ... | |
| oil and gas lease question | 7/19/2007 |
| Q: Mr. James H. McConnell: I have an interest in oil, gas, minerals, and mineral rights in the ... A: Send me the lease if you want me to look at it. I can't do much with this language out of context. ... | |
| Crude oil prices | 7/19/2007 |
| Q: I read last week on this page that oil is not sold at the wellhead and I was wondering if you knew ... A: Almost all companies have their production hedged. The prices they sell for are set in advance. ... | |
| gas well surface lease | 7/18/2007 |
| Q: I own 7ac in Cleburne, texas the Mackey unit. I own the mineral rights. Chesapeake wants to drill 3 ... A: If they are going to drill three wells on your land in the Barnett Shale, they will be there for ... | |
| gas well surface lease | 7/18/2007 |
| Q: I own 7ac in Cleburne, texas the Mackey unit. I own the mineral rights. Chesapeake wants to drill 3 ... A: With each wells comes a pipeline and all that goes with that. That 7 acres won't be worth owning ... | |
| Oil/Gas Lease R River, TX | 7/18/2007 |
| Q: I would be most appreciative of your thoughts regarding a potential oil/gas lease on property on ... A: LCT Energy,LP Lewisville, Arkansas permitted a well to 18500' about five miles north and west of ... | |
| geophysical survey | 7/16/2007 |
| Q: i have been approached by Seismic Assistants, Ltd for exclusive permission to do a geophysical ... A: Do nothing. Answer them with a letter telling them in no uncertain terms that you do not want them ... | |
| Mineral Lease Offer | 7/15/2007 |
| Q: I am in Grand Prairie, Dallas County, W H BEEMAN ABST 126 PG 011, and am being offered a mineral ... A: Dude, reality check. You have 2.53 acres. You will be in a unit of over 600 acres. If you had 253 ... | |
| Rig on our fenceline | 7/13/2007 |
| Q: We own 12 commercial acres in Hood County, TX where our warehouses & main offices are. We are ... A: I don't believe there is anything in the statutes that provide for royalties. You may be entitled ... | |
| buying land w/mineral rights | 7/10/2007 |
| Q: I am negotiating to purchase a tract of land in Mills County Texas. The owners want to keep 50% of ... A: The executive rights are the powers to execute instruments covering and affecting real estate, which ... | |
| Fair offer or not for my client? | 7/10/2007 |
| Q: Mr. McConnell: I am a CPA in FL and I have an elderly client(86) with no family member that she can ... A: I checked the area for leases and drilling permits within the last year. The section is being ... | |
| Blowouts | 7/9/2007 |
| Q: If during drilling, a well "Blows-out",Why is it that after the well is brought under control it is ... A: The damage is to the reservoir. A blowout occurs when the drill bit enters an over pressured strata ... | |
| Mineral Rights | 7/7/2007 |
| Q: I received a letter from a person who is interested in purchasing my mineral interest in Pittsburgh ... A: I have done some research on your question. I need to ask you more questions, such as (1) Is your ... | |
| oil & gas mineral lease | 7/5/2007 |
| Q: there is active mineral leasing going on in Alabama relating to the conasauga shale play. most of ... A: The big players are Dominion and Chesapeake, but there are some others on the horizon. I have been ... | |
| Rights ownership research | 7/5/2007 |
| Q: I just retired from Aerospace and have a few good years left. I am exploring buying property in ... A: Look into the Texas Veterans Land Board. They finance small acreage plots. You hit it with the ... | |
| oil gas lease | 7/4/2007 |
| Q: Grandfather has property taht he owns minerals on. He has had 3 rigs on the property and currently ... A: If you could fax me the offer letter to purchase the minerals, I may be able to get you a better ... | |
| Lease Contract | 7/4/2007 |
| Q: What is the difference between 'Paid Up Oil & Gas Lease' vs 'Oil, Gas & Mineral Lease' A: All of the delay rentals are paid up at the time of execution of a paid up lease. On a rental lease ... | |
| oil and gas lease proposal | 7/2/2007 |
| Q: My 3 siblings and I own the mineral rights to 160 acres in Dunn county, North Dakota ( township 145 ... A: It means that someone else owns the other half as a co-tenant/s with you and your siblings in a ... | |
| Rights ownership research | 7/2/2007 |
| Q: I just retired from Aerospace and have a few good years left. I am exploring buying property in ... A: Texas, unlike other states is divided into surveys rather than Townships. Some of these surveys go ... | |
| mineral rights | 7/2/2007 |
| Q: I'm researching rights for my grandfather who is still alive.Who has mineral rights and royalties of ... A: As long as your grandfather is alive and competent, he can deed them to anyone. Upon his death, if ... | |
| Rights ownership research | 7/1/2007 |
| Q: I just retired from Aerospace and have a few good years left. I am exploring buying property in ... A: Doug, It's pretty simple. Begin with the patent of the survey and run out all the instruments that ... | |
| mineral rights | 7/1/2007 |
| Q: I'm researching rights for my grandfather who is still alive.Who has mineral rights and royalties of ... A: If he has mineral rights in that Survey, he should have been leased by now. If you can fax me that ... | |
| Oil and Gas Mineral Value | 6/30/2007 |
| Q: I have a few acres of land in Houston County, Texas that I want to determine the value of its ... A: You can drill a well to find out if you have any oil & gas under your land. Other than that you ... | |
| Gas Lease | 6/30/2007 |
| Q: we signed a mineral lease for approximately 15 acres in Tarrant County, Texas, Jud Rowland Survey ... A: It's a David and Goliath situation. They are going to drill the wells. Retain the lawyer and let ... | |
| Gas Lease | 6/30/2007 |
