# Leasing question, plus
**URL:** https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/leasing-question-plus/3735
**Category:** General Mineral Rights Discussion
**Created:** [December 17, 2016, 3:26pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/leasing-question-plus/3735 "2016-12-17T15:26:46Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@Ron\_Bahm](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Ron_Bahm)
#### Post date: [December 17, 2016, 3:26pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/leasing-question-plus/3735/1 "2016-12-17T15:26:46Z")
I am a landowner in western Kansas where a leasing company is putting together a “package” of adjacent land, they say. They are at about 6 quarters of land now, all land adjacent. My suspicion is that they are considering horizontal wells. If only vertical well plans, they only need a piece of land. There are 3 long run (from Colorado/Wyoming to Cushing, Oklahoma) buried crude oil pipelines on one of the leased quarters which maybe they could connect saving all the future hauling costs.
I would be interested in comments from experienced people.
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### Author:  [@tim\_dowd](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/tim_dowd)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2016, 10:35pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/leasing-question-plus/3735/2 "2016-12-20T22:35:48Z")
Typically, wells are drilled based on geology, not on proximity to a transportation ability.
I suspect they like the way the geology looks in the area.
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### Author:  [@r\_w\_kennedy](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/r_w_kennedy)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2016, 1:41am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/leasing-question-plus/3735/3 "2016-12-21T01:41:59Z")
As Mr. Dowd said, the proximity of transport would just be icing on the cake. There still needs to be cake.
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### Author:  [@system](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2018, 10:44pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/leasing-question-plus/3735/4 "2018-08-14T22:44:52Z")