You received a division order in the mail from a company and try as you might, you can’t figure out how they came up with the decimal...

This is a very frustrating experience for any royalty owner. You’ve learned that XYZ Company has drilled and completed a horizontal well...

Evidently, investors and consumer markets (power plants, etc.) were too optimistic earlier this year, expecting the U.S. to have a...

This is one of the most frustrating experiences for a mineral rights owner or a royalty owner. They are being paid by two (or more)...

Not too many mineral owners know what happens to their oil and gas lease after it disappears into the vaults of the company that took it...

This blog entry continues where last week’s entry left off, about to discuss Reason No. 2 for why far too many Louisiana royalty owners...

The majority of Louisiana royalty owners do not know about what is called Louisiana Risk Fee Royalties. As a division order analyst who...

Of course, there are many who would disagree with that assessment. It’s all relative, of course. And highly subjective. For industry...

Just the other day, I received an email from a royalty owner, addressed to me. It raised my eyebrows for a number of serious reasons,...

Many division order analysts are squeamish about working Oklahoma as a geographic area. This is because Oklahoma is unique in its royalty...

This question usually is the first one on a mineral owner’s mind after a lease is signed and the bonus money paid. Sometimes, after a few...

This book, written by Daniel Yergin, was published in 1991. To say much has changed in the industry in the past 27 years would be a gross...

Chesapeake doesn’t have a stellar reputation with land owners and royalty owners, no matter how hard they try to massage it. They are...

Iran claims to completely control the Strait of Hormuz (T. Paraskova, oilprice.com, 8/29/2018). Saudi Arabia claims Iran cannot close the...

This week has been quite a rollercoaster ride. My adult children and I learned last weekend that when their father died in 2015 (we had...

I found myself on the phone a while back with a landowner who struck up a conversation about so-called “legal advice” he had received...

I’ve held off writing this week’s blog because Trump was scheduled to meet with a leader of the European Union, to tamp down the heat...

NAPE, for short. The American Association of Professional Landmen (AAPL) and the Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA)...

They never cease to amaze me, experts. I stumbled across an article published last Friday, July 6, at https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-...

Oil rallied to $74.15 this week, the highest it’s been in over 3 years. Why? It has to do with Iran (again), according to Reuters in...