| Q: we signed a mineral lease for approximately 15 acres in Tarrant County, Texas, Jud Rowland Survey ... A: It's too late now, but you should have gotten a no surface use clause and struck "laying pipelines" ... | |
| royalties | 6/29/2007 |
| Q: we received our division letter this week and it said that our royalties will be calculated for ... A: It takes six weeks to a month between the time you return a Division Order until you get a check. ... | |
| Oil & Gas lease proposal | 6/29/2007 |
| Q: 2 original OGL's covering 414.87 and 30.6 acres in JD Martinez Survey,A-34 and 141.5 acres in ... A: Tell them you want $300 per acre bonus and 25% royalty for a three uear paid-up Lease, and the same ... | |
| gas lease | 6/28/2007 |
| Q: Last week I was approached by someone representing Chesapeake. I live in Johnson County, Texas. We ... A: You own 2/450 x .25 x $7.00mcf. Multiply the price of gas x your net revenue interest which is the ... | |
| Mineral Acre | 6/27/2007 |
| Q: Is a mineral acre the same equivalent as to a land acre? A: A mineral acre is the same size as an acre of land. If more than one owner has mineral interest in ... | |
| Lease renewal offer | 6/26/2007 |
| Q: My 3 yr. lease with Devon on 60 acres (Barnett Shale) in Argyle, Tx. (Denton Co.) expires in ... A: Del, check the calendar, it's not even July. It's a long time until your lease runs out. Companies ... | |
| land leases | 6/25/2007 |
| Q: What would be the purpose of not leaseing if you would be responble for your part of the working ... A: Joy, I answered your last question on pure speculation, as you did not include enough facts to make ... | |
| Oil and Gas lease question | 6/25/2007 |
| Q: Mr James H. McConnell, I have the interest in a oil, gas, minerals and mineral rights in the ... A: there has never been a producing well drilled in your section. Your section lies on the edge of an ... | |
| Oil/lease agreements | 6/25/2007 |
| Q: My father and his 10 siblings inherited 125 ACRES of property from my grandmother 100 acres have ... A: Your father and his siblings own an undivided interest in the 100 acres of minerals. Usually in ... | |
| payment on gas well | 6/25/2007 |
| Q: we have been told that owning all the minerals on our land and 1/2 royalties that we won't get a ... A: If you own all of the minerals and one half of the royalties you will be paid the same time as the ... | |
| mineral lease | 6/22/2007 |
| Q: We have minerals in Atoka Co, Ok. in 4S 10E section 21 (340 acres), section 28 (300 acres) section ... A: It appears the play hasn't gotten to your township as of yet. The township north of you is leased ... | |
| mineral interest lease | 6/22/2007 |
| Q: Chesapeake Energy has offered four lease options on a mineral lease in Stephens County, OK. The ... A: You're in Oklahoma. "It's a deal you can't refuse." If you check the Oklahoma Corporation ... | |
| expired oil leases | 6/20/2007 |
| Q: where can i find a listing of expired oil leases in california? A: I have never heard of a listing of expired leases. In my business, we look for "open" or unleased ... | |
| Atoka County, OK - Mineral Deeds | 6/20/2007 |
| Q: Mr. McConnell, In 1993 I inherited 7O acre net mineral in three different locations in Atoka ... A: There has been some leasing north and west of your townships in Atoka County, last spring. I do not ... | |
| Leasing your land for a seismic shoot to be done | 6/20/2007 |
| Q: My 3 sisters and I own 160 acres in Russell County, Kansas. We also own all minteral rights as ... A: No. Tell them for $25.00 per acre you will give them a Seismic Option, providing them 12 months to ... | |
| Royalties | 6/18/2007 |
| Q: We have a neighbor that has a well. I called me and told me that it is pumping 4MCF per day.We are ... A: First let's clear up some things. The well is flowing 4mmcf per day. Mcf refers to one thousand ... | |
| gas pipeline easement | 6/18/2007 |
| Q: I have a real estate client interested in purchasing a property which has a gas pipeline easement in ... A: I suggest you get copies of the Easements of record and through real due diligence establish that ... | |
| Mineral Right Ownership | 6/18/2007 |
| Q: I was part owner of 510 acres in Desoto Parrish, LA for many years. We have received royalties from ... A: You say you kept the mineral rights and Red Oak says you didn't. Call the De Soto Parish Clerk of ... | |
| negotiating for more | 6/18/2007 |
| Q: I have been contacted via mail by several Oklahoma (I live in TX) gas companies with offers to lease ... A: If you are in Tarrant or Johnson Counties, you will get about $500 per lot and either 1/5 or 1/4 ... | |
| traniee | 6/17/2007 |
| Q: I have a undergrad degree and I am retiring from gov't work shortly. I need advise on becoming a ... A: Forget everything you learned working for the government. Have plenty of people skills and try to ... | |
| Oil Lease | 6/17/2007 |
| Q: I own the mineral rights to 300 acres in McClaister OK. I live in SC and have never even been to ... A: It is unethical for a company to operate a well/wells and offer to buy minerals. Of course they ... | |
| Pooling | 6/17/2007 |
| Q: Would you please explain in general pooling. I live in Oklahoma A: Pooling seperate tracts to form a production unit prevents the drilling of unnecessary wells. One ... | |
| Gas Lease | 6/15/2007 |
| Q: Mr. McConnell this is a follow-up on a matter that we discussed prior. My property (1.16 acres) ... A: Quoted from email dated May 17, 2007: "If you decide to pursue them, your venue is the Railroad ... | |
| addition to a home with a gas well | 6/15/2007 |
| Q: I am looking into purchasing a home in Erie county Pennsylvania; the home has rights to a gas well, ... A: That would depend on three things, the terms of the oil & gas lease under which the well is ... | |
| Gas Lease | 6/15/2007 |
