A few things
worth knowing.
Plain-language guides written for mineral owners. Specifically for people who inherited rights and have questions, but do not want to be sold to in the process.
If you are new to this.
I inherited mineral rights. What now?
A walkthrough of the first few things to look at, whether you just found out or have been sitting on an inheritance for years.
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Producing vs. non-producing mineral rights
The distinction between producing and non-producing shapes almost every decision an owner faces. Here is what each means.
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What is a mineral rights owner responsible for?
Owning mineral rights comes with fewer obligations than most people expect, but there are a handful worth knowing about.
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Types of mineral and royalty interests, explained
Mineral interest, royalty interest, working interest, NPRI, and ORRI are five different things. A plain map of what you actually own and who pays costs.
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Mineral rights transfers and deeds, explained
How minerals change hands: deed types, transfer by sale, gift, and inheritance, what a mineral deed contains, and how a transfer after death actually works.
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Reading an oil and gas lease
The sections that actually matter, what the key terms mean, and the clauses that can quietly cost you money.
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What is a pooling order, and why did I get one?
If you received a pooling order in the mail, you are not alone. Here is what it means, why you got one, and what is typically being weighed.
Read →Reading an OCC pooling order
If a pooling order arrived from the Oklahoma Corporation Commission, here is what the document is, why you received it, and what each part means.
Read →Why are my Oklahoma royalties in suspense?
Suspense means an operator is holding your royalty payments, usually until title or ownership is confirmed. Here is what it means and why it happens.
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Held by production (HBP): what it means for your mineral rights
If your lease is held by production, you may have questions about what that means, how long it lasts, and what your options are.
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The Marcellus Shale: a guide for mineral owners
Where the Marcellus produces across Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Ohio, what owners hold, dry-gas leasing, and the post-production cost issues that shape an Appalachian royalty check.
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The Utica Shale: a guide for mineral owners
Where the Utica and Point Pleasant produce across eastern Ohio and the northern Appalachian states, what owners hold, and how leasing and royalties work.
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How mineral rights are actually valued
The factors that matter most, the ones that do not, and why every generic valuation tool will give you a different number.
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Reading an offer letter carefully
That letter with the number on it. A framework for reading it carefully, understanding the fine print, and knowing what to ask.
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Should I sell or keep my mineral rights?
A framework for thinking it through, without the sales pitch. Fair cases for both, and the questions that actually matter.
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Net mineral acres vs. net royalty acres
They measure different things, and confusing them wrecks the math. NMA, NRA, the decimal interest, and how the calculations actually work.
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How oil and gas royalties are taxed
Ongoing royalty income, explained: ordinary income and the 1099, the depletion allowance, severance and property tax, lease bonus, and how it all gets reported.
Read →How your state regulates all this.
Colorado ECMC: what mineral owners should know
The state body that regulates oil and gas in Colorado, what it does, and what it means for owners in Weld County and beyond.
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Wyoming WOGCC and mineral owner context
How Wyoming regulates oil and gas, the split-estate context that shapes much of the state, and what Powder River Basin owners see most often.
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Texas Railroad Commission: what mineral owners should know
A plain-English overview of how Texas regulates oil and gas, what the Railroad Commission does, and what it means for owners.
Read →Federal, state, and fee minerals in the Powder River Basin
Powder River Basin minerals can be federal, state, or private. Here is what each type means and why it matters for what you inherited or own.
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The Ohio Dormant Mineral Act, explained
How severed mineral interests become dormant in Ohio, how surface owners reclaim them, the notice and preservation process, and what an owner should do to protect an interest.
Read →Mineral rights in Oklahoma: an owner's guide
Forced pooling at the OCC, SCOOP and STACK, leasing, royalties and taxes, surface damage, and what to do if you inherited Oklahoma minerals.
Read →Mineral rights in Wyoming: an owner's guide
The WOGCC, force pooling, federal and split-estate minerals, the Powder River and Green River basins, leasing, royalties, and inheritance.
Read →Mineral rights in West Virginia: an owner's guide
The 2018 cotenancy law, Marcellus and Utica development, post-production deductions and the Tawney rule, flat-rate leases, royalties, and inheritance.
Read →Mineral rights in Pennsylvania: an owner's guide
The Guaranteed Minimum Royalty Act, the Kilmer rule on deductions, the impact fee, Marcellus and Utica development, leasing, title, and inheritance.
Read →If you inherited mineral rights, a guide for your state.
A short guide for each of the twelve states we cover. Probate practice, the state regulator, the basins owners typically hold interests in, and what an inheritor most often runs into first.
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