# Shut-In Well

**URL:** https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/shut-in-well/46117
**Category:** Law & Legal
**Created:** [May 16, 2019, 11:00pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/shut-in-well/46117 "2019-05-16T23:00:20Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author: ![SarahFS](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@SarahFS](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/SarahFS)
#### Post date: [May 16, 2019, 11:00pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/shut-in-well/46117/1 "2019-05-16T23:00:20Z")

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Is there a limit on how many times an oil company can do a shut-in in Oklahoma on a well interest I have in McIntosh County, Oklahoma?

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### Author: ![M\_Barnes](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/user_avatar/www.mineralrightsforum.com/m_barnes/32/10942_2.png) [@M\_Barnes](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/M_Barnes)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2019, 1:33pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/shut-in-well/46117/2 "2019-05-17T13:33:00Z")

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Not unless you prohibited it in your lease. Most old leases had open ended time frames on the shut in clauses. I have been burned by that, so all my new leases have a much shorter time frame on them to prevent that very action.

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### Author: ![Richard\_Winblad](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/user_avatar/www.mineralrightsforum.com/richard_winblad/32/11511_2.png) [@Richard\_Winblad](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Richard_Winblad)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2019, 4:53pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/shut-in-well/46117/3 "2019-05-17T16:53:33Z")

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> [@M\_Barnes](#):
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> my new leases have a much shorter time frame

Martha: What time frame do you usually get?

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### Author: ![M\_Barnes](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/user_avatar/www.mineralrightsforum.com/m_barnes/32/10942_2.png) [@M\_Barnes](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/M_Barnes)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2019, 5:34pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/shut-in-well/46117/4 "2019-05-17T17:34:20Z")

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I prefer one year but will go with two years depending upon the area and pipeline building. Always “cumulative”, never “consecutive” which has a huge loophole in that wording.

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### Author: ![MRFAdmin\_SV](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/e0b2c6/32.png) [@MRFAdmin\_SV](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/MRFAdmin_SV)
#### Post date: [January 11, 2025, 7:29pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/shut-in-well/46117/5 "2025-01-11T19:29:00Z")

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