| Q: Mr. McConnell this is a follow-up on a matter that we discussed prior. My property (1.16 acres) ... A: You need to go back and read what I wrote to you about this deal. I told you that this was a ... | |
| gas royalty | 6/15/2007 |
| Q: We own 100 acres of minerals between the four of us. This is in a unit with the wells producing an ... A: I answered your original question question with the truth. There's no such thing as average, or an ... | |
| Oil and Gas lease on a residential property | 6/15/2007 |
| Q: A year ago I bought a house in Arlington Texas and recently decided to rent the house. XTO energy ... A: Your covenants will not allow drilling in your subdivision. Line out "laying pipelines" in line 3 ... | |
| Landman and Curative Issues | 6/13/2007 |
| Q: We had an appointment with the landman today and he is doing some of the curative issues for a ... A: He is preparing an affidavit of use and occupancy of the lands. The fences, in order to meet the ... | |
| International Oil and Gas Lease | 6/13/2007 |
| Q: I am a Malaysian citizen living in Canada and I have mineral interest in Oklahoma. I signed an oil ... A: The courts aren't going to let them force pool a minor's interest. The court's going to have a hard ... | |
| yearly royalty for ownership of mineral rights? | 6/13/2007 |
| Q: 3 remaining heirs in our Frye family are currently getting a yearly royalty of $50. It started when ... A: My advice to you is to forget about it. If the total revenue from the well is only $150.00 per ... | |
| Gas lease and homeowners association | 6/13/2007 |
| Q: I have the following in my HOA declaration of restrictions, covenants and conditions. No oil ... A: $500.00 bonus and 1/4 royalty. Strike the words "laying pipelines" in the first paragraph and ... | |
| International Oil and Gas Lease | 6/12/2007 |
| Q: I am a Malaysian citizen living in Canada and I have mineral interest in Oklahoma. I signed an oil ... A: Go to the American Embassy wherever you are and get it notarized. They have special notary powers. ... | |
| Oil and gas lease | 6/12/2007 |
| Q: McConnell: Thank you for your help yesterday. It’s good to know that I don’t have to worry about ... A: I sent you an email before I read your questions. There is only 240 acres described on the lease. ... | |
| landman | 6/12/2007 |
| Q: i am scheduled to take a landman course in oklahoma this month, i am interested in pursuing a career ... A: The oil & gas exploration industry is a cyclical business. Right now it is in boom phase. ... | |
| Offer for gas lease | 6/11/2007 |
| Q: A company has approached my family regarding a gas lease of 300 acres in Shelby County, TX. They've ... A: If you leased for 20% royalty your net in a 680 acre unit would be .0882352. If the unit were 704 ... | |
| Pugh clause | 6/11/2007 |
| Q: In layman terms, can you please explain the Pugh clause, used in an Oklahoma OG&M lease, I ... A: In 1947, a Louisiana lawyer, Lawrence G. Pugh, drafted a clause, eventually named after him, which ... | |
| Purchase our oil/gas royalty interests for a year | 6/11/2007 |
| Q: Each person in my husband's family owns a teensy small percentage of the mineral rights to some land ... A: You have a royalty interest that is obviously in production or soon will be. They did not offer to ... | |
| Mineral Rights Royalties | 6/10/2007 |
| Q: In August of 2006 my three siblings and I learned from a landman that our grandfather along with his ... A: Altex has drilled wells in Sections 16,21,19,30,35 in the past year and a salt water disposal well ... | |
| Gas Lease Offer | 6/9/2007 |
| Q: We are also in Keller, TX being offered a $1000 per acre and 21% bonus by DDJET for O&G lease. The ... A: Tell them you want $3500.00 per acre or $6254.50 and amend the lease as follows: DDJET Lease form ... | |
| Surface exploration in my backyard | 6/7/2007 |
| Q: I recently (12/206) purchased 8 acres in Bossier Parish LA. As well my father in law purchase the 8 ... A: Your lawyer gave you good advice. If you have a title policy, you may have a suit againt the ... | |
| Gas and Mineral rights and ownership | 6/6/2007 |
| Q: My mother recently passed away. She had been receiving royalty checks from mineral rights that my ... A: Write a letter to XTO and send it to division orders and specify the county and state. Your check ... | |
| Mineral deeds | 6/6/2007 |
| Q: James, I discovered that my Mom had bought several mineral rights deeds in Oklahoma. I have found a ... A: Your deed has a description of the lands. If it is a metes and bounds description, plat it out and ... | |
| oil & gas lease offer | 6/6/2007 |
| Q: Energy West Corp. from Denver has been badgering me for months to sign a paid up lease on my 6400 ... A: I would have no way of knowing who their client is. There have been a few dry holes in and around ... | |
| Wellbore Ownership vs. WI Ownership | 6/6/2007 |
| Q: What is the distinction between wellbore ownership vs. working interest ownership; and what rights ... A: Carl, if you need to ask those questions, you do not need to do it. When a lessee is granted an ... | |
| oil/gas mineral rights/lease | 6/5/2007 |
| Q: How do I find out what companies are leasing oil/gas rights in Leon County, TX? I received a lease ... A: The Courthouse is in Centerville. You can go in there and run the "OPR" Official Public Record. I ... | |
| selling house: leasing & mineral rights | 6/5/2007 |
| Q: My wife and I are selling our house in Johnson County, TX, on a 1/3 acre lot. There are numerous ... A: You can't have your cake and eat your cake. Unless you specifically reserve the minerals in the ... | |
| Royalty percentages | 6/5/2007 |
| Q: I have mineral intersts in approximately 900 acres in Menard County, Texas. I'm not familiar with ... A: There have only been 23 wells permitted in Menard County in the past year. I do not have lease ... | |
