# Bakken Shale - Oil & Gas Discussion archives
**URL:** https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/bakken-shale-oil-gas-discussion-archives/1514
**Category:** Bakken Shale
**Created:** [February 15, 2011, 1:27am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/bakken-shale-oil-gas-discussion-archives/1514 "2011-02-15T01:27:17Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Kristi\_Gray](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Kristi_Gray)
#### Post date: [February 15, 2011, 1:27am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/bakken-shale-oil-gas-discussion-archives/1514/1 "2011-02-15T01:27:17Z")
Oil & gas discussion group for those interested in Bakken Shale. Share your experience regarding lease bonus, royalty rates, drilling activity, and oil & gas news.
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### Author:  [@charles\_s\_mallory](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/charles_s_mallory)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2011, 2:22pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/bakken-shale-oil-gas-discussion-archives/1514/202 "2011-04-27T14:22:00Z")
Keith:
Could you give some additional details about your situation? Just because the well ownership has changed, this should not have any effect on the royalty checks unless production was stopped.
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### Author:  [@Keith\_Williams](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Keith_Williams)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2011, 4:07pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/bakken-shale-oil-gas-discussion-archives/1514/203 "2011-04-27T16:07:00Z")
Charles,
I agree and Texon was paying the royalties up until last October and I questioned them on why no checks.
This is what I received from Texon: "
Mr. Williams,
In response to your recent inquiry, we have not purchased production on the referenced well since October 2010. To date, we have not received any communication from the operator regarding the current status of the well. Please feel free to contact the operator (Jones Energy) directly for more specific information. See below
[vpeters@jonesenergy.com](mailto:vpeters@jonesenergy.com)
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### Author:  [@Keith\_Williams](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Keith_Williams)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2011, 4:11pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/bakken-shale-oil-gas-discussion-archives/1514/204 "2011-04-27T16:11:00Z")
Charles,
I do think that production was down somewhat over the winter, but not from October.
Keith
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### Author:  [@charles\_s\_mallory](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/charles_s_mallory)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2011, 7:22pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/bakken-shale-oil-gas-discussion-archives/1514/205 "2011-04-27T19:22:00Z")
Keith:
I am very familiar with Montana even though I reside in Texas as I have minerals in Roosevelt County. If I were you, I would contact the Montana Oil and Gas Commission (contacts on their website) and verify what occurred in regards to production on this well from October to present. I have contacted them in the past with various questions and they were always helpful. I generally email them as I like responses in writing.
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### Author:  [@Miss\_SC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Miss_SC)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2011, 11:46pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/bakken-shale-oil-gas-discussion-archives/1514/206 "2011-04-27T23:46:00Z")
I’ve used this website/database to look up oil production on a well in Montana that I receive oil royalties from, there is a lot of info in there. When you use this site, just click on LOGON, you don’t have to put any userid or password.
[http://www.bogc.dnrc.mt.gov/MBOGCdotNET/frmLogin.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2fMBOGCdotNET%2ffrmFilterNavigation.aspx](http://www.bogc.dnrc.mt.gov/MBOGCdotNET/frmLogin.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2fMBOGCdotNET%2ffrmFilterNavigation.aspx)
hope this helps:)
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### Author:  [@Keith\_Williams](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Keith_Williams)
#### Post date: [April 28, 2011, 12:55pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/bakken-shale-oil-gas-discussion-archives/1514/207 "2011-04-28T12:55:00Z")
Miss SC,
Sorry, but I can’t seem to get any information from the MBOGC site??
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### Author:  [@Keith\_Williams](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Keith_Williams)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2011, 11:20am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/bakken-shale-oil-gas-discussion-archives/1514/208 "2011-04-27T11:20:00Z")
Our oil well has apparently been sold to a different company and the royalty checks have stopped coming since last October.
What is with that?
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### Author:  [@charles\_s\_mallory](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/charles_s_mallory)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2011, 6:29pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/bakken-shale-oil-gas-discussion-archives/1514/209 "2011-04-27T18:29:00Z")
Keith:
You have indicated where this is located (State) but you can contact the State agency that regulates oil and gas operations in the State and they should have all records of sales regarding wells in the State.
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### Author:  [@Keith\_Williams](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Keith_Williams)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2011, 6:56pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/bakken-shale-oil-gas-discussion-archives/1514/210 "2011-04-27T18:56:00Z")
The well is in Montana.
