# Undeveloped acreage - what to do
**URL:** https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/undeveloped-acreage-what-to-do/42089
**Category:** Reeves County, TX
**Created:** [February 23, 2019, 2:29am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/undeveloped-acreage-what-to-do/42089 "2019-02-23T02:29:25Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@M\_A\_Smith](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/M_A_Smith)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2019, 2:29am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/undeveloped-acreage-what-to-do/42089/1 "2019-02-23T02:29:25Z")
Half of the lease has not been developed. The primary lease has expired. What steps are necessary to push the operator/lessee to officially let go of the undeveloped acreage that is no part of the pooled unit? Is it normally automatic, or must the lessor initiate action?
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### Author:  [@Dusty1](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Dusty1)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2019, 3:09am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/undeveloped-acreage-what-to-do/42089/2 "2019-02-23T03:09:38Z")
It won’t happen automatically.
If your lease includes a provision saying any acreage not pooled will be released at the end of the primary term (probably with an additional 90-180 days provided for drilling operations to be initiated on that unpooled acreage), then I suggest sending the lessee/operator’s land department a certified letter, that they will be required to sign for, requesting that they record a release of your unpooled acreage.
If your lease doesn’t have a Pugh clause or other wording requiring that type of release, there may not be a way to make it happen.
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### Author:  [@MRFAdmin\_SV](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/MRFAdmin_SV)
#### Post date: [January 11, 2025, 5:07pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/undeveloped-acreage-what-to-do/42089/3 "2025-01-11T17:07:45Z")