| Gas wells | 6/5/2007 |
| Q: again Mr. McConnell, I asked you a question about gas well production. You were right when you told ... A: Columbia Gas was headquartered in Houston until they were sold in 1997. Anadarko has been ... | |
| Grady Co, OK | 6/4/2007 |
| Q: I spent years leasing and drilling in Texas, but am relatively unfamiliar with the going rates in ... A: It looks like the county is fairly active with about 1000 leases recorded in the past year. the ... | |
| DDJET Limited LLP | 6/4/2007 |
| Q: We received a Collection Draft and a Subsurface Oil, Gas and Mineral Lease. The Lease bonus is for ... A: Ask for a check. Ask for $3500 per care and 1/4 royalty. Ask for a non surface use clause and ... | |
| gas well production | 6/4/2007 |
| Q: I saw in another answer about a monetary example of a gas well that was producing 50mcf per day. Is ... A: There is no such thing as a "normal" gas well or "normal" production. Production is dependent on ... | |
| gas lease | 6/2/2007 |
| Q: McConnell, I currently have leased my 630 acres in Northern Angelina County with a major gas/oil ... A: I hope you got a "Pugh" Clause in your lease if they do not include all of your acreage in a unit. ... | |
| Mineral Lease | 6/1/2007 |
| Q: I own a 1/8 interest in the minerals of a 60 acre tract near Jacksonville, Texas in the Tomas ... A: Counter offer $250 per acre and 1/4 royalty. You will be the last one they will lease, but if you ... | |
| I think the gas company is ripping me off! | 6/1/2007 |
| Q: We just had a gas company drill for gas on our land. when we first started getting checks from them ... A: Let's correct some wrong assumptions before we get into the question about production. The wells ... | |
| Tree values | 6/1/2007 |
| Q: Good morning. I'm beginning to do quite a few tree appraisals related to oil and gas drilling and ... A: It would seem to me that a tree's value, in terms of monetary damages would be the same, regardless ... | |
| mineral rights | 5/31/2007 |
| Q: I'm buying a place in vermillion parish in louisiana, and the seller wants to keep the mineral ... A: A surface owner cannot deny a mineral owner the right of ingress and egress to explore for and ... | |
| oil, gas mineral rights | 5/31/2007 |
| Q: My mother has the oil, gas and mineral right to about 44 acres in Lawrencevill Il. Her cousin owns ... A: If someone wants to drill a well, they will find your mother to secure an oil & gas lease. The ... | |
| lease | 5/31/2007 |
| Q: I sent a question earlier today and you answered it back saying you needed to know wher the location ... A: I believe I answered your question. Every state has different rules for pooling and unitization. ... | |
| Selling Royalty/lease rights | 5/31/2007 |
| Q: My grandfather was a banker in Texas and Oklahoma, through his activites, My mother has several ... A: Were the mineral interests listed in the inventory of your grandfather's estate. Was your mother ... | |
| oil,gas,mineral paid up lease form88-198(r) | 5/30/2007 |
| Q: I was recently presented with this lease which is for 3yr. I own 1 acre and was offered an upfront ... A: Your one acre tract is only going to be in one unit. Your one acre tract is too small to drill, so ... | |
| Tax Sale of mineral rights | 5/30/2007 |
| Q: You recently counseled a person that all they needed to prove ownership of mineral rights from a ... A: Go back and read what I wrote. You obviously misinterpreted what I told the person. The question ... | |
| O&G Lease | 5/29/2007 |
| Q: We have been approached by Sarah Exploration Company of Henderson, TX about leasing the mineral ... A: It appears that they believe you own a small interest in the minerals under the tract. The $50.00 ... | |
| Oil lease agreement, Montague Co. Texas | 5/29/2007 |
| Q: I have an offer of $300 per acre lease money and 20% of mineral production on approximately 500 ... A: If you had given me the facts when you first asked your question, your net acreage would have been ... | |
| Testing Results | 5/29/2007 |
| Q: When seismograph (sp) testing is done are holes drilled and if not what would be the results if ... A: The seismic companies drill holes and place a dynamite charge in them. These charges are placed in ... | |
| inherited oil leases | 5/28/2007 |
| Q: I inherited about 15 or 20 oil leases located in Kern County and Bakersfield California which have ... A: There is some portion of the will that mentions "residue" for all the things that get left out of an ... | |
| Oil or Gas Drilling | 5/28/2007 |
| Q: My Mother owns property in Anderson County, Texas. How can I find out if oil or gas has been ... A: Your mother owns an undivided one-third interest. If she isn't receiving a royalty check or she ... | |
| inherited oil leases | 5/27/2007 |
| Q: I inherited about 15 or 20 oil leases located in Kern County and Bakersfield California which have ... A: Fax them to me at 713-524-3153. What is the date of your father's death? Did you father have a ... | |
| oil/gas lease | 5/27/2007 |
| Q: I was recently approached about leasing 30 net acres to a company ( 3 years $200 per acre 1/5 ... A: Unless you want to be in the oil business, where people write a lot of checks and hope they get it ... | |
| Gas Lease Offer | 5/27/2007 |
| Q: Mr. McConnell, Yesterday, I received in the mail an offer lease my mineral interests from the ... A: You will earn 100% of the working interest in your tract as an unleased mineral owner. You will be ... | |
| Gas Lease Offer | 5/26/2007 |
| Q: Mr. McConnell, Yesterday, I received in the mail an offer lease my mineral interests from the ... A: There is no such thing as typical. It isn't estimated, it is measured when it is sold. The NYMEX ... | |
| Gas well production | 5/26/2007 |
