As of the current printing of this book, Texas is the only state allowing production revenues to be withheld from an owner, and interest...

Leasehold royalty owners are exempt from bearing any of the costs of exploring, drilling, equipping, and producing oil or gas from the...

More than a few Lessors have experienced a demand by a Lessee to return signing bonus or royalties paid, when the Lessee discovers the...

Also called “NPRI” by analysts, a non-participating royalty gets its name from its non-participation in signing bonus, delay rentals,...

Many horizontal wells are subject to multiple payouts, both contractually and statutorily. A new division of interest is required for...

There are four basic types of data analyzed in order to create an initial revenue division of interest (DOI) for a horizontal well. This...

Correction deeds can be tricky, and can be processed incorrectly if the analyst doesn’t know what to look for. An experienced division...

This week’s blog will focus on the high-level similarities and differences between the pooling processes in Texas, Oklahoma, and...

A cross-unit horizontal well is one that begins in one pooled unit or non-pooled tract and ends in another pooled unit or non-pooled...

Every division order analyst working Texas properties needs to be aware of a recent Texas court case that has changed the operator’s...

As discussed in previous blogs, the Declaration of Pooled Unit (DPU) pools the leases within a geographical area that are owned or...

Every producing state allows voluntary pooling of lands and mineral interests. The lesser grants permissions for voluntary pooling via...

There are three types of plats most commonly used by a division order analyst in their work. These are the lease plat, proposed-drill...

Changes to a division of interest (DOI) due to the passing of an owner appear deceivingly straight-forward. The three types of estate...

Every producing well in which a company owns an interest must have a revenue division of interest (DOI) record created for it. If the...

This question comes up often among new division order analysts, but experienced analysts ask it, too. The truth is, there is no “right”...

One owner should have one owner number account, ideally. Not all systems today accommodate that suggestion, but certainly the most...

Years ago, desktop PCs did not exist in the land administration departments throughout the industry. They weren’t available yet. At...

For the oil industry, there are only four basic rules for unclaimed property reporting, regardless of the state to which reporting and...

Royalty reserved in an oil and gas lease never bears any part of the costs of exploring, drilling, equipping, and producing a well...