Hello,
I’m new here, but have read this forum for the past year. My family has some Mineral Rights in Upton County, Texas. They currently receive royalties on 7 vertical wells (oil & gas). We are trying to determine why we don’t receive any royalty on the following wells since they originate on our lease. The lease was signed in 1930. TC RR CO - A-378, Blk Y Sec 55
Existing Horizontal Wells
Cowden28 - Well Nos: 2801AH & 2802BH
Hasel28 - Well Nos: 2801AH & 2802BH
MANN5 - Well No: 19H
Additionally, we see where there are 7 newly permitted horizontal wells that may be drilled in the future. We’d like to know who is potentially drilling them and when. We haven’t been contacted about this.
If you can advise where I can look to find out this information or whom I should contact. I’ve looked at numerous sites to find the above information, but can not find any information about horizontal wells.
You have all the information you need to check the railroad commission website and check the dtatus of the property and who it is operating it. Sometimes even a quick goodgle search will produce this information
I see the vertical wells and the 6 new horizontals that are permitted. The others go North with the pad in A-378. The operator for the six new horizontals that are permitted can be found on the Gis Viewer. You will need to put the API# in the right hand upper corner. then right click on that well to get the permit info. Currently The GIS is being worked on as it is Sunday so I cannot get that info for you.
MK
@FandJ, your situation looks normal and correct. The existing wells have
surface locations in A-378, but no productive lateral or perforations in that area.
Since you have an existing active lease, a new lease wouldn’t be needed for
the 7 new permitted wells. You should receive a division order when these
wells start producing, but they are still showing as uncompleted. RRC GIS Viewer will show the info you are looking for (COG Operating is the permitted operator for the new wells)
Thank you Pete. I do see the information now in the RRC Viewer and that COG is the operator for these new wells. Thanks for pointing me to this.
On the existing wells that have surface locations on A-378, how are you able to determine if they have any lateral or perforations in/on our lease? I can’t see that information. I can only see that they appear to originate from our lease.
@FandJ, Fred, you can follow the ‘Drilling Permits’ link on the well detail
screen from the RRC viewer and continue to find the well plat map near
the bottom of the permit information. Screen shots attached to show the
plat for well 19H in A-378.
You can look in the online files to verify this information, but it might not be that easy to figure out for the average layman who doesn’t work with this information regularly. The Texas Railroad Commission will have reviewed the information and would not have approved the spacing unit if there was any productive wellbore under your lease.
Thanks Steve. What online files are you referring to? The information from RRC or some other source? I appreciate your input. I’m definitely a layman in regards to mineral rights.
The Plat maps in the drilling permit document section will show you the location of the surface hole, bottom hole and and take points along the bore. It’s the take points that matter in terms of your lease and property.