| Q: How many mcf are pumped daily from an average producing gas well? I am attempting to understand ... A: oil is produced in association with gas and vice versa. If a well produces more oil than gas it is ... | |
| Gas Lease Offer | 5/26/2007 |
| Q: Mr. McConnell, Yesterday, I received in the mail an offer lease my mineral interests from the ... A: Counteroffer $3500. per acre and .25 royalty, add a clause that provides for "no surface use ... | |
| Gas well production | 5/26/2007 |
| Q: How many mcf are pumped daily from an average producing gas well? I am attempting to understand ... A: If you retain a 10% non=participating royalty interest, you will receive 10% of all of the ... | |
| Testing Results | 5/26/2007 |
| Q: My husband's property was tested several times for oil and gas in the late 70's and early 80's. My ... A: There is only one test to that means anything in the oil & gas business and that is a drill bit. ... | |
| inherited oil leases | 5/26/2007 |
| Q: I inherited about 15 or 20 oil leases located in Kern County and Bakersfield California which have ... A: Your dad owned royalty under some oil & gas leases by an overriding royalty assignment or as a ... | |
| mineral lease | 5/25/2007 |
| Q: A landman tracked me down wanting to lease some mineral rights I had inherited. I gave him ... A: They were extending the limits of the Barnett shale play in to Montague County. Someone may have ... | |
| Oil Lease Activity | 5/25/2007 |
| Q: Recently my family was contacted by particular company, wanting to lease our mineral rights on 40 ... A: Not really if the well is 20,000' or deeper. Most units for wells over 10,000' deep are as large as ... | |
| Does an offer to lease mineral rights mean you own the mineral rights? | 5/25/2007 |
| Q: I am the owner of a home in suburban Fort Worth, Texas who has recently become interested in ... A: Oil was discovered in Texas in 1900. You need to run the records back to the tract that eventually ... | |
| Barnett Shale Minerals | 5/24/2007 |
| Q: I want to sell some of the mineral rights I own. Do you know of any companies that might be ... A: What is the property description? Is it leased for oil & gas? If so, to whom, for how long, and ... | |
| Lease renewal vs. Drilling | 5/24/2007 |
| Q: I own 25% of 60 net mineral acres ICL of Argyle, Denton Co. (John Davis ... A: You only own 1/4 of the minerals under a tract. These wells cost millions of dollars to drill and ... | |
| Lease renewal vs. Drilling | 5/24/2007 |
| Q: I own 25% of 60 net mineral acres ICL of Argyle, Denton Co. (John Davis ... A: Devon will want to pool at least 640 acres if possible + or - 10%. Your undivided 15 acre interest ... | |
| Multiple wells per tract | 5/24/2007 |
| Q: I have 2.12 acres of a 573.0 acre pool. I have been to the Texas RRC site and have found as of now ... A: I assume you mean the XTO Basped Unit B4H well, permit #634991 , API #42-439-32038. The drainhole ... | |
| Dishonest family | 5/23/2007 |
| Q: Unfortunately we have recently discovered that my grandmother has been withholding leases that were ... A: Depending on the state in which the property is situated, if and until a will is probated, the laws ... | |
| need mineral rights value | 5/23/2007 |
| Q: My husband inherited .0031403337 mineral rights of 1 well and .010400000 mineral rights of another ... A: Your husband inherited a royalty interest. This interest was created by leasing the minerals he now ... | |
| Oil & Gas Lease | 5/22/2007 |
| Q: I'm trying to understand an oil and gas lease that was provided to our family by an oil company ... A: divide your number of acres into the total number of acres in the unit. That is your tract factor. ... | |
| Mineral Lease | 5/21/2007 |
| Q: Last fall I was contacted by a landman representing Chesapeake offering $200 per acre and 20% ... A: Solid yellow is leased 100%, yellow cross hatched means a partial lease. It appears that most of ... | |
| Mineral Lease | 5/21/2007 |
| Q: Last fall I was contacted by a landman representing Chesapeake offering $200 per acre and 20% ... A: They don't want to do that. They want to lease you, but the prospect is not high priority yet. ... | |
| Alternative Oil & Gas Lease Options | 5/21/2007 |
| Q: My name is Yolanda and my Family owns 42 Acres and Mineral Rights in the "Bull Bayou, (aka Red River ... A: Yolanda, this is not a forum or a blogspace, it's a place to ask specific oil & gas questions. Oil ... | |
| Alternative Oil & Gas Lease Options | 5/20/2007 |
| Q: My name is Yolanda and my Family owns 42 Acres and Mineral Rights in the "Bull Bayou, (aka Red River ... A: I'm sorry, but I can't address your issues here. I do not agree with you and know for a fact that ... | |
| oil/gas lease | 5/20/2007 |
| Q: My family has been approached by an oil company (apache) to lease the mineral rights to 1601 acres ... A: You are the third member of that family that has asked the same questions. If you own the ... | |
| Hill County | 5/20/2007 |
| Q: I have 335 surface acres of land in the northern half of Hill County Texas southwest of the town of ... A: In horizontal wells in the Barnett shale there is no number of acres being typical. If you haven't ... | |
| Mineral Rights Lease | 5/19/2007 |
| Q: My mom has been approached by a landman in TX and is trying to lease the mineral rights. The ... A: Your landman is a liar. If he will put what he told you in writing, I may retract that statement. ... | |
| Oil and gas royalty conveyed to a trust | 5/18/2007 |
| Q: My mother (who lives in California)owns oil and gas royalty interests in the state of Texas. We ... A: I would advise you to use an attorney to draft the instruments conveying the minerals/royalty to ... | |
| TEXAS mineral rights | 5/18/2007 |
