I own a small percent of several difernt mineral locations tottling over 4000 acers. Shale & Apache have leased all of the minerals but mine. They e-mailed me an offer for a lease along with some of the other mineral owners that im related to. They all got a lease and their signing bouns. Shale & Apache wont do the same with me. Can I find another Oil company that would lease it? How can they refuse to give me the lease, and still drill for my minerals?
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Daniels CO, Montana
If your local state does not have pooling (integration, unitization, well spacing, whatever you want to call it) then they can simply "space you out" of the drilling unit they create themselves. Small interests can get screwed. Royalty owners need to band together and lease en masse.