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Oil Patch Press
Sep 19, 20195 min read
How Did You Calculate My Horizontal Well Division Order Decimal?
You received a division order in the mail from a company and try as you might, you can’t figure out how they came up with the decimal...
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Oil Patch Press
Aug 23, 20194 min read
My Division Order Decimal Isn’t Right! What Now?
This is a very frustrating experience for any royalty owner. You’ve learned that XYZ Company has drilled and completed a horizontal well...
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Oil Patch Press
Jul 18, 20192 min read
Natural Gas Price Downturn - Why?
Evidently, investors and consumer markets (power plants, etc.) were too optimistic earlier this year, expecting the U.S. to have a...
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Oil Patch Press
Jun 7, 20193 min read
The Other Company Didn’t Ask Me for That. Why Are YOU?
This is one of the most frustrating experiences for a mineral rights owner or a royalty owner. They are being paid by two (or more)...
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Oil Patch Press
Mar 7, 20194 min read
"Wait a minute! My lease doesn't say that!"
Not too many mineral owners know what happens to their oil and gas lease after it disappears into the vaults of the company that took it...
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Oil Patch Press
Mar 1, 20193 min read
Part 2: Little-Known Truths About Louisiana Royalties Due Under Risk Fee Statutes
This blog entry continues where last week’s entry left off, about to discuss Reason No. 2 for why far too many Louisiana royalty owners...
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Oil Patch Press
Feb 22, 20194 min read
Part 1: Little-Known Truths About Louisiana Royalties Due Under Risk Fee Statutes
The majority of Louisiana royalty owners do not know about what is called Louisiana Risk Fee Royalties. As a division order analyst who...
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Oil Patch Press
Feb 8, 20192 min read
It's All Good News In the Oil Industry
Of course, there are many who would disagree with that assessment. It’s all relative, of course. And highly subjective. For industry...
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Oil Patch Press
Oct 25, 20185 min read
The Case of the "UH-OH!" Email
Just the other day, I received an email from a royalty owner, addressed to me. It raised my eyebrows for a number of serious reasons,...
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Oil Patch Press
Oct 8, 20183 min read
OKLAHOMA!
Many division order analysts are squeamish about working Oklahoma as a geographic area. This is because Oklahoma is unique in its royalty...
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Oil Patch Press
Sep 29, 20182 min read
What is the status of my oil & gas lease?
This question usually is the first one on a mineral owner’s mind after a lease is signed and the bonus money paid. Sometimes, after a few...
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Oil Patch Press
Sep 22, 20181 min read
Book Review for The Prize: The Quest for Oil, Money and Power by Daniel Yergin
This book, written by Daniel Yergin, was published in 1991. To say much has changed in the industry in the past 27 years would be a gross...
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Oil Patch Press
Sep 14, 20182 min read
GREAT NEWS FOR OWNERS IN THE UTICA SHALE!
Chesapeake doesn’t have a stellar reputation with land owners and royalty owners, no matter how hard they try to massage it. They are...
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Oil Patch Press
Aug 30, 20183 min read
Are We Staring Down the Gaping Yawn of War Over Oil?
Iran claims to completely control the Strait of Hormuz (T. Paraskova, oilprice.com, 8/29/2018). Saudi Arabia claims Iran cannot close the...
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Oil Patch Press
Aug 25, 20185 min read
Oil & Gas Lease Fiasco
This week has been quite a rollercoaster ride. My adult children and I learned last weekend that when their father died in 2015 (we had...
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Oil Patch Press
Aug 10, 20185 min read
Among my conversations with landowners...
I found myself on the phone a while back with a landowner who struck up a conversation about so-called “legal advice” he had received...
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Oil Patch Press
Jul 25, 20183 min read
Natural Gas Drilling and Production About to Skyrocket!
I’ve held off writing this week’s blog because Trump was scheduled to meet with a leader of the European Union, to tamp down the heat...
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Oil Patch Press
Jul 16, 20182 min read
North American Prospect Exposition
NAPE, for short. The American Association of Professional Landmen (AAPL) and the Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA)...
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Oil Patch Press
Jul 9, 20182 min read
The Next Oil Boom
They never cease to amaze me, experts. I stumbled across an article published last Friday, July 6, at https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-...
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Oil Patch Press
Jun 30, 20181 min read
Oil at $74.15? For real?
Oil rallied to $74.15 this week, the highest it’s been in over 3 years. Why? It has to do with Iran (again), according to Reuters in...
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