# Horizontal well location
**URL:** https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/horizontal-well-location/20411
**Category:** Oil & Gas Field Operations
**Created:** [September 11, 2012, 7:04pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/horizontal-well-location/20411 "2012-09-11T19:04:50Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@Pam\_Kelly](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Pam_Kelly)
#### Post date: [September 11, 2012, 7:04pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/horizontal-well-location/20411/1 "2012-09-11T19:04:50Z")
Is it possible to know the exact 40-acre lot location where a horizontal well will be drilled, within the 640-acre drilling unit?
I may not be wording this question correctly, so will state it another way: The drilling unit is 640 acres - I own rights on 120 acres of this unit. The vertical wellbore (?) for sidetrack #00 is producing. (On my acreage) The oil company has approval to drill a directional well (sidetrack #01). Again, the unit acreage is 640 acres… my question is:
If the #01 is drilled on a lot other than my 80 acres, but still within the 640-acre unit, will I realize production royalties from this?
My thoughts are that whatever oil is produced from any portion of the 640-acre drilling unit will benefit me royalties.
Thank you, Pam
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### Author:  [@charles\_s\_mallory](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/charles_s_mallory)
#### Post date: [September 11, 2012, 9:10pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/horizontal-well-location/20411/2 "2012-09-11T21:10:38Z")
Pam:
If your mineral acreage is within the spacing unit (640 or 1280), you will receive royalties based on your net mineral acreage.
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### Author:  [@system](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 15, 2018, 3:26am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/horizontal-well-location/20411/3 "2018-08-15T03:26:16Z")