PUBLISHING OIL & GAS BOOKS FOR OWNERS AND PROFESSIONALS

  • White Facebook Icon
  • White Twitter Icon
  • White Google+ Icon
  • HOME

  • ABOUT US

  • BOOKSTORE

    • COMING SOON!
    • PAPERBACK BOOKS
    • E-BOOKS
  • BLOG

  • CONTACT US

  • More

    Use tab to navigate through the menu items.
    CART0
    • All Posts
    • Royalty Owners
    • Oil & Gas Professionals
    Search
    Horizontal Payout Wells: Multiple Payouts Division of Interest Basics
    Oil Patch Press
    • 1 day ago
    • 3 min

    Horizontal Payout Wells: Multiple Payouts Division of Interest Basics

    Many horizontal wells are subject to multiple payouts, both contractually and statutorily. A new division of interest is required for...
    1 view0 comments
    Horizontal Payout Wells: Initial BPO Division of Interest Basics
    Oil Patch Press
    • Jun 20
    • 3 min

    Horizontal Payout Wells: Initial BPO Division of Interest Basics

    There are four basic types of data analyzed in order to create an initial revenue division of interest (DOI) for a horizontal well. This...
    2 views0 comments
    Division Order Case Study: Correction Deeds
    Oil Patch Press
    • Jun 13
    • 4 min

    Division Order Case Study: Correction Deeds

    Correction deeds can be tricky, and can be processed incorrectly if the analyst doesn’t know what to look for. An experienced division...
    1 view0 comments
    Pooling: Basic Comparisons between Texas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana Horizontal Wells
    Oil Patch Press
    • Jun 6
    • 3 min

    Pooling: Basic Comparisons between Texas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana Horizontal Wells

    This week’s blog will focus on the high-level similarities and differences between the pooling processes in Texas, Oklahoma, and...
    3 views0 comments
    Cross-Unit Horizontal Wells: Division of Interest Issues
    Oil Patch Press
    • May 30
    • 5 min

    Cross-Unit Horizontal Wells: Division of Interest Issues

    A cross-unit horizontal well is one that begins in one pooled unit or non-pooled tract and ends in another pooled unit or non-pooled...
    4 views0 comments
    Cimarex v. Anadarko: Declaration of Pooled Unit Case Study
    Oil Patch Press
    • May 23
    • 4 min

    Cimarex v. Anadarko: Declaration of Pooled Unit Case Study

    Every division order analyst working Texas properties needs to be aware of a recent Texas court case that has changed the operator’s...
    4 views0 comments
    Declaration of Pooled Unit: Operator’s Responsibilities Towards Third Party Leasehold Owners
    Oil Patch Press
    • May 16
    • 3 min

    Declaration of Pooled Unit: Operator’s Responsibilities Towards Third Party Leasehold Owners

    As discussed in previous blogs, the Declaration of Pooled Unit (DPU) pools the leases within a geographical area that are owned or...
    5 views0 comments
    Declaration of Pooled Unit (DPU):  Important Components
    Oil Patch Press
    • May 9
    • 3 min

    Declaration of Pooled Unit (DPU): Important Components

    Every producing state allows voluntary pooling of lands and mineral interests. The lesser grants permissions for voluntary pooling via...
    4 views0 comments
    Horizontal Well Plat: Important Types and Plat Components
    Oil Patch Press
    • May 2
    • 2 min

    Horizontal Well Plat: Important Types and Plat Components

    There are three types of plats most commonly used by a division order analyst in their work. These are the lease plat, proposed-drill...
    6 views0 comments
    Division of Interest Transfers for Probate:  Always Begin with the Documents
    Oil Patch Press
    • Apr 25
    • 3 min

    Division of Interest Transfers for Probate: Always Begin with the Documents

    Changes to a division of interest (DOI) due to the passing of an owner appear deceivingly straight-forward. The three types of estate...
    3 views0 comments
    Conveyance Division Order Transfers:  Always Begin with the Granting Clause
    Oil Patch Press
    • Apr 18
    • 4 min

    Conveyance Division Order Transfers: Always Begin with the Granting Clause

    Every producing well in which a company owns an interest must have a revenue division of interest (DOI) record created for it. If the...
    6 views0 comments
    Division of Interest Spreadsheet Mania:  What Format Is Best?
    Oil Patch Press
    • Apr 11
    • 3 min

    Division of Interest Spreadsheet Mania: What Format Is Best?

    This question comes up often among new division order analysts, but experienced analysts ask it, too. The truth is, there is no “right”...
    9 views0 comments
    Owner Number Records:  Maintaining Accuracy and Consistency
    Oil Patch Press
    • Apr 4
    • 4 min

    Owner Number Records: Maintaining Accuracy and Consistency

    One owner should have one owner number account, ideally. Not all systems today accommodate that suggestion, but certainly the most...
    3 views0 comments
    Know the What and Why, Before Tackling the How
    Oil Patch Press
    • Mar 28
    • 3 min

    Know the What and Why, Before Tackling the How

    Years ago, desktop PCs did not exist in the land administration departments throughout the industry. They weren’t available yet. At...
    0 views0 comments
    Basic Rules of Unclaimed Property Reporting
    Oil Patch Press
    • Mar 21
    • 2 min

    Basic Rules of Unclaimed Property Reporting

    For the oil industry, there are only four basic rules for unclaimed property reporting, regardless of the state to which reporting and...
    11 views0 comments
    Post-Production Deductions: Value of a Burdened DOI
    Oil Patch Press
    • Mar 14
    • 4 min

    Post-Production Deductions: Value of a Burdened DOI

    Royalty reserved in an oil and gas lease never bears any part of the costs of exploring, drilling, equipping, and producing a well...
    14 views0 comments
    Texas Probate Documents Case Study: Ambiguous Codicil
    Oil Patch Press
    • Mar 7
    • 4 min

    Texas Probate Documents Case Study: Ambiguous Codicil

    The packet of probate documents received by the company appeared straight-forward and complete. The probate of the Will had been...
    6 views0 comments
    Texas Probate Documents Case Study: Intestate Estate in Texas
    Oil Patch Press
    • Feb 28
    • 3 min

    Texas Probate Documents Case Study: Intestate Estate in Texas

    This case involves a deceased mineral owner under an oil and gas lease now in its secondary term and producing from three unitized wells...
    5 views0 comments
    Common DOI Management Issues: Address Variations
    Oil Patch Press
    • Feb 21
    • 4 min

    Common DOI Management Issues: Address Variations

    Owner address issues are varied in division order work. Beginning with the constant problem of trying to fit a long street address into...
    3 views0 comments
    Common DOI Management Issues: Similar Owner Names
    Oil Patch Press
    • Feb 14
    • 5 min

    Common DOI Management Issues: Similar Owner Names

    “A rose by any other name” may have been true in Shakespeare’s day, but not today in a division of interest. The primary duty of a...
    2 views0 comments
    1
    234

    © 2018 by Oil Patch Press

    >