# Off-Lease drill site damages
**URL:** https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/off-lease-drill-site-damages/44657
**Category:** General Mineral Rights Discussion
**Created:** [April 17, 2019, 4:28pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/off-lease-drill-site-damages/44657 "2019-04-17T16:28:12Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@Jack\_P](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Jack_P)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2019, 4:28pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/off-lease-drill-site-damages/44657/1 "2019-04-17T16:28:12Z")
Looking for suggestions for compensation for allowing an off-lease drill site on my property.
What should I ask for to allow an oil company to place a well site and production facilities on my property when the well drainhole will be on an adjacent lease where I have no mineral interest?
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### Author:  [@M\_Barnes](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/M_Barnes)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2019, 8:04pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/off-lease-drill-site-damages/44657/2 "2019-04-17T20:04:47Z")
You need to add your state and county so folks can answer. You will need a good surface lease and a good attorney.
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### Author:  [@G\_C\_Gill](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/G_C_Gill)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2019, 9:22pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/off-lease-drill-site-damages/44657/3 "2019-04-17T21:22:38Z")
I negotiated one of those agreements in the Eagle Ford Shale last year. We got $50,000 per acre for a 5-acre pad. That was up front for right to use the surface so long as those wells produced. We limited it to drilling and producing those wells only. They couldn’t do any facility or pipeline that served any other property. Good luck…
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### Author:  [@Richard\_Winblad](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Richard_Winblad)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2019, 9:24pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/off-lease-drill-site-damages/44657/4 "2019-04-17T21:24:52Z")
You have a great situation. A per acre price is nice but also consider negotiating an overriding royalty interest in the production from the well. This could pay for years.
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### Author:  [@Kenny\_DuBose](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Kenny_DuBose)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2019, 2:38pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/off-lease-drill-site-damages/44657/5 "2019-04-19T14:38:03Z")
A post was split to a new topic: [Pad use for off lease drilling](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/pad-use-for-off-lease-drilling/44731)
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### Author:  [@MRFAdmin\_SV](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/MRFAdmin_SV)
#### Post date: [January 11, 2025, 7:19pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/off-lease-drill-site-damages/44657/6 "2025-01-11T19:19:20Z")