Tom Green County, TX - Oil & Gas Discussion

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Comment by Edward H. (Ned) Dillon on March 12, 2012 at 2:16pm

Peter,

  Do you have a executor for the mineral rights for setting up leases.  They would have your information as well.  You need this for Steven or others to help you out.  I just look for oil and gas before the leasing and then I use land men or operator to secure the lease.  It looks like it is time for a family reunion to settle things cleanly.    

Comment by Edward H. (Ned) Dillon on March 12, 2012 at 12:13pm

Peter,

   Whoever is managing your surface should have the answer to the surface damage question, or is in the probate/title paperwork for your surface rights.  For minerals do you have the Block, Survey, Section, abstract information?  Also on your checks you will see an API number and for Tom Green county in Texas it starts with 42-451-##### and Sutton I think is 42-435-#####.  With that you can check the Texas Railroad Commission and find the production totals for those wells.

Comment by Steven Borum on March 12, 2012 at 11:20am

Peter,  this is a good question, and the answer is follow the paper trail.  With a property description and/or map of the property, I would be able to do some research on the wells and title.  Unless you do the research yourself, typically the route to take is to pay an oil and gas attorney, or a land services company to give you accurate information.  They will break down the mineral ownership, well information, well logs, and can cure (or correct) the title if it is needed.  Owed monies, if there are any, can be investigated. 

Wells are shut in, or capped for various reasons.  Without more information, I'm afraid you won't get a clear answer.

Comment by PETER FRANCIS on March 11, 2012 at 11:35pm

i have one sixth the minerals and surface of 5700 acres nine 640 acre tracts in the family since the 18oo's  two secions have huge wells about 11 wells and strange but 10 are capped and why?  i have family members that come down to sibling rivalry and they keep quiet about everything so i am totally out in the cold accepting these little royalty checks yet the wells are all great in size and i have condesate also butt i wish i could get a grip on any monies owed to me or any surface damages owed to me or shut in payments owed to me ....examply if it costs a few million to drill a well why would they keep drilling and capp at least 10 wells?  could they be sending the money to another address with royalty i suspense? i feel i am being cheated what to do?  peter francis and my land is in sutton county not far off and i use to see this area listed in the san angelo drilling logs....