# Pad use for off lease drilling
**URL:** https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/pad-use-for-off-lease-drilling/44731
**Category:** Law & Legal
**Created:** [April 19, 2019, 2:09pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/pad-use-for-off-lease-drilling/44731 "2019-04-19T14:09:53Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@Cliff\_Davis](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Cliff_Davis)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2019, 2:09pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/pad-use-for-off-lease-drilling/44731/1 "2019-04-19T14:09:53Z")
I’m in Texas, Ward County. What if the drilling company didn’t tell you they were going to use the pad for an off-lease drill site? They are the leaseholders of my land.
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### Author:  [@G\_C\_Gill](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/G_C_Gill)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2019, 6:22pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/pad-use-for-off-lease-drilling/44731/2 "2019-04-19T18:22:13Z")
They don’t have the right to do that. If they have done that, they are trespassing, and you have a great legal cause of action. You can shut them down unless they come to an agreement with you. Is it possible they pooled your lease - any portion of it - with the leases under the off-lease well? If so, then they probably have the right to do that, but you’ll have to read your lease and apply the specific circumstances.
If I were you, I’d be sure I know all of the facts before I approached the company about this matter.
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### Author:  [@MRFAdmin\_SV](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/MRFAdmin_SV)
#### Post date: [January 11, 2025, 7:28pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/pad-use-for-off-lease-drilling/44731/3 "2025-01-11T19:28:58Z")