I was using the Texas GIS viewer to look at the Ahira Butler Survey and noticed that there is some serious slant drilling along with the county below which I also might be affected by if it involves my inherited property of mineral, gas, and oil. Rose City Resources will not return a call about any potential drilling to take place despite that a letter recently arrived stating that there was some activity going on, who we leased to, and an offer from someone other than Rose City to buy the interest. I’m sure everything is strictly controlled by law, but as a newbie, I am just wondering if a person can be cut our of ROI if an oil company decided to slant drill from another county and change the listed county from Ahira Butler to E. B. Smith. There are now three slants. Kinda concerned after not hearing about anything concerning a permit on Ahira Butler. Does an oil company have to pay if they slant drill onto your portion where you own the mineral rights etc?
Thank you.
What is your Block Name, Abstract number and section number? (Is it A-22, sect 81?) It is easier to look up the area by number. And where are you in the abstract? I do see three horizontal wells permitted in the far NE part o the abstract. If your acreage is under those permit lines, then they should contact you. If your acreage is in the west or south then you would not be in the path of the well drilling spacing units, but might be in future ones.
I think you are referring to horizontal wells instead of slant wells.
If an operator plans on drilling that affects your minerals, they or an agent will contact you about leasing. They do have to lease you unless you are already leased. With a horizontal well, the permit may not be on your acreage, but nearby. We can comment more with a bit more info on the location.
Is this the correct abstract? It is on the border with Morris County. It looks like the permit location would be in that county which is fine.
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Thank you. I think you are right. The company would tell me about A-22, 81. I have NO idea where in A-22 my 46 acres are leased because the company did not tell me. I know J Lowery is also where my grandparents had mineral rights, but was not contacted so guess not. It just seems that the surveys for permit should state Ahira and J Lowery not E. B. Smith, but I’m not a Landman.
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Operators typically go off of the surface location survey in their discussions.
If you are getting paid on the Rose City Morning Star 1, it is the green dot just under the N in Richardson. Depending upon the size of your acreage, it may not be in the path of the horizontal wells.
I know that it is definitely not Morning Star. The company will not return a call despite several attempts. A letter was received from someone else stating that there was some activity and listed who we leased to but it was a purchase request. Can I just ask them for the exact location as to where the Veterans Land Board acreage is in the Ahira Butler of Upshur County? The county clerk just describes it as beginning at a pin in a pile of rocks back in 1963 or so. This is frustrating.
The county clerk does not establish the legal description. It is set forth in the deeds, and will go back to the original deed where your tract was severed from a larger tract. It sounds like your deed has a metes and bound description, with a starting point and then stating the outlines as x feet or rods in a particular direction to second point, etc. Generally these are set out as Beginning at AAA, Thence X feet/rods … Thence… You can use a deed plotter program to outline the tract. Usually there is some reference to a point on the section line or corner which will enable you to determine where the outlined tract fits into the section.
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