| Q: We own about 28 acres and 1/2 mineral rights. In 1941 the other half was deeded to an untraceable ... A: Okay, let's get serious now. Why would they be in a hurry. Maybe they made a big mistake and are ... | |
| TEXAS mineral rights | 5/17/2007 |
| Q: We own about 28 acres and 1/2 mineral rights. In 1941 the other half was deeded to an untraceable ... A: No, you cannot file for ownership of someone else's minerals. The company can go through a process ... | |
| drilling schedule | 5/17/2007 |
| Q: I have 40 acres with mineral rights in Bossier Parish Louisiana that Winchester Productions leased ... A: Oil companies lease from you the right to explore for oil & gas, not the obligation. That area is ... | |
| pipeline easement | 5/16/2007 |
| Q: They have done a survey to put a pipeline asross my land here in Mansfield,Texas. Since the property ... A: Call their bluff and hire an attorney. If they do have the power of imminent domain, they will lay ... | |
| Oil & Gas Lease | 5/16/2007 |
| Q: I was just approached on for an oil and gas lease and the lease only says for $10 dollars and other ... A: Every lease I ever took was for Ten Dollars and other good and valuable consideration ($10.00 & ... | |
| Pipeline Easement | 5/15/2007 |
| Q: Marathon has had a pipeline and easement in my back yard for many years. They now want to clear the ... A: No, you bought that place "subject" to the existing easement. Your best bet is with the pipeline ... | |
| Lease Values for Washita County, OK | 5/14/2007 |
| Q: I have the mineral rights on 240 acres in Washita County Oklahoma. The location is in Township 10N ... A: You forgot to tell me what the offer was on your lease proposal. Most of the leases I have taken in ... | |
| RETAINING MINERAL RIGHTS | 5/14/2007 |
| Q: I want to sell my property. Recently, someone started drilling an exploratory well approximately 1 ... A: You need to hire a lawyer for that. There are many ways to retain mineral and royalties and you ... | |
| mineral and surface rights | 5/14/2007 |
| Q: I am looking a purchasing a piece of property in Louisiana. It is 10 acres with a house. The ... A: You can begin by stating the facts of the problem clearly. No where here do you say that you are ... | |
| gas leasing | 5/11/2007 |
| Q: My husband and I own 6 acres. We have been approached by a company wishing to lease the gas rights. ... A: That isn't geologically possible. The business of exploring for oil & gas is science and physics. ... | |
| MINERAL RIGHTS | 5/11/2007 |
| Q: I own a lot in Crowley Louisiana and an oil co. rep. talked to me about signing for them to drill ... A: If there is already a unit formed and approved by the Conservation Dept., which there probably is, ... | |
| gas lease | 5/11/2007 |
| Q: I was wondering if you could help, I just moved to northern PA on the border of NY from Philadelphia ... A: Try counter-offering $150.00 per acre for three (3) year paid-up lease at 3/16 (.18750)royalty with ... | |
| gas leasing | 5/11/2007 |
| Q: My husband and I own 6 acres. We have been approached by a company wishing to lease the gas rights. ... A: The agent is a moron and knows nothing about oil & gas exploration. He was probably a shoe salesman ... | |
| surface rights vs. mineral rights | 5/11/2007 |
| Q: Just because a company has mineral rights and they have unitiezed said mineral rights into a unit, ... A: The answer to your question is yes. They have a right to run a flow line through your property to a ... | |
| gas leasing | 5/11/2007 |
| Q: My husband and I own 6 acres. We have been approached by a company wishing to lease the gas rights. ... A: You might consider counter offering $150 per acre, three year paid up lease with two year option at ... | |
| royalties | 5/9/2007 |
| Q: We own 6 acres in Grandview Texas, we signed a 18 month lease at 1500 an acre and a 27% royalty. ... A: Every well has a sign on the way into the drilling pad giving the name of the well. The Texas ... | |
| mineral rights | 5/9/2007 |
| Q: How do we know if the price a company is offering to lease mineral rights is fair or not? We are ... A: Oil and gas leases are traded among individuals and companies. there is no clearinghouse for oil & ... | |
| royalties | 5/8/2007 |
| Q: We own 6 acres in Grandview Texas, we signed a 18 month lease at 1500 an acre and a 27% royalty. ... A: One would receive 27% of all of the oil & gas attributable to the six acres. One would have to know ... | |
| mineral rights | 5/8/2007 |
| Q: How do we know if the price a company is offering to lease mineral rights is fair or not? We are ... A: Obviously, the longer you wait, the more the price goes up. When you stop getting offers, you have ... | |
| gas lease | 5/8/2007 |
| Q: I have been approached to lease the mineral rights on residential properties in mansfield, Texas. If ... A: Depending on the circumstance you may or may not be entitled to anything. If you are unleased and ... | |
| Oil and Mineral Lease | 5/7/2007 |
| Q: OK, I'm sorry that I'm asking again but come to find out it isn't 150 acres I inherited. I have 333 ... A: Jacob, if you own the mineral rights and an oil company wants to lease it, they will contact you ... | |
| Where do I start? | 5/6/2007 |
| Q: Own 24a. Brazoria county Tx neighbor says back in early 60s an oil well was drilled but only pumped ... A: If it hasn't been plugged, contact the Texas Railroad Commission and they will have it plugged under ... | |
| Where do I start? | 5/6/2007 |
| Q: Own 24a. Brazoria county Tx neighbor says back in early 60s an oil well was drilled but only pumped ... A: If you are saying that an oil well was drilled on your 24 acres in the sixties, it's been plugged ... | |
| Where do I start? | 5/5/2007 |
| Q: Own 24a. Brazoria county Tx neighbor says back in early 60s an oil well was drilled but only pumped ... A: Predecessors in title are people that sold the land, successors in title are people that will buy ... | |
