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**Author:** [@Mary6](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Mary6)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2010, 10:50pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/heirs-of-mineral-rights-lease-question/24427 "2010-07-25T22:50:11Z")
If a lease is found aren’t the heirs to that lease those relatives that are still living? Or would it be the eldest living relative? Two leases were assigned through death to that family member but more are being found a… --- ## [Is it unusual if a landman, on his own, rescinds bad contracts and offers more money?](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/is-it-unusual-if-a-landman-on-his-own-rescinds-bad-contracts-and-offers-more-money/24429)
**Author:** [@penny\_rudolph](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/penny_rudolph)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2010, 11:19pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/is-it-unusual-if-a-landman-on-his-own-rescinds-bad-contracts-and-offers-more-money/24429 "2010-07-24T23:19:35Z")
Is it unusual for a landman who made a low offer to now say he made a “mistake” and not only call the party to announce he will send a better contract (like 3.5 times as much bonus, plus an increase of 4% on oil produced… --- ## [Lincoln Parish, LA - Seismic Survey Going Rates](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/lincoln-parish-la-seismic-survey-going-rates/24437)
**Author:** [@Will\_Gullatt](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Will_Gullatt)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2010, 3:42am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/lincoln-parish-la-seismic-survey-going-rates/24437 "2010-07-23T03:42:20Z")
My family has property and mineral rights in Lincoln Parish, Louisiana and we have been approached to permit a seismic survey without a mineral lease in place. There are producing wells nearby and we had a lease no longe… --- ## [Mineral Rights Assignment To Attorney?](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/mineral-rights-assignment-to-attorney/24435)
**Author:** [@Kenny\_Love](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Kenny_Love)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2010, 3:09pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/mineral-rights-assignment-to-attorney/24435 "2010-07-20T15:09:10Z")
Question On Mineral Rights Assignation To Attorney Based on the recommendation of a relative, I recently signed an agreement with her attorney friend and former classmate to represent me in leasing my land’s mineral rig… --- ## [Lease Lists Wrong County. Is it Valid?](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/lease-lists-wrong-county-is-it-valid/24436)
**Author:** [@penny\_rudolph](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/penny_rudolph)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2010, 3:20am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/lease-lists-wrong-county-is-it-valid/24436 "2010-07-19T03:20:43Z")
Does anyone know the validity of a mineral rights lease that states the rights are in Weld County when they actually are in Morgan County, Colorado? I just learned that my sister signed a lease in 2008 with Baseline with… --- ## [New Oil Shale Extraction Method - NE and West Colorado](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/new-oil-shale-extraction-method-ne-and-west-colorado/24438)
**Author:** [@penny\_rudolph](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/penny_rudolph)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2010, 8:19pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/new-oil-shale-extraction-method-ne-and-west-colorado/24438 "2010-07-18T20:19:24Z")
Does anyone know anything about the new extraction method thought to be profitable even when oil is as low as $40? I think it has completed the testing phase. I’m wondering if this is part of why things are heating up in… --- ## [Selling Royalties vs. Keeping Them - Small Lease - Mansfield, TX](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/selling-royalties-vs-keeping-them-small-lease-mansfield-tx/24439)
**Author:** [@Sharon\_Dean](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Sharon_Dean)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2010, 1:43am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/selling-royalties-vs-keeping-them-small-lease-mansfield-tx/24439 "2010-07-17T01:43:08Z")
Back in 08 we signed an oil and gas lease with a company called Wyldefire Energy here in Mansfield, Texas. Back then they were offering $15k per acre as a sign on bonus. Since we only live on .145 of an acre, our bonus w… --- ## [Land Contract - Right to Bonus Even if Seller Refuses to Sign Lease?](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/land-contract-right-to-bonus-even-if-seller-refuses-to-sign-lease/24442)
**Author:** [@Brooksie](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Brooksie)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2010, 4:58pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/land-contract-right-to-bonus-even-if-seller-refuses-to-sign-lease/24442 "2010-07-16T16:58:40Z")
If you are under land contract and you receive a lease for your oil and mineral rights, and the seller refuses to sign off on the lease contract, do you still have the right to the bonus? The land contract was notarized … --- ## [Mineral Rights in North Dakota](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/mineral-rights-in-north-dakota/24447)
**Author:** [@patrick\_sheehan](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/patrick_sheehan)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2010, 3:03am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/mineral-rights-in-north-dakota/24447 "2010-07-16T03:03:31Z")
We have property and mineral rights in Mountrail County and Stanley, North Dakota. I’m not sure what’s going on. With the property, it was my mom’s and she passed away last year. Her and my 2 aunts have 160 acres in Mou… --- ## [Separate "Surface Operations" Agreement - Has anyone heard of?](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/separate-surface-operations-agreement-has-anyone-heard-of/24449)
