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| minerals rights leases companies | 3/24/2008 | Alan H. Coogan |
Q: Where can I find a honest mineral leasing compnay? How can I find out about the companies that have ...
A: Well, I think most leasing companies are honest,but they work for an exploration, production or ...
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| Buying property with mineral rights | 3/24/2008 | Alan H. Coogan |
Q: What is the order of things to do when purchasing property with a gas well and mineral rights. We ...
A: Yes, by all means go over any deal before hand with an attorney. You do not say what state your are ...
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| Old Oil, Gas & Mineral Lease | 3/24/2008 | Frederick M. Scott CMM |
Q: My 81 year old Dad was cleaning out some old papers and we came accross a lease amendment from ...
A: Tony, if you have some more specific location info I'd be better able to tell you whether this one ...
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| Hoping for response this time!!! | 3/22/2008 | Laura M. FitzGerald |
Q: I own a 70 acres in Van Buren County, AR. Got offer from a Co to lease 61.90 acres that they show ...
A: unless you hire an attorney or landman to do a title reserach for you, you will have to rely on the ...
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| Lease expectations in California | 3/22/2008 | James H. McConnell, CPL |
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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| Leasing minerals Oklahoma property | 3/22/2008 | Frederick M. Scott CMM |
Q: Mr. Scott, I have read online some of your advice. I believe you would be good counsel for my ...
A: Paula, there is quite a bit of leasing activity in this general area, as well as some permitting ...
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| gas lease | 3/21/2008 | Frederick M. Scott CMM |
Q: We signed a gas lease with a company last fall and now a different company is in our neighborhood ...
A: Andrea, Once you've signed a lease, your pretty much stuck with it. That's why I always tell people ...
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| Marcellus Shale Reality Check | 3/20/2008 | James H. McConnell, CPL |
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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| oil and gas lease | 3/20/2008 | Frederick M. Scott CMM |
Q: My wife and I have 118 acres of mineral rights in Somerset county, Pa. We have been approached by a ...
A: Buddy, I'm not really familiar with lease rates in your area. Perhaps some folks reading this could ...
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| Mineral deed | 3/20/2008 | Alan H. Coogan |
Q: We acquired property from my in-laws they leased the gas rights in 1981. When we went to lease the ...
A: Most of the time, the land peple do a quick check, but reserved mineral rights are sometimes ...
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| Cameron Parish Louisiana | 3/19/2008 | James H. McConnell, CPL |
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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| royalties | 3/19/2008 | Frederick M. Scott CMM |
Q: i signed a lease for gas in northeast pa.my neighbor was told, who has less land then me, that he ...
A: Joe, the short answer is probably not...it would have to be one HECK of a well for him to get that ...
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| Oil/Gas Lease | 3/19/2008 | James H. McConnell, CPL |
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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| Mineral deed | 3/19/2008 | Alan H. Coogan |
Q: We acquired property from my in-laws they leased the gas rights in 1981. When we went to lease the ...
A: In most states and circumstances, you own whatever you acquired by deed from your in-laws, nothing ...
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| 3yr. lease | 3/18/2008 | Alan H. Coogan |
Q: after 3yr.there no gas well do we need to get a new lease
A: If the primary term of the lease is 3 years, and there is no extension and no well and no pooling ...
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| Oil/Gas Lease | 3/18/2008 | Frederick M. Scott CMM |
Q: We have property in Custer County Oklahoma. The oil/gas lease is expiring in April 2008. What ...
A: Sharon, if you live in Custer County, you could travel to the courthouse and look at the "index" for ...
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| horizonal drilling request | 3/17/2008 | Alan H. Coogan |
Q: Alan. Thanks for generous volunteering of time. I to am a volunteer on this site. I have 54 acre ...
A: Without documents and maps it is hard to say. In general,you get royality payments (see lease) for ...
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| does smelling gas or acreage influence price? | 3/16/2008 | Frederick M. Scott CMM |
Q: Scott, I hope it is not unethical to post this question to another expert on All Experts.com. I did ...
A: Jonah, to answer your first question, I can recommend a starting point for getting your minerals ...
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| Conveyance and Assignment of mineral and royalty interests | 3/16/2008 | Alan H. Coogan |
Q: I recently received from JDMI royalty management several documents one of which appears to look ...
