# What-If scenario - Forced Pooling on lease speculator
**URL:** https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/what-if-scenario-forced-pooling-on-lease-speculator/46174
**Category:** Weld County, CO
**Created:** [May 17, 2019, 4:07pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/what-if-scenario-forced-pooling-on-lease-speculator/46174 "2019-05-17T16:07:56Z")
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### Author:  [@RobertF](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/RobertF)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2019, 4:07pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/what-if-scenario-forced-pooling-on-lease-speculator/46174/1 "2019-05-17T16:07:56Z")
If a speculator were to lease mineral rights, say at 30% for a property, would another oil company be able to force pool that property? (assuming that it was a minority interest in the unit.) If so would the speculator be forced to pay the mineral owner 30% royalty while only receiving 12.5% from the operator? Would the speculator be able to negotiate a sublease with operator?
If not I could see a situation where mineral owners would lease with a family owned company at a higher lease rate than the going rate to either tie up the land from drilling or to force a higher royalty rate.
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### Author:  [@MRFAdmin\_SV](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/MRFAdmin_SV)
#### Post date: [January 11, 2025, 6:56pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/what-if-scenario-forced-pooling-on-lease-speculator/46174/2 "2025-01-11T18:56:20Z")