# Curious Novice
**URL:** https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/curious-novice/8730
**Category:** Stark County, ND
**Created:** [October 23, 2014, 1:58pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/curious-novice/8730 "2014-10-23T13:58:04Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author:  [@Bill\_McBride](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Bill_McBride)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2014, 1:58pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/curious-novice/8730/1 "2014-10-23T13:58:04Z")
I am recently retired and (with time on my hands) have become interested in my wife’s partial interest in the following:
Lat 46.836829, Long -102.89708, Township 139 North, Range 97 West, Section 22: SE (Lodgepole Formation Only), 160 Acres +/-, Stark County, ND
Being completely new to this subject, I have several questions:
What does “Lodgepole Formation Only” mean?
Is 160 acres +/- a lot or a little bit?
How can one determine if there is actually any oil there?
Why do oil companies lease mineral rights and then never seem to want to drill a well?
Thanks for any response.
Curious Novice
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### Author:  [@system](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 15, 2018, 12:10am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/curious-novice/8730/2 "2018-08-15T00:10:19Z")