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### Author:  [@charles\_s\_mallory](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/charles_s_mallory)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2011, 6:31pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/bakken-shale-oil-gas-discussion-archives/1514/211 "2011-04-27T18:31:00Z")
Keith:
I meant to say you have not indicated what State this well is located in.
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### Author:  [@charles\_s\_mallory](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/charles_s_mallory)
#### Post date: [April 28, 2011, 1:02pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/bakken-shale-oil-gas-discussion-archives/1514/212 "2011-04-28T13:02:00Z")
Keith:
If you can’t access the information, go to their website and get the contact phone number and call them with your question.
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### Author:  [@Elizabeth\_S\_Hogg](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Elizabeth_S_Hogg)
#### Post date: [May 31, 2011, 8:56pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/bakken-shale-oil-gas-discussion-archives/1514/214 "2011-05-31T20:56:00Z")
In researching well activity in Williams County, I’ve noticed some old “plugged and abandoned” wells on my property. Is there any way to tell if they ever produced? We certainly never received any royalties.
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### Author:  [@charles\_s\_mallory](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/charles_s_mallory)
#### Post date: [May 31, 2011, 9:36pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/bakken-shale-oil-gas-discussion-archives/1514/215 "2011-05-31T21:36:00Z")
Elizabeth;
You could contact the NDIC and they should be able to help you. Be sure to have a description (Township/Range/Section) where these P&A’d wells are located. I have contacted them via email on several occasions and got prompt responses to my questions.
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### Author:  [@Kevin\_B\_Koonce](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Kevin_B_Koonce)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2011, 9:37am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/bakken-shale-oil-gas-discussion-archives/1514/216 "2011-07-13T09:37:00Z")
[http://ipr.interlochen.org/ipr-news-features/episode/12808](http://ipr.interlochen.org/ipr-news-features/episode/12808)
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### Author:  [@Kevin\_B\_Koonce](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Kevin_B_Koonce)
#### Post date: [August 17, 2011, 9:55pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/bakken-shale-oil-gas-discussion-archives/1514/232 "2011-08-17T21:55:00Z")
Were you there working for them, too?
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### Author:  [@Kevin\_B\_Koonce](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Kevin_B_Koonce)
#### Post date: [August 17, 2011, 9:34pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/bakken-shale-oil-gas-discussion-archives/1514/233 "2011-08-17T21:34:00Z")
Chesapeake has delayed or refused to complete other purchases in that region as well, the lawsuit states.
“Chesapeake has convinced numerous leasehold owners in Michigan to sell leases to Chesapeake instead of other prospective purchasers, and then manufactured alleged title defects or other alleged justification not to close the agreements after discovering negative information concerning the zones within the Collingwood range,” according to the lawsuit
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### Author:  [@Dctex99](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Dctex99)
#### Post date: [August 17, 2011, 9:53pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/bakken-shale-oil-gas-discussion-archives/1514/234 "2011-08-17T21:53:00Z")
In Michigan the main reason that they did not consummate many leases was the gas turned out to be a lot less than expected by far.
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### Author:  [@Dctex99](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Dctex99)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2011, 12:09am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/bakken-shale-oil-gas-discussion-archives/1514/235 "2011-08-18T00:09:00Z")
No, there was a big article in the WSJ about how Chesapeake had bought many acres of mineral rights (including a friend of mine’s) and were drilling some test wells and they all fell way short of what the Sonar had shown and so did not complete many of them. I assume they all had the same 45 business days to bail out (9 weeks), so pretty easy to save some money on a failing project!
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### Author:  [@Lindsay\_C\_Slaughter](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Lindsay_C_Slaughter)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2011, 3:50pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/bakken-shale-oil-gas-discussion-archives/1514/236 "2011-09-10T15:50:00Z")
I am trying to find out how to research for minerals ownership. When my father passed away, in his belongings, we found an offer letter to purchase his minerals in Montana, which he inherited from his parents. I have actually been contacted by several interested parties from Texas and Oklahoma, trying to locate my father as heir to mineral rights. I now find myself with mineral interests in Wise County, Texas and Oklahoma, all producing. I feel my grandparents owned many mineral rights throughout the US, and would like to know how I can proactively search to find out, instead of having them search for me.
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