Acerage involved in mineral rights?

Oil and Gas Leasing Help
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i inherited mineral rights from my father & have been receiving royalty checks since 2001.the property is in Ellis county Ok. & has four active gas wells on it.how can i find out how many acres i own mineral rights to?

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You would have to research the records in Ellis County, OK attempting to establish or build a chain of title, reading various types of instruments ranging from deeds to probates, and hoping that you could gather enough information to give you the answers you are wanting. Some people think that anyone can walk into a courthouse and do that, while others believe it to be more complicated.

You could also go to the tax office and ask to see the production tax rolls, and see if there are any division orders, or break-downs of ownership in the wells.

Someone also might be willing to do it for you for a fee.

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George,

You could jump thru hoops as suggested or the simplest way is to call the operator and ask them, 90% of the time they will tell you. Another simple method is to back it out of the royalty decimal on your revenue statement but you will need to know the lease royalty and unit acres which both are easy to get if you don't know.

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You could take all the short cuts in the world.

If you want to know accurately and conclusively how many mineral acres you own, a full mineral title search would need to be done.

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how would i go about getting the lease royalty & unit acres>

Mineral Joe said:

George,

You could jump thru hoops as suggested or the simplest way is to call the operator and ask them, 90% of the time they will tell you. Another simple method is to back it out of the royalty decimal on your revenue statement but you will need to know the lease royalty and unit acres which both are easy to get if you don't know.

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Lease royalty would be in the lease, the operator might send you one or the county clerk many times will pull it and send to you. Ellis county is online so if the lease isn't too old you can pull it. Look at well spacing (probably 640) on Okla oil & gas commission web site and call the county assessor if it's a correction section for gross.