A: Yes,it sounds from your description to be an offer to purchase your mineral rights. If you have a ...
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| deep minerals | 3/15/2008 | Frederick M. Scott CMM |
Q: Mr. Scott, I have been approached by Somerset Develpment in regards to a deep mineral lease in ...
A: Lisa, sounds like a decent offer, though there are some other companies out there leasing as well as ...
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| gas lease in tarrant county Texas | 3/14/2008 | James H. McConnell, CPL |
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 | James H. McConnell, CPL |
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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| oil and gas | 3/13/2008 | Frederick M. Scott CMM |
Q: Around 1952 an oil company came and drilled a well on my fathers farm in Kiowa Co. Ks (T30 So, R20 ...
A: Brad, I'm surprised they "held the lease" for thirty years without any production. At any rate, it's ...
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| Rule 37 | 3/12/2008 | James H. McConnell, CPL |
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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| Deed language clairfication | 3/12/2008 | Alan H. Coogan |
Q: In settling the estate of our parents my siblings & I sold 100 acres in Harrison County in 1957. I ...
A: yours is a legal question which can not be answered without researching the case law. In general, ...
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| Drilling contracts | 3/12/2008 | David Traugott |
Q: I have come into possession of a drilling rig. That is depth rated to 8,500 ft. And I would like to ...
A: You can go to www.rigdata.com and order the activity report for the area closest to the location of ...
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| oil-gas lease proposal | 3/12/2008 | Frederick M. Scott CMM |
Q: We have received a letter to lease my mountain land in Grainger County TN. It is from T.S. Dudley ...
A: Jim, if the "well spacing" is a 160-acre unit, then their estimate for royalty would be about right. ...
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| Approached to sign Gas/Oil lease | 3/11/2008 | Alan H. Coogan |
Q: My wife and I bought 134 acres in Western NY 8 months ago. We were approached by an Oil/Gas company ...
A: Well you are on the right tract. It is doubtless what they are offering, but unless you really want ...
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| Gas Well | 3/11/2008 | David Traugott |
Q: I have a completed gas well on my property in Mississippi. (Black warrior Basin). From what i ...
A: Rest assured the oil company wants to get the well producing just as soon as they possibly can (time ...
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| Definition in a Lease | 3/11/2008 | Alan H. Coogan |
Q: In a lease clause it says "if any well on the lands capable of producing the leased substances are ...
A: Probably yes. The lease probably has shut-in rental clause which coverspayment during the repair ...
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| tub wells | 3/11/2008 | Soheil Moayedi |
Q: I own a tub well that is on someone elses property but it was agreed that I had permission to do ...
A: Please refer to the agreement you have signed. It should be stated there, what would happen if the ...
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| Road by lessee for lessor | 3/11/2008 | James H. McConnell, CPL |
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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| Impact of Natural Gas on Surface Owner | 3/11/2008 | David Traugott |
Q: David; I'm considering purchasing 20 acres with the mineral rights already leased for natural gas ...
A: The regulatory agencies typically do a good job of protecting the fresh water aquifers near oil and ...
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| Multiple offers to lease mineral rights | 3/11/2008 | Frederick M. Scott CMM |
Q: I've received several offers to have my minerals developed. Both I'm considering are the same terms ...
A: Eve, $17,000 per acre is about the going rate near you right now I believe. Pretty good mailbox ...
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| MCF | 3/10/2008 | William Hawk Howes |
Q: How does the industry write and figure cubic foot? The "M" confuses me
A: There is no universally agreed symbol but the following are used: cubic feet, cubic foot, cubic ft ...
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| Question about selling oil & gas royalties. | 3/8/2008 | Alan H. Coogan |
Q: Alan.....I inherited royalties from 3 producing well in the Wattenberg field north of Greeley, ...
A: There is a lot missing in your question, for example, the age of the wells. The usual answer is: ...
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| IP's vs. total gas recovered | 3/8/2008 | David Traugott |
Q: In typical shale gas production (if there is such a thing) is the level of initial production of gas ...
A: Here is a link to a detailed report presented by Pickering Energy Partners in Oct 2005; if you still ...
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| Deed reservation | 3/7/2008 | James H. McConnell, CPL |
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 | James H. McConnell, CPL |
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 | James H. McConnell, CPL |
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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