# Can I lease?

**URL:** https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/can-i-lease/25266
**Category:** Oil and Gas Leasing Help
**Created:** [April 25, 2018, 5:13pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/can-i-lease/25266 "2018-04-25T17:13:22Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author: ![Charlie](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/user_avatar/www.mineralrightsforum.com/charlie/32/16133_2.png) [@Charlie](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Charlie)
#### Post date: [April 25, 2018, 5:13pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/can-i-lease/25266/1 "2018-04-25T17:13:22Z")

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I participated in a well in my area and qualified because I own some mineral acres. I did not sign a lease. Can I now lease to someone other than the well owner, and get a royalty check from a new lease? (I do not wish to affect my well participation status.)

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### Author: ![Tom\_Ed\_Moore](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/user_avatar/www.mineralrightsforum.com/tom_ed_moore/32/2577_2.png) [@Tom\_Ed\_Moore](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Tom_Ed_Moore)
#### Post date: [April 26, 2018, 6:05pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/can-i-lease/25266/2 "2018-04-26T18:05:48Z")

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Only a portion of your minerals, if any, that is not in the well spacing.

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### Author: ![r\_w\_kennedy](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/3ec8ea/32.png) [@r\_w\_kennedy](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/r_w_kennedy)
#### Post date: [April 26, 2018, 7:49pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/can-i-lease/25266/3 "2018-04-26T19:49:47Z")

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I have been offered a lease that would exclude an existing well in which I am a participant. I would say that theoretically says you could lease excluding your current well. The thing is that I have only received one such offer and that probably means they are unusual. If you merely do not want to participate in future wells, you might be looking for a Farm out agreement where someone else participates in future wells on your minerals for a negotiated share.

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### Author: ![tim\_dowd](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/user_avatar/www.mineralrightsforum.com/tim_dowd/32/23580_2.png) [@tim\_dowd](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/tim_dowd)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2018, 9:02pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/can-i-lease/25266/4 "2018-04-27T21:02:08Z")

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Yes, excluding rights that you participated with.

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### Author: ![Charlie](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/user_avatar/www.mineralrightsforum.com/charlie/32/16133_2.png) [@Charlie](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Charlie)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2018, 9:14pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/can-i-lease/25266/5 "2018-04-27T21:14:05Z")

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Does the new lease I sign get resold to the well operator? How does the new lessor make any money?

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### Author: ![r\_w\_kennedy](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/3ec8ea/32.png) [@r\_w\_kennedy](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/r_w_kennedy)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2018, 12:28am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/can-i-lease/25266/6 "2018-04-29T00:28:06Z")

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A lessee could sell your lease to the operator or participate in future wells. In a farm out, you wouldn’t be leasing but forming a partnership where you put up minerals and the other side supplies money and management.

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### Author: ![MRFAdmin\_SV](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/e0b2c6/32.png) [@MRFAdmin\_SV](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/MRFAdmin_SV)
#### Post date: [January 11, 2025, 7:27pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/can-i-lease/25266/7 "2025-01-11T19:27:37Z")

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