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| 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 ...
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| 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, ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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. ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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. ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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, ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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, ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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) ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 & ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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, ...
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| 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, ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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. ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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, ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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. ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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. ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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. ...
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| 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, ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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. ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| "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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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% ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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. ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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. ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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. ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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, ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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. ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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, ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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, ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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. ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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. ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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. ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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. ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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, ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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, ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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. ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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", ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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, ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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, ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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. ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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. ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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, ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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, ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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. ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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. ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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, ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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, ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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. ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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. ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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. ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| "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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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, ...
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| 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. ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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: ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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. ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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% ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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, ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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. ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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. ...
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| 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. ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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" ...
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| 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. ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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. ...
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| 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. ...
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| 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. ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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. ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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. ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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. ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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. ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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. ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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. ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 & ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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. ...
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| 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, ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 & ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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. ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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. ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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. ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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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