# Declaration of pooling which includes a decades old lease
**URL:** https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/declaration-of-pooling-which-includes-a-decades-old-lease/70794
**Category:** Harrison County, WV
**Created:** [May 5, 2023, 1:34pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/declaration-of-pooling-which-includes-a-decades-old-lease/70794 "2023-05-05T13:34:46Z")
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### Author:  [@anniecoates](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/anniecoates)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2023, 1:34pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/declaration-of-pooling-which-includes-a-decades-old-lease/70794/1 "2023-05-05T13:34:47Z")
If a declaration of pooling agreement includes my grandfather’s lease and indicates his percentage of the pooling acreage, does that mean that he is a party to the pooling lease and entitled to a prorated royalty payment? He no longer owns the actual tract of land.
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### Author:  [@WVOGM](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/WVOGM)
#### Post date: [May 8, 2023, 1:16pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/declaration-of-pooling-which-includes-a-decades-old-lease/70794/2 "2023-05-08T13:16:41Z")
Need a little more info.
When your grandfather sold the land, did he reserve the OGM rights? If so, then the answer to your question may be yes.
It is not uncommon for decade-old and sometimes century-old leases to be listed on DOUs. If the tract is Held by Production by a historic shallow well, then the operator will list the steering lease holding the property.
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### Author:  [@system](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 3, 2023, 1:34pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/declaration-of-pooling-which-includes-a-decades-old-lease/70794/3 "2023-08-03T13:34:51Z")
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