| Tracking royalties | 5/4/2007 |
| Q: I have a number of properties with leases for gas. Several of these are in drilled units but I have ... A: Since you do not say which state/states these properties are located, I will have to give you a very ... | |
| Indiana pipeline easement | 5/3/2007 |
| Q: We have a 1950's Right of Way contact affecting the property and allowing a 26" pipeline. It ... A: If the pipeline is still active the easement is in force and effect. If the pipeline is dead, the ... | |
| Surface Lease Offer Tarrant Co. | 5/2/2007 |
| Q: I've been reading other questions and answers and I can see that the gas surface lease offer prices ... A: I doubt seriously if Exxon will be drilling wells in the Barnett Shale, but these are strange times. ... | |
| going rate for gas mineral lease in hood co., tx | 5/2/2007 |
| Q: We own mineral and surface rights on 80 acres at the base of comanche peak in hood co., tx(the ... A: The going rate is always the amount a willing buyer will pay a willing seller. If you are going to ... | |
| Mineral Rights | 5/1/2007 |
| Q: My sister, grandfather and I own 800 acres(community property). We have been told to check into ... A: I don't understand your question. Who asked you to do this and why? Other than valuing your ... | |
| Gas Pipeline | 5/1/2007 |
| Q: A company wants to put a new gas pipeline on my parents land in north Texas. The company wants to go ... A: rather than feet. You have been offered approximately $100 per rod, since a rod equals 16.5 feet. ... | |
| Oil, Gas and Mineral Lease proposal | 4/30/2007 |
| Q: We have recently been approached with a Oil, Gas and Mineral Lease proposal for our property. We ... A: It's more than fair. You would receive one-fifth of the production attributable to your tract, less ... | |
| no-drill clause | 4/27/2007 |
| Q: I purchased my 10 acres in 1996 and the sellers retained the mineral rights and in the same ... A: You need to take your deed and a copy of your surface damages agreement to your attorney. Do not ... | |
| Leasing in Hill County Texas | 4/27/2007 |
| Q: I think the gas co is desperate and are trying to get us to sign a lease because when they leased ... A: If your tract is less than 467' from the horizontal drainhole, they have a problem. They can't cut ... | |
| east texas mineral rights sold in the 1940's | 4/27/2007 |
| Q: James, I have heard of cases where oil companies have taken advantage of rural, uneducated land ... A: In Texas he had four years to file a cause of action (lawsuit) against someone if he felt he was ... | |
| Leasing in Hill County Texas | 4/27/2007 |
| Q: I think the gas co is desperate and are trying to get us to sign a lease because when they leased ... A: Seriously, do nothing. If your tract is less than 467' from the horizontal drainhole and you are ... | |
| How do I Research Oil Lease | 4/26/2007 |
| Q: My Mom passed.In looking through her affects I found Cockrell Oil, then Shell Oil Lease check ... A: If you will fax me the check stubs, I will try to figure out where the production was. I can tell by ... | |
| Oil/Gas Lease in Hughes Co. OK. | 4/25/2007 |
| Q: Mr. McConnell Thanks for your quick response regarding lease language on the gas. I tried to use the ... A: I personally do not know anything about the Schonwald firm, but there are a lot of companies that I ... | |
| Oil/Gas lease in Hughes Co. OK | 4/25/2007 |
| Q: I have 200 acres of minerals in Hughes Co. OK that a land broker has offered to lease at $277/acre. ... A: Lets not worry about the language, let's fix it instead. Line through net preceding proceeds, where ... | |
| Pooling | 4/24/2007 |
| Q: At what well depth,is a pooling designation required? Does this vary from state to state? Great site ... A: It's not a matter of depth, it is a matter of prevention of damage to a reservoir and to prevent the ... | |
| Gas Lease - Tarrant County, TX - HELP | 4/23/2007 |
| Q: I got a call from my neighbor asking me whether I received a letter from a gas company concerning ... A: I'm not a gypsy, nor am I clairvoyant; How would I possibly be able to help you? I can't run the ... | |
| Purchase of mineral interests in Marshall County OK | 4/22/2007 |
| Q: I recently leased my 22.5 acres of mineral rights in Marshall county Oklahoma to Walter Oil and Gas ... A: If you chose to sell for whatever reasons you could sell on a term mineral deed which means that you ... | |
| mineral rights | 4/22/2007 |
| Q: A family member was just contacted about testing on the property where he owns the mineral rights to ... A: Drill bits find oil & gas, everything else is hypothesis. In answer to your question concerning ... | |
| Gas Lease, Mansfield, TX | 4/22/2007 |
| Q: This question is similar in spirit to a question previously answered about gas leasing in Mansfield, ... A: Ask the company for a copy of the deed wherein the minerals are severed from the surface and ask who ... | |
| Pooling | 4/20/2007 |
| Q: Need a question answered about pooling. Our neighbor has 4 gas wells and we are in the pool. The ... A: The company files a Pooling Designation of record in the county the well/wells are drilled. In that ... | |
| Mineral leasing in Louisiana | 4/18/2007 |
| Q: I have been offered a mineral lease for my land in Union Parish. I am not sure what the lease is ... A: Check the lease and the addendum to be sure they did not add a paragraph changing your royalty. It ... | |
| Approached to lease to XTO | 4/17/2007 |
| Q: We were approached to lease .55 acres in Parker County Texas to XTO Energy. The upfront was $1200.00 ... A: You own a little more than a half acre. Now think about it. What could an oil company possibly do ... | |
| MINERAL RIGHTS | 4/16/2007 |
