# Division Order Interest
**URL:** https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/division-order-interest/23375
**Category:** General Mineral Rights Discussion
**Created:** [May 17, 2011, 11:50pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/division-order-interest/23375 "2011-05-17T23:50:16Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@Lou\_Wheeler](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Lou_Wheeler)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2011, 11:50pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/division-order-interest/23375/1 "2011-05-17T23:50:16Z")
Can anyone explain how the a division order interest is figured out?
Thanks,
Lou
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### Author:  [@Nancy\_Mosley](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Nancy_Mosley)
#### Post date: [May 18, 2011, 1:18am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/division-order-interest/23375/2 "2011-05-18T01:18:51Z")
It should be your royalty % (say a 1/8 royalty = 12.5% = 0.125)
multiplied by the % of interest you own in the mineral rights. If you own all, then 100% = 1.00
that would be 1 times 0.125 or 12.5% of the proceeds (however defined in the lease such as at the wellhead price etc.)
If you inherited from a grandparent who owned the whole interest, but there were 5 grandchildren who inherited equally, then you have 1/5 = 0.20 = 20% of the royalty %
so for a 1/8 royalty it would be 1/5 of 1/8 = 1/40 = 0.025 or 2.5% of the proceeds
The division order for the first would say 0.125 and the second would say 0.025
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### Author:  [@A\_Loren](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/A_Loren)
#### Post date: [May 18, 2011, 1:24am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/division-order-interest/23375/3 "2011-05-18T01:24:37Z")
Typically your “payment decimal” or “Net RI” or “Royalty Interest” is calculated by:
[your net acreage] / [the total acreage in the pooled unit] \* [the royalty % set forth in your lease]
So if you own 30 acres out of a 300 acre unit and have a 25% royalty, your pay decimal would be:
30/300\*.25 = .025. Translation: you own 2.5% of the net royalty income from the well(s) before deductions are taken from your share, if any.
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### Author:  [@Lou\_Wheeler](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Lou_Wheeler)
#### Post date: [May 18, 2011, 4:07pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/division-order-interest/23375/4 "2011-05-18T16:07:25Z")
Thank you so much!
Lou
Nancy Mosley said:
It should be your royalty % (say a 1/8 royalty = 12% = 0.125) multiplied by the % of interest you own in the mineral rights. If you own all, then 100% =1.00 that would be 1 times 0.125 or 12.5 % of the proceeds (however defined in the lease such as at the wellhead price etc.) If you inherited from a grandparent who owned the whole interest, but there were 5 grandchildren who inherited equally, then you have 1/5 = 0.20 = 20% of the royalty % so for a 1/8 royalty it would be 1/5 of 1/8 = 1/40 = 0.025 or 2.5% of the proceeds The division order for the first would say 0.125 and the second would say 0.025
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### Author:  [@Lou\_Wheeler](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Lou_Wheeler)
#### Post date: [May 18, 2011, 4:08pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/division-order-interest/23375/5 "2011-05-18T16:08:37Z")
Thanks so much for the info!
Lou
A. Loren said:
Typically your “payment decimal” or “Net RI” or “Royalty Interest” is calculated by:
[your net acreage] / [the total acreage in the pooled unit] \* [the royalty % set forth in your lease]
So if you own 30 acres out of a 300 acre unit and have a 25% royalty, your pay decimal would be:
30/300\*.25 = .025. Translation: you own 2.5% of the net royalty income from the well(s) before deductions are taken from your share, if any.
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### Author:  [@William\_R\_Woods](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/William_R_Woods)
#### Post date: [March 13, 2012, 11:32pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/division-order-interest/23375/6 "2012-03-13T23:32:21Z")
I have a division order question… probably need someone who knows the Texas law as it relates to ‘life estate’.
Thank you, Bill
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### Author:  [@system](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 15, 2018, 4:23am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/division-order-interest/23375/7 "2018-08-15T04:23:03Z")