Elbert/Douglas/Arapahoe County Leasing

So, "standard" Landman offers are 1/8 or 3/16th mineral rights. (12.5% and 18.75%) . . . .AFTER "administrative" costs for that property's percentage of the overall section.

Colorado law requires property owners who are "force-pooled" receive 12.5% (min and can be contested to whatever the current rates are being paid out) multiplied by the pctg of property owned in the section pooled (600 acre standard sections),

So, a 100 acre owner in that section would receive 12.5x.06 = .75 % of that sections TOTAL output without any deductions for well or corporate costs. . . and after the well has doubled it's initial cost ($1.5 mil well would have to hit $3mil) a force pooled property owner would begin to receive a working interest in the well (less well costs) itself while a leased owner would remain in a fixed rights position( they would actually end up getting their percentage after the force-pooled person received theirs).

As far as surface use, Oil companies have NO right to access a force-pooled property short of a surface use agreement.
Sorry, in my opinion, all you're asking is for me to negotiate giving you a portion of a "bonus" then I end up taking a smaller royalty in the end. . could be mistaken, I have before. . but the lease allows more hands to get into the mix and that just doesn't make sense.

-not trying to be confrontational, just putting the facts out there for mineral rights owners to review as this forum is designed to operate. Please feel free to correct me as needed. I'm not above mistakes.