# General Mineral Rights Discussion

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## [Dumas, Texas High Plains Observer/Oil and Gas Report: September 6-13, 2015](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/dumas-texas-high-plains-observer-oil-and-gas-report-september-6-13-2015/6252)

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**Author:** [@Clint\_Liles](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Clint_Liles)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 20, 2015, 12:07pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/dumas-texas-high-plains-observer-oil-and-gas-report-september-6-13-2015/6252 "2015-09-20T12:07:11Z")

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## [Aruba Petroleum](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/aruba-petroleum/6258)

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**Author:** [@Stephan\_Kronberger](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Stephan_Kronberger)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [September 18, 2015, 6:58pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/aruba-petroleum/6258 "2015-09-18T18:58:43Z")

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Hello to all, Has anyone had any dealings with Aruba Petroleum or Gunther Land Management? I received a letter from them containing a “Stipulation of Interest”, and I called Gunther and never really received any answers…

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## [Oklahoma mineral owner registry](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/oklahoma-mineral-owner-registry/6264)

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**Author:** [@tammy\_l\_martin](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/tammy_l_martin)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 18, 2015, 12:53am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/oklahoma-mineral-owner-registry/6264 "2015-09-18T00:53:14Z")

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Is this a good idea? (to pay their annual fee to have my records listed)

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## [Sincere Thanks To Mineral Rights Forum And Oil/Gas Attorney, Wade Caldwell](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/sincere-thanks-to-mineral-rights-forum-and-oil-gas-attorney-wade-caldwell/6285)

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**Author:** [@Fred\_Ribb](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Fred_Ribb)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 15, 2015, 5:40am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/sincere-thanks-to-mineral-rights-forum-and-oil-gas-attorney-wade-caldwell/6285 "2015-09-15T05:40:46Z")

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In the Summer of 2010 CWEI contacted us with interest in leasing our property in Reeves County. Not knowing any better we signed a five-year lease and were paid a signing bonus of $150/ac. for 252 net mineral acres with …

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## [Cheryl Delay wants to buy my mineral interest](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/cheryl-delay-wants-to-buy-my-mineral-interest/6309)

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**Author:** [@Willard\_Baker](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Willard_Baker)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [September 14, 2015, 3:39am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/cheryl-delay-wants-to-buy-my-mineral-interest/6309 "2015-09-14T03:39:30Z")

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Hello. First time in here so please bear with me. This Section 9-5N-8E Cimarron County has been in the family for over 50 years, or more. I have an undivided mineral interest and receive a small check every year. My wife…

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## [Dumas, Texas High Plains Observer/Oil and Gas Report: August 31-September 6, 2015](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/dumas-texas-high-plains-observer-oil-and-gas-report-august-31-september-6-2015/6290)

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**Author:** [@Clint\_Liles](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Clint_Liles)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 13, 2015, 5:38pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/dumas-texas-high-plains-observer-oil-and-gas-report-august-31-september-6-2015/6290 "2015-09-13T17:38:55Z")

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## [Midland Reporter-Telegram/Completions and Development Wells-09/13/2015](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/midland-reporter-telegram-completions-and-development-wells-09-13-2015/6291)

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**Author:** [@Clint\_Liles](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Clint_Liles)\
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**Last updated:** [September 13, 2015, 5:33pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/midland-reporter-telegram-completions-and-development-wells-09-13-2015/6291 "2015-09-13T17:33:55Z")

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http://www.mrt.com/business/oil/completions/article\_ae7bf572-58ce-11e5-a8ca-bf5a048a05ec.html http://www.mrt.com/business/oil/development\_wells/article\_f7325770-58d3-11e5-8c52-4bc46aeb4b60.html http://www.mrt.com/busin…

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## [Chesapeake Energy settles lawsuit alleging company underpaid Texas royalty owners](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/chesapeake-energy-settles-lawsuit-alleging-company-underpaid-texas-royalty-owners/6304)

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**Author:** [@Robert\_P\_Malone](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Robert_P_Malone)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 10, 2015, 4:18pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/chesapeake-energy-settles-lawsuit-alleging-company-underpaid-texas-royalty-owners/6304 "2015-09-10T16:18:12Z")

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Chesapeake Energy settles lawsuit alleging company underpaid Texas royalty owners Chesapeake Energy Corp. has settled a lawsuit over Texas royalties brought by a group of royalty owners. But the company maintained it ca…

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## [Texas Inheritance Question](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/texas-inheritance-question/6354)

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**Author:** [@Chanda\_Norman](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Chanda_Norman)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [September 9, 2015, 3:31pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/texas-inheritance-question/6354 "2015-09-09T15:31:16Z")

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I recently found out that my grandmother had mineral rights in Texas. In 1946 my (step) great father purchased mineral rights then passed away without a will (intestate) in 1953. My grandmother was his only wife and they…

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## [Dumas, Texas High Plains Observer/Oil and Gas Report August 24-30, 2015](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/dumas-texas-high-plains-observer-oil-and-gas-report-august-24-30-2015/6318)