**Author:** [@Nicole\_Bartley](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Nicole_Bartley)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2010, 4:14pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/separate-surface-operations-agreement-has-anyone-heard-of/24449 "2010-07-15T16:14:57Z")
Some of our neighbors have already signed leases, hopefully we will sign in the next week (we were offered $600/mineral acre and 20% royalty - thinking that’s a good deal). However, I still have some questions. As we wer… --- ## [Severed Mineral Estate, Surface Partition Deed using the term "Fee Simple"](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/severed-mineral-estate-surface-partition-deed-using-the-term-fee-simple/24446)
**Author:** [@bjf](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/bjf)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2010, 4:32pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/severed-mineral-estate-surface-partition-deed-using-the-term-fee-simple/24446 "2010-07-12T16:32:49Z")
We own a tract of property that was willed to three siblings in a surface estate and a separate mineral estate giving 1/3 of the minerals to each sibling. The surface estate also included a life estate portion for one of… --- ## [Partial Bonus Payment up front?](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/partial-bonus-payment-up-front/24448)
**Author:** [@Kathy\_L\_Chapman](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Kathy_L_Chapman)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2010, 2:20pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/partial-bonus-payment-up-front/24448 "2010-07-12T14:20:44Z")
Sorry I posted in the wrong place the first time - I am new to forum. Landmen in our area are offering $3000 to sign lease with a promise of “the rest of the bonus” in 14 days. They are honest about planning to “sell th… --- ## [Determining Fair Market Value and/or Selling rights and royalties](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/determining-fair-market-value-and-or-selling-rights-and-royalties/24504)
**Author:** [@Douglas\_T\_Scott](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Douglas_T_Scott)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2010, 12:01am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/determining-fair-market-value-and-or-selling-rights-and-royalties/24504 "2010-07-12T00:01:37Z")
My father recently passed, leaving me and my sisters as the heirs to his estate, which included a variety of mineral rights in McKenzie County, North Dakota. Most of this he appears to have active leases on. In addition,… --- ## [Inheriting mineral rights - how to determine value?](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/inheriting-mineral-rights-how-to-determine-value/24459)
**Author:** [@Heather\_Mackey](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Heather_Mackey)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2010, 8:45pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/inheriting-mineral-rights-how-to-determine-value/24459 "2010-07-08T20:45:59Z")
My father owned mineral interests in several Texas localities. My sister and I are co-executors of his will and are required to report a “value” for each of these mineral rights interests for probate accounting purposes … --- ## [Are offers to buy mineral rights fairly common?](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/are-offers-to-buy-mineral-rights-fairly-common/24576)
**Author:** [@Kevin5](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Kevin5)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2010, 7:19pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/are-offers-to-buy-mineral-rights-fairly-common/24576 "2010-07-08T19:19:17Z")
I own mineral rights in Williams County, North Dakota and in the last 3 months I have had an offer each month from the same company wanting to purchase. The 1st offer was $400 acre, then $800 and now they are offering $7… --- ## [Montana Oil Shale and Mineral Rights](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/montana-oil-shale-and-mineral-rights/24454)
**Author:** [@Peter\_Losee](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Peter_Losee)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2010, 2:13pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/montana-oil-shale-and-mineral-rights/24454 "2010-07-06T14:13:32Z")
I have not seen much written about Montana - does anyone know much about mineral or oil there? --- ## [Can surface owner be excluded from using building stone?](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/can-surface-owner-be-excluded-from-using-building-stone/24455)
**Author:** [@Dale\_Smith](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Dale_Smith)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2010, 3:27pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/can-surface-owner-be-excluded-from-using-building-stone/24455 "2010-06-30T15:27:39Z")
Where there is an “all minerals” or similar severance which includes building stone, does a surface owner ever need to be concerned about his right to use rock and small boulders located on the surface to build a structu… --- ## [How long (average) from lease to drill to division order to finally, royalty payments?](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/how-long-average-from-lease-to-drill-to-division-order-to-finally-royalty-payments/24503)
**Author:** [@Michael\_Courchene](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Michael_Courchene)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2010, 3:09pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/how-long-average-from-lease-to-drill-to-division-order-to-finally-royalty-payments/24503 "2010-06-29T15:09:26Z")
This forum is fantastic! If anyone would reply it will be greatly appreciated! We have mineral rights in sections 23, 25 and 26, Township 153N-99W, Williams County, North Dakota. The lease was signed about Oct, 09 and … --- ## [Mineral Rights - Leasing at smaller fraction vs. staying working interest owner](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/mineral-rights-leasing-at-smaller-fraction-vs-staying-working-interest-owner/24461)
**Author:** [@Bob\_Dawkins](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Bob_Dawkins)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2010, 7:17pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/mineral-rights-leasing-at-smaller-fraction-vs-staying-working-interest-owner/24461 "2010-06-28T19:17:38Z")
Is it better to sign a lease and have your mineral rights become Royalty interest at a smaller fraction? Than staying a working interest owner for a bigger share of your mineral rights but have to pay part of the product… --- ## [Mineral rights in central Arkansas](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/mineral-rights-in-central-arkansas/24457)
