# Oil & Gas Field Operations **URL:** https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/c/oil-gas-field-operations/13.md?page=5 [Latest](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/tags.md) **Page:** 6 --- ## [Are Pipelines Safe?](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/are-pipelines-safe/64222)
**Author:** [@fjonesiv](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/fjonesiv)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2021, 10:02pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/are-pipelines-safe/64222 "2021-12-14T22:02:40Z")
Are oil and gas pipelines safe? From Prager University --- ## [Understanding horizontal decimal interest](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/understanding-horizontal-decimal-interest/64125)
**Author:** [@Judy\_McCullough](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Judy_McCullough)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2021, 9:17pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/understanding-horizontal-decimal-interest/64125 "2021-12-05T21:17:50Z")
Question: If a new horizontal well goes through the land on which I have mineral rights and continues through 2 more blocks…would that be the reason my decimal interest is made smaller? Thanks! --- ## [Does drilling or fracking come first?](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/does-drilling-or-fracking-come-first/64104)
**Author:** [@HGW](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/HGW)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2021, 12:14pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/does-drilling-or-fracking-come-first/64104 "2021-12-03T12:14:02Z")
I got a response from the oil company that some wells are “currently drilling” and some are “waiting on frac”. I’m trying to figure out which comes first: Are the “currently drilling” wells further along the process to… --- ## [Any news on drilling on section 6, 3N 5W Grady county 3N, 5W. Grady County](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/any-news-on-drilling-on-section-6-3n-5w-grady-county-3n-5w-grady-county/63648)
**Author:** [@AEkunkel](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/AEkunkel)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2021, 7:25pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/any-news-on-drilling-on-section-6-3n-5w-grady-county-3n-5w-grady-county/63648 "2021-10-19T19:25:14Z")
Any news on drilling section 6 --- ## [Carbon Capture proposal in ND](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/carbon-capture-proposal-in-nd/63550)
**Author:** [@jwm68](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/jwm68)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2021, 1:52am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/carbon-capture-proposal-in-nd/63550 "2021-10-13T01:52:13Z")
I received a notice about a hearing in ND regarding a proposal to capture and store carbon dioxide in underground oil and gas reservoirs. My question is, what implications will this have for existing mineral rights owner… --- ## [Well flow rate](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/well-flow-rate/63502)
**Author:** [@tzwahr](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/tzwahr)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2021, 11:50pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/well-flow-rate/63502 "2021-10-05T23:50:39Z")
I’m just curious on how to tell if a well is flowing at full capacity? We have two wells; one in Burton by GeoSouthern and the other in Greenvine by Verdun. --- ## [What does Shut In mean?](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/what-does-shut-in-mean/63435)
**Author:** [@Joe\_R](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Joe_R)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2021, 2:42am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/what-does-shut-in-mean/63435 "2021-10-03T02:42:07Z")
There were 8 wells permitted by Endeavor. Of the 8 Bankhead wells I see 5 say shut in oil and 3 still say permitted. Just wondering exactly what the “shut-in” means. There was a rig on location back in July and a few wee… --- ## [Flared Wells?](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/flared-wells/63355)
**Author:** [@Eddy\_Gibson](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Eddy_Gibson)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2021, 8:54pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/flared-wells/63355 "2021-09-23T20:54:23Z")
How long can producing wells be flared? --- ## [Mineral Royaties](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/mineral-royaties/63330)
**Author:** [@staceyisgitt](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/staceyisgitt)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2021, 12:23am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/mineral-royaties/63330 "2021-09-23T00:23:40Z")
Royalties in Robertson County, Texas. I have royalties on 99 acres where the end hole is placed on a horizonal well. Depth is about 6 thousand feet and it is just under a 2 mile horizonal. Since I do not own the land,… --- ## [Question about drilling in caddo county](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/question-about-drilling-in-caddo-county/63338)
**Author:** [@scott\_powell](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/scott_powell)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2021, 8:26pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/question-about-drilling-in-caddo-county/63338 "2021-09-21T20:26:14Z")
does anyone know if they are drilling on SW/4 od Section 17-9N-10W? I had inherited rights years back and last I checked the prospects of drilling weren’t good for this area? any thoughts? thank you --- ## [Secondary and tertiary recovery on gas wells?](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/secondary-and-tertiary-recovery-on-gas-wells/62966)
