Thanks PeteR. I’ll contact the county clerk’s office and ask about access to the old map records.
If you are searching within Leon County you can search online. I just did so and was able to search several years deeds until I finally found one that identified the properties boundaries. That document was three pages and dated 1947. I was able to view the first page. To see the other two pages I had to pay $1.00 which I did. In order to print the three pages I had to pay an additional $1.50. Go to the Leon County web site and follow their search menu.
Hello.. I am a Division Order Analyst and previously set up all of Comstock wells in Leon, Harrison and Robertson counties. If you have questions feel free to reach out to me and I will get you the answer
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If helping a mineral owner is in fact something you are truly interested in it would be great to get some honest information. Thank you for your time.
how can I help? Happy to answer any question you have. :)
Hi Chris, I have a couple of questions… First, why does it take 60 days after first sales to send out the Division Orders? And, secondly, are the DO’s really accurate? I asked the second question because on a recent well, the DO didn’t match the MOR we received prior to commencement of drilling. Thanks, JN
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JN,
Morning, It takes about 60 days after first sales for production and well readings and all to come in to go to the RRC. The RRC takes a minimum of 30 days or more to get that noted for regulators and online to the public. The DO’s establish a line of ownership to the 8th decimal for each owner of record in that particular unit. I have had some units have as many as 7-13 thousand “lines of interest” so the tabulating that all is time consuming. The other issue is Title. Title is challenging. Not all owners will tell you that there has been a change in ownership since the last well went in. People pass away and records and affidavits arent filed. Some family will report it and others wont which means we have to find those individuals. When the “deck” the long list of owners is completed that is uploaded to the accounting system. (which can be jankly sometimes) once that is done (about a week if all goes well) the division orders go out. 7-10 days for mail etc. Meanwhile alll this info is sent to the county to tax. So no they are not always correct pending title and affidavits and lost heirs all being contacted. When usually cousins or family get to talking about they got their DO’s others will reach out and we can get them in line to be paid also pending whatever the legal dept requires to transfer title etc. If you have other questions just reach out to me and I will answer what I can. Chris
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For an allocation or sharing well, the final DOI will depend on the number of feet of productive lateral crossing your minerals as a percentage of the total productive lateral (distance from first takepoint to last takepoint) which is measured after the well is completed. Or the percentage of productive lateral crossing a unit. This is most visible on the completion plat filed with RRC. Although I have seen DOI calculations based on a preliminary completion plat which differs very slightly from the final completion plat filed. If you cannot verify the DOI, then ask the DO analyst about the calculation and for a copy of the completion plat showing with the tract measurements.
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Thanks Chris and TennisDaze. It makes sense now. I spent 25 years drilling oil and gas wells and never really paid much attention to this aspect.
As a side note I have to say that I don’t agree with the distances (outward from the horizontal wellbore) that TRRC considers to be within the production unit. I have personally been drilling a couple wells that were impacted by nearby wells that were being fracked (and one well several miles away). So a typical horizontal fracked well can draw production from way farther outward than the distance TRRC allows. Just my opinion! Any comments?
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It is unfortunate that you were not notified by the adjacent drilling operator about the frac timing so that you could temporarily shut-in your wells for protection. I understand that in recent years communications have improved between drillers and operators of producing wells. I have been notified of planned shut-ins for adjacent fracs, but never for wells several miles from the new well. The TRRC sets the field rules for distances from wellbores to lease lines based on information from hearings. For example, Phantom (Wolfcamp) has 330 feet from horizontal wellbore to lease line. Expanding the distances would require more acreage within a unit or well allocation acreage. This could reduce the number of wells drilled on the unit and would dilute the DOI for royalty owners.
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I have followed and paid for all of your instructions. To continue chasing my tail to no avail. I know you know your stuff so this is in no means a slight to you but I’m not as much as finding but absolutely knowing the pendulum will never swing in an owners direction from here on out.
Yes, communication has improved considerably. My issues occurred quite a few years back. I have a better understanding as to why TRRC has to limit distances out from the wellbore. Thanks TennisDaze
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