LandGate is a marketplace for mineral, solar, wind and other property rights. And as such, we spend a lot of time assisting property owners. Last week we worked with a mineral owner who just started receiving royalty checks from her property in West Virginia. She was not interested in selling her mineral rights, she just …
LandGate is a marketplace for mineral, solar, wind, and other property rights. But we also spend a lot of time on the phone answering questions. Last week I spoke to Gerald from Houston, TX. Gerald received a Division Order in the mail. It was sent from an oil and gas company that operates gas wells …
Historically, mineral owners (“lessors”) and landmen/oil companies (“lessees”) spend most of their time focusing and negotiating the bonus payment, primary term and royalty provisions of an oil and gas lease. These provisions are important, but they represent only a small number of the important elements of the lease. The following is a list and general …
Here at LandGate, we welcome every call and online inquiry. 90% of the oil and gas-related calls we receive are from mineral rights owners that want to know what their minerals are worth or want us to market their minerals for lease or sale. Last week, a caller wanted to know if we could tell …