# Minimum Acreage required to drill on in Texas

**URL:** https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/minimum-acreage-required-to-drill-on-in-texas/6470
**Category:** Law & Legal
**Created:** [August 12, 2015, 1:37am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/minimum-acreage-required-to-drill-on-in-texas/6470 "2015-08-12T01:37:03Z")
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### Author: ![l\_c\_b](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/71e660/32.png) [@l\_c\_b](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/l_c_b)
#### Post date: [August 12, 2015, 1:37am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/minimum-acreage-required-to-drill-on-in-texas/6470/1 "2015-08-12T01:37:03Z")

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What is the minimum acreage required to perform your own drilling (gas/oil) in Texas?

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### Author: ![Kitchen](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/user_avatar/www.mineralrightsforum.com/kitchen/32/2666_2.png) [@Kitchen](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Kitchen)
#### Post date: [August 12, 2015, 5:29pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/minimum-acreage-required-to-drill-on-in-texas/6470/2 "2015-08-12T17:29:13Z")

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It differs depending on where you are located within Texas.

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### Author: ![Robert\_V\_Gill](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Robert\_V\_Gill](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Robert_V_Gill)
#### Post date: [August 12, 2015, 7:16pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/minimum-acreage-required-to-drill-on-in-texas/6470/3 "2015-08-12T19:16:13Z")

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That sounds like a very expensive proposition. Even if you could muster up the money, how would you transport the product? Are you going to put in a pipeline system, and if so to where and to whom would you sell the product?

Think this through carefully before you sign any papers or commit any funds.

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### Author: ![Buddy\_Cotten](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/user_avatar/www.mineralrightsforum.com/buddy_cotten/32/5079_2.png) [@Buddy\_Cotten](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Buddy_Cotten)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2015, 2:27pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/minimum-acreage-required-to-drill-on-in-texas/6470/4 "2015-08-14T14:27:13Z")

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Statewide spacing is 40 acres, generally in the form of a square. Special spacing rules could apply. For example on salt domes along the coast, there is 0 spacing on lease lines and sometimes less than 10 acre proration units.

To get the right answers and to stay out of hot water, most drillers either have their own regulatory people or hire a regulatory consultant.

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#### Post date: [August 14, 2018, 11:35pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/minimum-acreage-required-to-drill-on-in-texas/6470/5 "2018-08-14T23:35:00Z")

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