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**Author:** [@Clint\_Liles](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Clint_Liles)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 6, 2015, 3:55pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/dumas-texas-high-plains-observer-oil-and-gas-report-august-24-30-2015/6318 "2015-09-06T15:55:21Z")

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## [Midland Reporter-Telegram/Completions and Development Wells-09/06/2015](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/midland-reporter-telegram-completions-and-development-wells-09-06-2015/6319)

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**Author:** [@Clint\_Liles](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Clint_Liles)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 6, 2015, 3:50pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/midland-reporter-telegram-completions-and-development-wells-09-06-2015/6319 "2015-09-06T15:50:21Z")

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http://www.mrt.com/business/oil/completions/article\_69250c7a-5356-11e5-8f89-e710930497a7.html http://www.mrt.com/business/oil/development\_wells/article\_af8d3794-5358-11e5-ab86-533dcd66602a.html http://www.mrt.com/busin…

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## [Seismic Activity](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/seismic-activity/6323)

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**Author:** [@Susan\_Clausen](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Susan_Clausen)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 5, 2015, 7:14pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/seismic-activity/6323 "2015-09-05T19:14:04Z")

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We purchased 80 acres in late March 2015. In August 2015 a representative of a seismic company called to tell us that they were going to bring seismic machines onto our property. We informed them that the person they had…

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## [Questions about Yoakum county skinny dennis 486 production](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/questions-about-yoakum-county-skinny-dennis-486-production/6325)

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**Author:** [@terri\_netzel](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/terri_netzel)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 5, 2015, 4:37pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/questions-about-yoakum-county-skinny-dennis-486-production/6325 "2015-09-05T16:37:33Z")

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Hi, I hope someone can answer this question. I am a true novice and don’t really understand much of the terminology and language in some of the information I’ve received. I’ve received 2 division orders for different se…

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## [Selling minerals](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/selling-minerals/6326)

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**Author:** [@lucretia\_ann\_mcafee](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/lucretia_ann_mcafee)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 4, 2015, 8:02pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/selling-minerals/6326 "2015-09-04T20:02:52Z")

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Can anyone tell me if you sell your minerals to a broker do they turn around & sell to an oil co? If there are several owners & all do not sell how does this affect the others as far as leasing your minerals. Does this g…

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## [Need advice: conflict btwn Operator and Landman's assessment of our decimal point interest](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/need-advice-conflict-btwn-operator-and-landmans-assessment-of-our-decimal-point-interest/6336)

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**Author:** [@Mineral\_Owner1](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Mineral_Owner1)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [September 4, 2015, 1:37am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/need-advice-conflict-btwn-operator-and-landmans-assessment-of-our-decimal-point-interest/6336 "2015-09-04T01:37:09Z")

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Operator wants us to sign a division order. I hired a landman to double check if the decimal interest as stated in the division order was accurate. The landman’s conclusion was different than what was on the division ord…

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## [Selling Mineral rights](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/selling-mineral-rights/6329)

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**Author:** [@Richard\_Perry](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Richard_Perry)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 3, 2015, 9:40pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/selling-mineral-rights/6329 "2015-09-03T21:40:22Z")

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I have mineral rights in Smith County, north of Tyler. It is the Jolley Survey. I would like to sell those rights and have been made an offer. What I would like to know is what is a fair price per acre? The land is under…

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## [How do I determine 20 year-old property values?](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/how-do-i-determine-20-year-old-property-values/6341)

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**Author:** [@Roy\_Perry](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Roy_Perry)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [September 3, 2015, 6:50pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/how-do-i-determine-20-year-old-property-values/6341 "2015-09-03T18:50:40Z")

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We recently sold residual mineral rights to some property my family had disposed of about 20 years ago. How would I determine what the value of those rights would have been at that time in order to determine what base to…

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## [Dunn County ND Mineral Rights Lease Offer](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/dunn-county-nd-mineral-rights-lease-offer/6348)

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**Author:** [@Bruce\_Wernow](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Bruce_Wernow)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 2, 2015, 3:47pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/dunn-county-nd-mineral-rights-lease-offer/6348 "2015-09-02T15:47:10Z")

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I was just sent by Sinclair an Oil & Gas lease offer T146N, R-97W, Section 19, Dunn County, ND and need some advice from the wonderful people on this forum. I inherited this years ago and found out last year that a prod…

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## [Activity values? section 20 town 2 N range 11 east](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/activity-values-section-20-town-2-n-range-11-east/6347)

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**Author:** [@Charles\_R\_Cline](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Charles_R_Cline)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 1, 2015, 7:54pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/activity-values-section-20-town-2-n-range-11-east/6347 "2015-09-01T19:54:49Z")

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Any activity? We were pooled 2007, Newfield operator, royalty down to $300-$400 per year. Cunningham 1 H 2. Any market for these rights? Hang on?