| Q: We have 1.45 acres just southeast of Ft. Worth. We have been approached about leasing our mineral ... A: You will receive $1450 and .11250 of the royalty attributable to your tract. Go to the Tarrant ... | |
| barnett shale primary lease extension | 4/15/2007 |
| Q: XPO company is asking us to sign a 1 yr extension on our mineral rights lease of 20 acres for $1000 ... A: If they have told you that you were the drill site, they will send someone out to negotiate the ... | |
| barnett shale primary lease extension | 4/14/2007 |
| Q: XPO company is asking us to sign a 1 yr extension on our mineral rights lease of 20 acres for $1000 ... A: If you asked for one-fifth royalty in addition to the $1000.00 per acre, the company would probably ... | |
| Standard lease rates for Matagorda Cty TX | 4/11/2007 |
| Q: My family owns 1/2 of the minerals under 180 and 94 acre tracts in Matagorda County. A landman ... A: This is a typical industry type deal. Ask for $50.00 for the option and $300.00 for the Lease. ... | |
| purchising mineral rights on a foreclosed parcel of land | 4/10/2007 |
| Q: I am a realtor and have a client who wants to purchase a parcel of land on the foreclosed list of ... A: You could probably shortcut the process and begin your search at 1900, because that's when oil was ... | |
| Natural Gas Mineral Rights | 4/10/2007 |
| Q: Last week my neighborhood was approached by a company (Circle Energy) wanting us to sign a contract ... A: A sesrch to the Texas Secretary Of States records indicates that Circle Energy Inc, was formed ... | |
| well bores | 4/9/2007 |
| Q: Does the mineral owner or surface owner own the actual well bore? A: The mineral Lessee usually owns the well bore, because they are usually the ones that drilled it. If ... | |
| Value of gas royalties | 4/8/2007 |
| Q: I have inherited some royalties in gas wells on land in Northern California and I need to find ... A: I don't know the answer to your question. If it were Texas, you would be be assessed ad valorem ... | |
| Gas Pipeline Lease | 4/7/2007 |
| Q: What is best for the landowner in Right of way for pipeline leasing? A company has came to me about ... A: First of all the pipeline company wants to acquire an easement across your land, which has nothing ... | |
| Royalty and Mineral Rights | 4/7/2007 |
| Q: McConnell, Before I consult an attorney, I thought I would pose a question here to get the best way ... A: Mineral owners with executive rights can execute leases, collect delay rentals and shut-in gas ... | |
| Oil and Gas Leasing | 4/7/2007 |
| Q: I received some correspondence from an energy company that is representing another company that is ... A: Take some responsibility for your mineral ownership as the checks will be in your name. Imagine ... | |
| mineral rights leasing | 4/6/2007 |
| Q: I just got a call from a "landman" (lady!) working for Chesapeake Energy (so I presume it's legit) ... A: Pugh was a Lawyer from Crowley Louisiana that authored a clause that effectively releases all lands ... | |
| Inventory of Oil & Gas Properties by Owner | 4/6/2007 |
| Q: Where can I get an inventory of properties in Texas that are owned by me or a family member? My Aunt ... A: The county in which the Probate of the estates of your aunt and uncle is filed will have the ... | |
| Lease rates/rights | 4/6/2007 |
| Q: I have recently become trustee of a trust owning mineral rights. I have been approached by a company ... A: Which county is your mineral rights located? Who is trying to lease your minerals? Is there ... | |
| mineral rights leasing | 4/6/2007 |
| Q: I just got a call from a "landman" (lady!) working for Chesapeake Energy (so I presume it's legit) ... A: Ask the landman to send you the deed wherein your grandfather severed the minerals from the surface ... | |
| Oil & Gas Mineral Lease | 10/30/2006 |
| Q: I've recently done a lot of research on SONRIS when I found out I was a lessor on tracts in DeSoto ... A: SONRIS is a wonderful database, probably the best of any state's oil and gas databases, but it has ... | |
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James H. McConnell, CPL
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Expertise
READ CAREFULLY BEFORE ASKING ME A QUESTION I will try to answer questions about Oil & Gas leases, minerals, royalties, and servitudes, if the questioner has provided a good description of the lands. I require a section, township and range for any land not in Texas. I require a survey name and an abstract number if the lands are in Texas. I will answer questions about offers to lease or purchase mineral interests only if all terms of the offer are in the question, including the term of the Lease or conveyance, the royalty and the amount offered. Failure to provide this information will result in the question being rejected. I have answered more than 3800 questions on this site and get as many as fifty in one day. I do not have the time nor am I inclined to deal with detailed questions requiring an attorney. I am not a substitute for an attorney. If you do not write in a cognizant form, I will reject your question. If you have done real research and have a question I find interesting, I will answer it. If you haven't done any research on your own, I will not do it for you. If you do not rate the first answer, do not send a follow up, because I will reject it.
Experience
I have been a Professional Landman for more than thirty five years. I have drilled and operated oil & gas wells in Louisiana and Texas and an familiar with the rules and Regulations of the Texas Railroad Commission and the Louisiana Department of Conservation. I have testified in court as an expert witness.
Organizations
American Association of Professional Landmen
CPL #5303
Education/Credentials
BA NSU, 1971
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