**Author:** [@G\_Hundt](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/G_Hundt)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2021, 1:56am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/secondary-and-tertiary-recovery-on-gas-wells/62966 "2021-08-29T01:56:47Z")
What are everyone’s observations on how secondary and tertiary recovery efforts on natural gas wells fare compare to waterflooding oil wells? Is it even tried as often? And if they do, do they unitize/combine the pr… --- ## [Epic petroleum](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/epic-petroleum/62776)
**Author:** [@thomasgray](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/thomasgray)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2021, 4:22am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/epic-petroleum/62776 "2021-08-10T04:22:24Z")
does anyone have any telephone numbers in order to speak to epic petroleum? They have a pretty good presence on the internet but going through their literature there seem to be no telephone numbers email addresses at all… --- ## [Status of abandoned well](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/status-of-abandoned-well/62690)
**Author:** [@Jneves2629](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Jneves2629)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2021, 2:16am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/status-of-abandoned-well/62690 "2021-08-03T02:16:24Z")
My family and I inherited mineral rights on land in Waller County, Texas upon which a well was drilled back in the late 1980’s, but was never completed. Supposedly, the well was tested at 125 MCF gas, but the independent… --- ## [Missing transfers and information from Hunt Oil Company](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/missing-transfers-and-information-from-hunt-oil-company/62515)
**Author:** [@Bjorn\_Erling\_Sandnes](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Bjorn_Erling_Sandnes)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2021, 3:46pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/missing-transfers-and-information-from-hunt-oil-company/62515 "2021-07-21T15:46:55Z")
Till spring 2020, I got my royalty income paid to me by checks from Hunt Oil Company. I June last year, they started to wire me my royalties electronically to may home bank in Norway, Europe, because it’s not possible to… --- ## [Who Pays the Drilling Company With What?](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/who-pays-the-drilling-company-with-what/62468)
**Author:** [@DonFromTexas](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/DonFromTexas)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2021, 12:49am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/who-pays-the-drilling-company-with-what/62468 "2021-07-18T00:49:49Z")
I own a 1/240 share of a couple of new wells. I have always been confused as to exactly who pays the drilling company and how much for drilling the wells? Do they then get a share of the profits too? I only need a sim… --- ## [Wellbore only?](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/wellbore-only/62117)
**Author:** [@mary\_phillips](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/mary_phillips)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2021, 4:09pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/wellbore-only/62117 "2021-07-11T16:09:28Z")
What does it mean when someone wants to make a cash offer on the wellbore production only. --- ## [Drilling within city limits](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/drilling-within-city-limits/62389)
**Author:** [@MJ\_Justus](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/MJ_Justus)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2021, 7:29pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/drilling-within-city-limits/62389 "2021-07-07T19:29:09Z")
\[ SEC 34 B-42 T2S 42.12ACS\] Is this in the city of Odessa or the County at large? I have mineral rights here and an attorney in CA told me it is unlikely to EVER be drilled…also that it’s located in the city of Odessa. --- ## [Are My Wells Producing?](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/are-my-wells-producing/61623)
**Author:** [@DonFromTexas](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/DonFromTexas)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2021, 12:40pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/are-my-wells-producing/61623 "2021-06-17T12:40:11Z")
I need help. I am trying to determine the production of two recent wells, API numbers 30-925-46976 and 30-025-46977 in Lea county NM. I can pull up statistics but do not understand the names for the numbers and do not … --- ## [RVW trust unit 1V well](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/rvw-trust-unit-1v-well/62110)
**Author:** [@Darryl\_Laake](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Darryl_Laake)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2021, 1:35pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/rvw-trust-unit-1v-well/62110 "2021-06-11T13:35:23Z")
Since I started the very successful blog on the Tonkawa unit 1H back in October of 2018 and its had over 11.8 thousand hits I’m going to start one on the RVW trust unit 1V well which is right next to the Tonkawa unit. Do… --- ## [Hours of Operation for Oil Well](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/hours-of-operation-for-oil-well/62108)
**Author:** [@dogslobber](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/dogslobber)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2021, 11:32am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/hours-of-operation-for-oil-well/62108 "2021-06-11T11:32:56Z")
Do producing oil wells, (in Texas), pump out oil 24 hours a day or just 8 hours a day?. --- ## [Drilling depth, how low?](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/drilling-depth-how-low/62011)
