# How long until oil royalties get mailed
**URL:** https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/how-long-until-oil-royalties-get-mailed/75323
**Category:** Converse County, WY
**Created:** [April 24, 2024, 2:22am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/how-long-until-oil-royalties-get-mailed/75323 "2024-04-24T02:22:50Z")
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### Author:  [@MTM2](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/MTM2)
#### Post date: [April 24, 2024, 2:22am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/how-long-until-oil-royalties-get-mailed/75323/1 "2024-04-24T02:22:50Z")
I leased minerals to OXY in September 2023 in the NitroFed. To be specific, Township 35 North, Range 69 West, 6th P.M. I was told in November 2023 that it was spud. Any updates on when royalties might be coming? I appreciate your help.
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### Author:  [@Mikro1TX](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Mikro1TX)
#### Post date: [April 24, 2024, 5:38pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/how-long-until-oil-royalties-get-mailed/75323/2 "2024-04-24T17:38:45Z")
Not sure in WY? Here in Texas, it takes about 180 days for the first check after production starts. Expect your first check to reflect multiple months. Then it is once a month. MK
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### Author:  [@Donald\_Day\_Jr](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Donald_Day_Jr)
#### Post date: [April 24, 2024, 7:11pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/how-long-until-oil-royalties-get-mailed/75323/3 "2024-04-24T19:11:58Z")
Check this website, find your operator and look for production info, etc, can also check via Township and Range
[http://pipeline.wyo.gov/](http://pipeline.wyo.gov/)
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### Author:  [@MTM2](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/MTM2)
#### Post date: [April 24, 2024, 7:46pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/how-long-until-oil-royalties-get-mailed/75323/4 "2024-04-24T19:46:50Z")
> [@MTM2](#):
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> Township 35 North, Range 69 West, 6th P.M. I
Thank you for your help. I am having some difficulty with the system.
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### Author:  [@MTM2](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/MTM2)
#### Post date: [April 24, 2024, 7:53pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/how-long-until-oil-royalties-get-mailed/75323/5 "2024-04-24T19:53:03Z")
This is a dumb question but, can the operator be different than the company that bought the minerals?
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### Author:  [@Donald\_Day\_Jr](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Donald_Day_Jr)
#### Post date: [April 24, 2024, 7:58pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/how-long-until-oil-royalties-get-mailed/75323/6 "2024-04-24T19:58:39Z")
Do you have section number?
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### Author:  [@M\_Barnes](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/M_Barnes)
#### Post date: [April 24, 2024, 8:54pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/how-long-until-oil-royalties-get-mailed/75323/7 "2024-04-24T20:54:51Z")
Yes, there can be many companies that are working interest owners in a well. But only one official operator. You may have leased (or sold to) with one company as an agent for one of the working interest owners.
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### Author:  [@M\_Barnes](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/M_Barnes)
#### Post date: [April 24, 2024, 8:58pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/how-long-until-oil-royalties-get-mailed/75323/8 "2024-04-24T20:58:11Z")
Depending upon the type of well, I usually estimate about a year from spud to bank. If it is one horizontal well, then it takes about four-five months to drill, then five or six months to do the title work. So about 10-12 months. If they are drilling quite a few wells in the same section, then it may take longer as they generally drill them all first and then frac them all at the end to save money and time.
Since gas prices are so low right now, some companies are choosing to drill wells that may be mostly gas but not completing them for a while until gas prices are better. These are called DUCs (pronouced “ducks”) which stands for Drilled UnCompleted.
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### Author:  [@MTM2](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/MTM2)
#### Post date: [April 25, 2024, 8:59pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/how-long-until-oil-royalties-get-mailed/75323/9 "2024-04-25T20:59:46Z")
Martha, Thank you for your expertise. I appreciate it
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### Author:  [@M\_Barnes](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/M_Barnes)
#### Post date: [April 25, 2024, 9:19pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/how-long-until-oil-royalties-get-mailed/75323/10 "2024-04-25T21:19:04Z")
And if the well is a wildcat and a pipeline must be built, it could take even longer.
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### Author:  [@surferdude](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/surferdude)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2024, 6:56pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/how-long-until-oil-royalties-get-mailed/75323/11 "2024-05-01T18:56:55Z")
Martha, my family (not necessarily me) has been in the oil business for decades, but I swear I’m learning something new from you every day…
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### Author:  [@M\_Barnes](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/M_Barnes)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2024, 7:09pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/how-long-until-oil-royalties-get-mailed/75323/12 "2024-05-01T19:09:59Z")
Our family has been in the biz over a hundred years and I still learn something new all the time! Forums like this, the National Association of Royalty Owners and various technical conventions are giving info on new things we need to know about.
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### Author:  [@Lee\_H\_DeMary](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Lee_H_DeMary)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2024, 12:47am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/how-long-until-oil-royalties-get-mailed/75323/13 "2024-05-09T00:47:50Z")
Relax, they will pay when they’re ready and not until they’re ready. Once it begins, they will pay every month that they have to. Very simple thing. It’s all business. If you’ve got good royalties, they’ll just keep paying and paying and paying. My mother and now my wife and I have been receiving royalty checks for well over 70 years. Pennies from Heaven, just keep going on and on. Just relax. Don’t worry about it. If it’s good production, good royalty, you’ll be paid.
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### Author:  [@system](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 23, 2024, 2:23am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/how-long-until-oil-royalties-get-mailed/75323/14 "2024-07-23T02:23:16Z")
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