# Well pad exploration **URL:** https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/well-pad-exploration/40735 **Category:** Kingfisher County, OK **Created:** [January 26, 2019, 7:21pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/well-pad-exploration/40735 "2019-01-26T19:21:50Z") **Posts on this page:** 3 **Page:** 1
### Author: ![Margaret\_Kellogg](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/ce7236/32.png) [@Margaret\_Kellogg](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Margaret_Kellogg) #### Post date: [January 26, 2019, 7:21pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/well-pad-exploration/40735/1 "2019-01-26T19:21:50Z")
A land service company has contacted me multiple times wanting to go onto my farm to which I only have surface rights. They say they just want to see if there is a place suitable to locate a 3.67-acre pad for three horizontal wells. If they somehow get permission to stake out a place to “see if it is suitable,” will that then give them the legal right to go on and make a pad and drill even if I don’t like what they say they will do? ---
### 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 26, 2019, 10:04pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/well-pad-exploration/40735/2 "2019-01-26T22:04:48Z")
The mineral estate has dominance over the surface estate, so yes, they can do that and it is legal-has been for centuries. However, most mineral leases have a 200’ away from house or barn clause. You will need to negotiate a surface use agreement with the help of an attorney if they do need to use your land. ---
### 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, 6:07pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/well-pad-exploration/40735/3 "2025-01-11T18:07:46Z")