Do not pay the for the Oklahoma Mineral Owner Registry. It is not worth it. The correct way to get the land men to find you is to send a letter to the County Recorder in each of the counties where you own minerals. List your exact mineral description and your address. It is also helpful to tell them how you acquired your interest and to list the page and book if you know where the deed was registered. If you have just inherited them, then you may have to file a Notice of Ownership and include the Decree of Distribution from the probate, the affidavit of heirship, etc. Ask the clerk how much it will cost to file. Enclose a copy and an original. Ask them to return the file, stamped copy of both documents to you in the enclosed, self-addressed stamped envelope that you have provided. The land men go to the Clerks and all the title work is done with them, so they are the correct place to file.
Not unless the are depth clauses or other factors that have the formations released. It underlines the significance of getting a good lease to begin with. We have a new well in Stephens in a similar situation. I think I have enough reason to break the lease and get more than 1/8. The attorney agrees, but Iām not willing to risk the $10-25K to try to fight it in this case.
David, how did you find mineral interests you had as a result of joining the registry?
I signed up thinking there was some treasure trove of information/resources in the members section but I could only find very basic stuff, really nothing to do with our minerals. Just seems to be a place where you list your names so people can search for contact information. Hardly a $35/year service ā¦ so Iām eager to learn how you got more out of it.
https://okcountyrecords.com/ Wonāt this find the same info for free?
Go in and select the county, then enter the name you are looking for.
Sondra Hunter, I sighed with Oklahoma mineral owner registry a week ago and the good thing about the registry is you donāt need a legal description. After signing we found six more properties that we have mineral interest in and three are already pooled with a drill rig on one of them, so yes I would recommend $35.00.
Chris, I searched for my family names and found them listed on this registry and then searched Oklahoma County records with the names from the registry and I now have the land description. I knew there was mineral interest in Garvin from past leaseās years ago from cococophillips.
David, I will have to think about that. Maybe it wouldnāt hurt to sign up one time to see if there is any hidden info for me. Iāll give it some extra thought. Thanks for your reply.
Yup and you can also search by location and print documents for $1.00/page. Doesnāt have all OK counties but I know itās got Grady, Garvin and Stephens.
Actually, we have some tracts that were never leased or HBP that are now held by a unitization agreement that is 60 years old. I thought it was weird, but I donāt mind getting paid.
I could handle that but that geometric puzzle Martha posted gives me a headache.
If I have a mineral interest that is not leased or held by production, and it falls with a unitization order, does that somehow force a lease on me like a pooling or do I still have to be leased/pooled in addition to the unitization order?
I was researching an interest and ran into this unitization issue for the first time and boy has it got me confused!
Chris,
I always thought it should have already been held by production or lease at the time the unitization order was issued. Is this in reference to one of the recent ones by Citation or L.E. Jones?
The specific one I ran into today is in Carter County so I put the general question out here since I donāt follow the Carter County group (yet). But I feel like I have a couple of these situations in Garvin as well, but they seem more complex. In the Carter case it is the Fusulinid Unit that includes NE 21-1S-3W created in 1975. Got a lease inquiry on an interest in a nearby section and the landman expressed interest in this one as well ā and I canāt figure out how it is held, so I canāt tell whether deeper formations are hbp.
I donāt mean to take up a Carter County item in the Garvin discussion; more interested in understanding the ways of the world on these things as I know they will come up again.
There is no pooling for that section so there must be a lease or an oversight.
Chris
I think the question is universal in Oklahoma regardless of county. Iāve had a few questions on unitizations also.
We have interests in a few unitizations. I think the oldest is the Tatums in Carter under a unitization order from 1961. The original wells date back to the late 1920s. OCC records show a few dating back to 1928-1930 that are still active.
Iāve also wondered about the ability of that production to hold the other formations on the original lease.
Look in the imaged documents section. I can check when I get home, but that is where I think it is.
For unitization: OGUnitization
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If your well was 1 mile west you would have to worry about a 645.68 acre unit!
Chris,
There has to be a lease/pooling or some written agreement somewhere.
The lease could even be in the name of the people who your family purchased interest from. What unit?
Good work Martha, glad all I have to understand is a nice square 640 acre unit.