# Slow down production on purpose?

**URL:** https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/slow-down-production-on-purpose/39467
**Category:** Oil & Gas Field Operations
**Created:** [January 4, 2019, 6:33am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/slow-down-production-on-purpose/39467 "2019-01-04T06:33:15Z")
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### Author: ![dogslobber](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/ba8739/32.png) [@dogslobber](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/dogslobber)
#### Post date: [January 4, 2019, 6:33am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/slow-down-production-on-purpose/39467/1 "2019-01-04T06:33:15Z")

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Would or could an operator, (in Texas), slow down the volume of oil, (bop/d), because of a drop in the price of oil and then increase production when oil prices rise again?

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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: [January 4, 2019, 2:00pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/slow-down-production-on-purpose/39467/2 "2019-01-04T14:00:11Z")

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The short answer is yes and yes. Whether they did is another question. As a mineral owner, that is fine with me. I would rather get more value for my product and don’t mind if they leave it in the ground for a reasonable time for a better price. (As long as they don’t damage the reservoir-which they wouldn’t want to do either.) It has been sitting there for millions of years, a few more months won’t hurt. The idea is to manage the reservoir effectively and economically.

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### Author: ![dogslobber](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/ba8739/32.png) [@dogslobber](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/dogslobber)
#### Post date: [January 4, 2019, 8:17pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/slow-down-production-on-purpose/39467/3 "2019-01-04T20:17:17Z")

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Thanks. I hope they “manage” production too. The output from a couple of my new wells dropped this month and I was wondering why. Although I realize it could be other, temporary, reasons also.

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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: [January 4, 2019, 8:25pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/slow-down-production-on-purpose/39467/4 "2019-01-04T20:25:36Z")

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Also, they tend to shut in wells within a one mile radius of any other wells that are being trac’d in order to protect the producing wells.

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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 5, 2019, 11:52am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/slow-down-production-on-purpose/39467/5 "2019-05-05T11:52:18Z")

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If the wells are horizontal, then the decline is natural and to be expected. It will continue to do that for several years at a fairly steep rate and then will flatten out and the decline will slow down for perhaps decades of low production.

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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, 7:11pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/slow-down-production-on-purpose/39467/6 "2025-01-11T19:11:43Z")

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