# Calculation of royalty interest
**URL:** https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/calculation-of-royalty-interest/88696
**Category:** Oil and Gas Leasing Help
**Created:** [July 25, 2026, 2:42pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/calculation-of-royalty-interest/88696 "2026-07-25T14:42:42Z")
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### Author:  [@Archie\_Smith](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Archie_Smith)
#### Post date: [July 25, 2026, 2:42pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/calculation-of-royalty-interest/88696/1 "2026-07-25T14:42:42Z")
I have mineral interest in sec 17
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### Author:  [@M\_Barnes](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/M_Barnes)
#### Post date: [July 25, 2026, 3:16pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/calculation-of-royalty-interest/88696/2 "2026-07-25T15:16:05Z")
It would be more helpful if you gave the State, County, Section, section, township and range (or block, abstract name and number and section for TX). You also need to know your net mineral acres and your royalty and what well you are asking about . Sec 17 is way too generic to even begin to give an answer.
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### Author:  [@Archie\_Smith](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Archie_Smith)
#### Post date: [July 25, 2026, 6:58pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/calculation-of-royalty-interest/88696/3 "2026-07-25T18:58:49Z")
i am referencing lea co, nm I have 200 gross and 36.111111 NMA. S/2 OF N/2 AND NE/4 OF NE/4 OF SECTION 17,T25S, R36E, NMPM SURVEY. I have more detail in the “pending” message. there are 4 wells that have moved from drilled inactive to producing i am expecting to receive a request for div order. these seem to be pretty good wells archie smith
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### Author:  [@M\_Barnes](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/M_Barnes)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2026, 4:51pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/calculation-of-royalty-interest/88696/4 "2026-07-27T16:51:14Z")
In general, the royalty interest is calculated using the net acres divided by the drilling unit spacing acres,royalty and perhaps a allocation factor or tract factor.
The original permits should have the drilling spacing unit on it. I found one of them and it was 320 acres. So you might try the following to get a ballpark idea. Your net acres/320 x your royalty.
Here is one of the older wells link. [OCD Online: Imaging](https://ocdimage.emnrd.nm.gov/imaging/WellFileView.aspx?RefType=WF&RefID=30025521370000)
If you are already getting paid on one of the other older Dogwood wells then the decimal may be similar.
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### Author:  [@johnholden](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/johnholden)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2026, 9:04pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/calculation-of-royalty-interest/88696/5 "2026-07-27T21:04:57Z")
It sounds like you have already entered int a lease. Did they not tell you the net acres in their offer latter at the time of the lease? It is a fair question to ask at any time as well as how they calculated it
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### Author:  [@system](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2026, 2:43pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/calculation-of-royalty-interest/88696/6 "2026-10-23T14:43:38Z")
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