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## [Lease running out](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/lease-running-out/6359)

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**Author:** [@Pamela\_F\_Peterson](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Pamela_F_Peterson)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 31, 2015, 10:31pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/lease-running-out/6359 "2015-08-31T22:31:29Z")

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I have just discovered that a well will be going in on a Section just below mine. It will come up through my Section. My mineral right lease on this tract of land runs out on December 13th, and reading the information th…

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## [Does Lessee have obligation to pay royalty on gas and liquids?](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/does-lessee-have-obligation-to-pay-royalty-on-gas-and-liquids/6363)

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**Author:** [@William\_Douglas\_Archer](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/William_Douglas_Archer)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [August 31, 2015, 2:09pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/does-lessee-have-obligation-to-pay-royalty-on-gas-and-liquids/6363 "2015-08-31T14:09:57Z")

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I have a lease for which a well is producing oil, liquids and gas, for which the operator is failing to pay royalty on the gas and liquids and only paying on the oil. The Lease says the following: III. ROYALTIES 3.1 Ro…

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## [Devons's BooBoo in Logan 5-18N-3W](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/devonss-booboo-in-logan-5-18n-3w/6377)

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**Author:** [@Arthur\_Wright](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Arthur_Wright)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [August 31, 2015, 1:21pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/devonss-booboo-in-logan-5-18n-3w/6377 "2015-08-31T13:21:21Z")

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I have mineral rights in 5-18N-3W, Logan County. Devon completed a successful well, Lavera 5, and division orders were sent out in December 2013. From the same pad in the SW SW SW SW of Section 5, they completed another …

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## [Dumas, Texas High Plains Observer/Oil and Gas Report August 17-23, 2015](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/dumas-texas-high-plains-observer-oil-and-gas-report-august-17-23-2015/6360)

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**Author:** [@Clint\_Liles](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Clint_Liles)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 30, 2015, 2:43pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/dumas-texas-high-plains-observer-oil-and-gas-report-august-17-23-2015/6360 "2015-08-30T14:43:37Z")

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http://highplainsobserverdumas.com/index345.htm

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## [Selling mineral right](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/selling-mineral-right/6380)

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**Author:** [@Joan\_Nightingle](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Joan_Nightingle)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 29, 2015, 3:44pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/selling-mineral-right/6380 "2015-08-29T15:44:12Z")

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I would like to know if a $4,000 an acre offer to purchase my mineral rights in Blaine County Section 25 - Township 17 North - Range 11 West is feasible. I just leased the mineral rights in April for 3 years at 3/16 prod…

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## [My division order calculation differs from company's](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/my-division-order-calculation-differs-from-companys/12129)

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**Author:** [@Arthur\_Wright](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Arthur_Wright)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 27, 2015, 5:14pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/my-division-order-calculation-differs-from-companys/12129 "2015-08-27T17:14:29Z")

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I’m trying to calculate the decimal interest for a Division Order that involves one entire section (639.54 acres in my case). I own ½ of 1/8 royalty interest in NE/4 NE/4 and ½ interest in N/2 N/2 of the section. I co…

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## [Leases with Extension Rights](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/leases-with-extension-rights/6431)

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**Author:** [@William\_Douglas\_Archer](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/William_Douglas_Archer)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 26, 2015, 6:30pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/leases-with-extension-rights/6431 "2015-08-26T18:30:35Z")

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I periodically see posts making reference to a primary term with a lease extension right. Sometimes this is shown as a 3+2 which means a three year primary with an option to extend for further 2 years. This extension o…

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## [Midland Reporter-Telegram/Development Wells/Wildcats-08/23/2015](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/midland-reporter-telegram-development-wells-wildcats-08-23-2015/6394)

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**Author:** [@Clint\_Liles](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Clint_Liles)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 23, 2015, 5:21am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/midland-reporter-telegram-development-wells-wildcats-08-23-2015/6394 "2015-08-23T05:21:23Z")

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http://www.mrt.com/business/oil/development\_wells/article\_5e87cbd8-47a6-11e5-84dc-57d82bc256aa.html http://www.mrt.com/business/oil/wildcats/article\_0926b05a-47a6-11e5-9fb4-631e857f6056.html

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## [McClain County Mineral Rights](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/mcclain-county-mineral-rights/6403)

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**Author:** [@Don\_Greer](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Don_Greer)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 21, 2015, 7:15pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/mcclain-county-mineral-rights/6403 "2015-08-21T19:15:13Z")

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Hello: I just joined this discussion group yesterday and this is my first posting. My wife and I own the mineral rights to 65 acres in McClain County 14-4N-3W. We have been offered $650.00 per acre for selling these …

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## [Signing Bonus](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/signing-bonus/6408)

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**Author:** [@Celesta\_Whatley](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Celesta_Whatley)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 21, 2015, 4:52pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/signing-bonus/6408 "2015-08-21T16:52:47Z")

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What is the typical signing bonus for Cherokee County? And what percent of royalty is typical? TIA

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## [Fixed vs. Floating Royalty Clauses](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/fixed-vs-floating-royalty-clauses/6425)

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**Author:** [@Ms\_Pat\_Malone](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Ms_Pat_Malone)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 20, 2015, 2:00pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/fixed-vs-floating-royalty-clauses/6425 "2015-08-20T14:00:04Z")

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Earlier this month, the San Antonio Court of Appeals issued two opinions in cases where the dispute centered around whether mineral reservations in a deed reserved a fixed or floating royalty. These cases offer important…

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