**Author:** [@Jeff\_Whitmer](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Jeff_Whitmer)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2010, 4:19pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/mineral-rights-in-central-arkansas/24457 "2010-06-28T16:19:35Z")
We were contacted by a Landman regarding leasing mineral rights we have in Pope County, Arkansas. Anyone know what current rates and terms are? --- ## [Fracturing and Production](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/fracturing-and-production/24458)
**Author:** [@Virgil\_Alsup](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Virgil_Alsup)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2010, 2:04am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/fracturing-and-production/24458 "2010-06-28T02:04:25Z")
After the NG well has been drilled, what is the “ball park” time frame of fracturing and after frac how long before the well can produce? The reason I ask is that there was a rig set up over the proposed sites for 3 well… --- ## [Production costs](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/production-costs/24463)
**Author:** [@DeeAnn\_Solberg](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/DeeAnn_Solberg)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2010, 11:01pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/production-costs/24463 "2010-06-24T23:01:18Z")
When a new well begins to produce are the mineral owners responsible for the cost of the well? How is that determined? DeeAnn --- ## [Fracturing](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/fracturing/24464)
**Author:** [@DeeAnn\_Solberg](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/DeeAnn_Solberg)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2010, 10:53pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/fracturing/24464 "2010-06-24T22:53:50Z")
I’m curious, I monitor the North Dakota oil and gas website and is there any way to determine how many fractured sections each well has? Our well is still confidential but has 30 fracs. Could I assume that more fracs mea… --- ## [Property with split 'mineral rights' owners](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/property-with-split-mineral-rights-owners/24482)
**Author:** [@Dori\_Murray1](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Dori_Murray1)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2010, 8:29pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/property-with-split-mineral-rights-owners/24482 "2010-06-24T20:29:43Z")
Our 'mineral rights' are located on property in Burke County, North Dakota. The property is divided into 4 equal shares. Three of the four groups have signed a 5 year 'gas and oil rights' lease on the property. What happ… --- ## [Minerals Fayette County Texas](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/minerals-fayette-county-texas/24874)
**Author:** [@none](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/none)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2010, 3:23am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/minerals-fayette-county-texas/24874 "2010-06-23T03:23:11Z")
The mineral quest seems to be heating up in Southern Fayette County. A couple of years ago the up front crew of landmen started picking up mineral acres from mineral owners who were anxious to get a few quick bucks. At t… --- ## [The Price Of Natural Gas](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/the-price-of-natural-gas/24466)
**Author:** [@Brent\_Rowell](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Brent_Rowell)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2010, 1:50am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/the-price-of-natural-gas/24466 "2010-06-23T01:50:39Z")
In the past week I thought we’d start to find a higher bottom for natural gas. I checked the price just now and it was like that old beer commercial, where all that is said is: DUDE?!! ha… I guess they open the Gulf back… --- ## [Value of gas](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/value-of-gas/24498)
**Author:** [@michael\_garcia](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/michael_garcia)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2010, 10:30pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/value-of-gas/24498 "2010-06-22T22:30:44Z")
I just received my division order and after checking the well production in the RRC web site it revealed 157,743 MCF to date. What would be an approximate value of that quantity of gas? I was thinking that you just multi… --- ## [Si](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/si/24468)
**Author:** [@DeeAnn\_Solberg](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/DeeAnn_Solberg)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2010, 2:55pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/si/24468 "2010-06-22T14:55:59Z")
I’ve noticed a few wells have the status code SI. What does that mean? DeeAnn Solberg --- ## [Division Order](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/division-order/24471)
**Author:** [@Gene\_Kowalski](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Gene_Kowalski)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2010, 12:35pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/division-order/24471 "2010-06-22T12:35:41Z")
I received a Division Order that has what seems to be normal stuff like Lease no., Amount of Interest, but it also has the following statement: The undersigned, me, hereby agrees to indemnify … Oil Purchasing Co. its su… --- ## [Oil and gas mineral leases](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/oil-and-gas-mineral-leases/24472)
**Author:** [@KIM\_KILROY](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/KIM_KILROY)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2010, 12:34am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/oil-and-gas-mineral-leases/24472 "2010-06-22T00:34:13Z")
What are mineral owners getting for leases as of 6/2010? This is in the Kuester Dam, Richland County, Highway 201 area. [Previous page](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/latest.md?page=1404) [Next page](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/latest.md?page=1406)