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In the oil and gas industry, a farmout agreement is an agreement entered into by the owner of one or more mineral leases, called the "farmor", and another company who wishes to obtain a percentage of ownership of that lease or leases in exchange for providing services, called the "farmee." The typical service described in farmout agreements is ...
The foundational legal document of the U.S. oil and gas industry is the oil and gas lease. [6] Oil and gas producing companies do not always own the land they drill on. Often, the company (the lessee) leases the mineral rights from the owner (the lessor). Major points in a lease include the description of the property, the term (duration), and ...
The Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 30 U.S.C. § 181 et seq. is a United States federal law that authorizes and governs leasing of public lands for developing deposits of coal, petroleum, natural gas and other hydrocarbons, in addition to phosphates, sodium, sulfur, and potassium in the United States.
Mineral rights are property rights to exploit an area for the minerals it harbors. Mineral rights can be separate from property ownership (see Split estate).Mineral rights can refer to sedentary minerals that do not move below the Earth's surface or fluid minerals such as oil or natural gas. [1]
The contract is a business arrangement for exploration of the oil field between the licensor, (the mineral rights owner, onshore in United States often the land owner, elsewhere often the state possesses the ownership of mineral rights including petroleum reservoirs) [citation needed] and a licensee to share investment costs, operational costs ...
An Overriding Royalty Interest (ORRI) is an oil and gas interest is separated from the participatory interest of what is called the working interest. It is percentage of gross production that is not charged with any expenses of from an oil and/or gas well. An ORRI is a covenant running with the land between the assignor and assignee. However ...
A Landman or "Petroleum Landman"—in the United States and Canada—is an individual who performs various services for oil and gas exploration companies. [1] According to the website of the American Association of Professional Landmen (AAPL), these services include but are not limited to: negotiating for the acquisition or divestiture of mineral rights; negotiating business agreements that ...
Most oil and gas commissions make API numbers (and well header data) available on-line and free of charge. The ability to download the data varies from state to state. Below is a list of the 50 states, along with their state code, and the name and internet address of their oil and gas regulatory agency where available.