Negotiate a Drill or Penalty Time Frame in Lease?

Actually, everyone is right. Typically, these clauses are not included because that is one of the issues that the lease term addresses. However, if you have enough acreage for multiple wells, and enough leverage, the clause Buddy mentions would make sense, with some changes. For example, if they are leasing land that has no existing well bores, then the completion and reworking language is not necessary.