Any question is worth asking.
Often landowners have simple questions about their oil & gas interests but don’t know where to turn for answers.
Here are some of the types of inquiries we’ve received from our clients.
There’s an abandoned well on my property. What do I do?
First contact the your state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to document the location and lack of production. This will initiate a site inspection and begin the process of formal decommissioning and restoration.
Could this be an old brine tank?
Yes, it could. Wooden tanks were the standard until about 1900 when they were replaced with steel, and then by plastic. The presence of the brine barrel on your property could indeed indicate there is an abandoned well there.
I’m not receiving a royalty check. Why?
This happens more often than people think. Perhaps that vertical well has finally stopped producing, or the producer has shut the well. Or perhaps it’s more complicated... We can help you determine the reason why.
Do I have any unconventional formations (reserves) beneath my property?
Good question. An appraisal of your property can help determine if there are economic reserves below. If so, getting leased would be the next step.
I think someone’s been drilling on my property, and I don’t have a lease.
That’s a possibility. We can provide the support you need to remedy this.
My well is being held hostage by an old lease clause from before 1990…
Some vertical wells limp along tying you to low royalty rates. Can anything be done? Yes. We can help determine if the well is even producing at this point. Leases sometimes have clauses by which the operator can be compelled to submit the paperwork to declare a well inactive, thereby nullifying the lease agreement and enabling you to start anew.