# Co-tenancy Modernization and Minority Production Act in WV
**URL:** https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/co-tenancy-modernization-and-minority-production-act-in-wv/82603
**Category:** West Virginia Mineral Rights
**Created:** [July 26, 2025, 1:46am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/co-tenancy-modernization-and-minority-production-act-in-wv/82603 "2025-07-26T01:46:57Z")
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### Author:  [@DBDG](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/DBDG)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2025, 1:46am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/co-tenancy-modernization-and-minority-production-act-in-wv/82603/1 "2025-07-26T01:46:57Z")
This is my first offer to lease mineral rights to an O & G Company. For me, this offer is mind boggling, so I realize I will not be able to sign without an attorney’s advice. I was only offered $200 signing bonus for net acreage of .02118, of 24.136 gross acres, which doesn’t pay enough for legal advice.
In my research, I found the “Co-tenancy Modernization and Majority Protection Act.” I intend to inform the Oil & Gas Company that I would like to choose the “production royalty option,” as provided as a choice in the above Act. Seems fair to me. The main concern I have is this Act still relevant? I believe it was enacted in 2018.
I would appreciate your opinions. Thank you.
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### Author:  [@Nancy\_Mosley](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Nancy_Mosley)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2025, 5:17pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/co-tenancy-modernization-and-minority-production-act-in-wv/82603/2 "2025-07-26T17:17:33Z")
Yes the act is still relevant. And it can be a good thing, especially for small acreage ownership.
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### Author:  [@DBDG](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/DBDG)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2025, 6:24pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/co-tenancy-modernization-and-minority-production-act-in-wv/82603/3 "2025-07-27T18:24:41Z")
Thanks for the response. I think it will give me the best outcome, without needing to worry about signing a lease.
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### Author:  [@MLResources](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/MLResources)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2025, 6:25pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/co-tenancy-modernization-and-minority-production-act-in-wv/82603/4 "2025-07-27T18:25:34Z")
I would like to ask what you think you should get here. You have an incredibly small net acreage, and honestly, you may never see more than $100 from the royalty production from these wells. The $200 is a pretty fair offer, and is generally a flat-rate offer for what the gas companies will offer for these fractured pieces of land in order to fill out their units.
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### Author:  [@Petroleum9202](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Petroleum9202)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2025, 11:03pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/co-tenancy-modernization-and-minority-production-act-in-wv/82603/5 "2025-07-27T23:03:12Z")
@DBDG - If you do the math, the drilling operator is offering you nearly $10,000 per net mineral acre. $10,000 multiplied by 0.02118 net acres is quite a high price for West Virginia. If you choose the Co-Tenancy route, the operator will pay you an average of around $3000 per net acre. That would make your bonus check through Co-Tenancy approximately $64.00. I recommend calling the Petroleum Landman who presented this lease offer to see if you can negotiate a higher lease royalty percentage and get it paid gross at the wellhead. I would suggest keeping the $200 and requesting the lease be modified.
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### Author:  [@system](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2025, 1:47am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/co-tenancy-modernization-and-minority-production-act-in-wv/82603/6 "2025-10-24T01:47:05Z")
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