**Author:** [@Minky](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Minky)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2021, 10:33pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/drilling-depth-how-low/62011 "2021-06-05T22:33:04Z")
I’m new to the world of mineral rights. I understand there are 2 layers that the companies drill down to. I’m being offered to sell the top layer of my rights, retaining the lower. How often do the oil companies drill … --- ## [Surface Agreement and Certificate of Insurance](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/surface-agreement-and-certificate-of-insurance/61734)
**Author:** [@Bill\_Phillips](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Bill_Phillips)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2021, 4:30am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/surface-agreement-and-certificate-of-insurance/61734 "2021-05-27T04:30:26Z")
Hello, I have 96 acres in Midland County, Texas (I don’t own the minerals). Both Endeavor and Momentum have wells and pipelines and whatever operations going on the land. I have two issues. My insurance agent suggests t… --- ## [W-1 Permit depths inaccurate?](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/w-1-permit-depths-inaccurate/61590)
**Author:** [@Roy](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Roy)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2021, 3:58am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/w-1-permit-depths-inaccurate/61590 "2021-05-04T03:58:46Z")
Anyone know why RRC allows operators to inaccurately estimate well depth in their W-1 permit applications, e.g., 25% variance in the actual wellbore depth? RRC’s User Guide says nothing except to enter total vertical d… --- ## [Research oil rigs](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/research-oil-rigs/60412)
**Author:** [@AngelaKing](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/AngelaKing)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2021, 4:11pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/research-oil-rigs/60412 "2021-02-10T16:11:55Z")
How do I research the producing oil rigs operating within an area of land? --- ## [Fracking and Health](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/fracking-and-health/60165)
**Author:** [@Forum\_Administrator](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Forum_Administrator)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2021, 8:37pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/fracking-and-health/60165 "2021-01-14T20:37:23Z")
From Energy in Depth… Launched by the Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) in 2009, Energy In Depth is a research, education and public outreach organization focused on getting the facts out about the p… --- ## [What is Hydraulic Fracturing, aka Fracking](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/what-is-hydraulic-fracturing-aka-fracking/60163)
**Author:** [@Forum\_Administrator](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Forum_Administrator)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2021, 7:27pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/what-is-hydraulic-fracturing-aka-fracking/60163 "2021-01-14T19:27:59Z")
From Energy in Depth… Launched by the Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) in 2009, Energy In Depth is a research, education and public outreach organization focused on getting the facts out about the p… --- ## [Payments went to the wrong payee](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/payments-went-to-the-wrong-payee/59566)
**Author:** [@schonesj](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/schonesj)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2020, 7:51pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/payments-went-to-the-wrong-payee/59566 "2020-11-20T19:51:15Z")
Fraud involved. A man whose wife died did not notify Enervest that part of the royalty payments were to go to their children and continued to cash the checks for 18 months. It is being corrected from here forward, but do… --- ## [Royalty payments paid to the wrong person](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/royalty-payments-paid-to-the-wrong-person/59505)
**Author:** [@schonesj](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/schonesj)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2020, 9:04pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/royalty-payments-paid-to-the-wrong-person/59505 "2020-11-15T21:04:13Z")
If payment is being sent to the wrong person (because he did not probate the deceased’s will stating who inherits the royalties), do the operators keep sending it to the wrong person? Is there any sort of notification th… --- ## [Operator Oversight](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/operator-oversight/59354)
**Author:** [@russttech](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/russttech)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2020, 3:13pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/operator-oversight/59354 "2020-10-29T15:13:50Z")
Are there consultants out there that help mineral owners monitor operations to ensure that the operator is running things as best as possible? --- ## [What does PTSO designation for a well mean?](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/what-does-ptso-designation-for-a-well-mean/58346)
**Author:** [@Keith](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Keith)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2020, 10:18pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/what-does-ptso-designation-for-a-well-mean/58346 "2020-09-08T22:18:34Z")
I have a well in Ward County that is down. Originally I was told it was due to a workover (beginning in April) but now it is termed as a “PTSO.” Can someone explain what that means? [Previous page](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/c/oil-gas-field-operations/13.md?page=4) [Next page](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/c/oil-gas-field-operations/13.md?page=6)