# How many leased acres are included in each horizontal well
**URL:** https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/how-many-leased-acres-are-included-in-each-horizontal-well/19995
**Category:** Live Oak County, TX
**Created:** [October 22, 2012, 7:58am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/how-many-leased-acres-are-included-in-each-horizontal-well/19995 "2012-10-22T07:58:34Z")
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### Author:  [@Barbara\_Farrier](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Barbara_Farrier)
#### Post date: [October 22, 2012, 7:58am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/how-many-leased-acres-are-included-in-each-horizontal-well/19995/1 "2012-10-22T07:58:34Z")
3 horizontal wells just went up West of Nueces River and North of Simmons. How many leased acres are included in each unit when horizontal drilling and dividing mineral rights? There are 3 wells close to each other. One is 300 feet from my home. One oil and 2 gas.
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### Author:  [@wade\_caldwell](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/wade_caldwell)
#### Post date: [October 22, 2012, 11:12pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/how-many-leased-acres-are-included-in-each-horizontal-well/19995/2 "2012-10-22T23:12:32Z")
It depends primarily on what the lease says and also the spacing rules for that particular field.
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### Author:  [@Barbara\_Farrier](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Barbara_Farrier)
#### Post date: [October 22, 2012, 11:19pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/how-many-leased-acres-are-included-in-each-horizontal-well/19995/3 "2012-10-22T23:19:19Z")
I looked on our lease but all it said was that with horizontal drilling the lessee can pool up to 640 acres should they choose.
Do you have any idea what the average amount is unless it pooled? I was thinking 160 but really have no idea
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### Author:  [@Barbara\_Farrier](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Barbara_Farrier)
#### Post date: [October 22, 2012, 11:20pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/how-many-leased-acres-are-included-in-each-horizontal-well/19995/4 "2012-10-22T23:20:34Z")
I looked on our lease but all it said was that with horizontal drilling the lessee can pool up to 640 acres should they choose.
Do you have any idea what the average amount is if they don’t pool? I was thinking 160 but really have no idea.
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### Author:  [@system](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 15, 2018, 3:18am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/how-many-leased-acres-are-included-in-each-horizontal-well/19995/5 "2018-08-15T03:18:42Z")