Bakken Shale News

05/10/2019

Are there good reasons for this?

We leased rights on a section in Stephens County on a new horizontal well. The well was completed back in February or March and then they capped it. I have heard speculation that they are waiting for the bbl price to go up. I also heard there is gas there, too. Any ideas why they would cap a new wel...

05/09/2019

Is your oil and gas lease accurately reflecting your ownership?

I have reason to suspect that the number of acres in our current lease in section 7, 1N, 4W in Stephens county is incorrect. Since the lease was signed back in 2017, do I have any recourse? Can I get it corrected when the lease comes up for renewal in 2020? Thanks, Lora

04/01/2019

https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/giving-gas-away-so-to-speak-not-a-story-i-liked-reading/43892

Saw a headline “shale boom means they cannot give gas away in Texas” and did not look forward to reading it. Our Apache wells are only producing natural gas near Toyah. Not sure of the accuracy, but it seemed pretty well researched. Shale boom means they cannot give gas away in Texas

04/01/2019

https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/net-royalty-acres-vs-net-mineral-acres/25639

In selling 2.5 NMA, subject to an existing 3/16 lease, someone recommended basing the value on net royalty acres. Can anyone explain what that means?

03/09/2019

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03/16/2018

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03/16/2018

It is hard to imagine a more effective means of slowing the nascent oil and gas drilling boom in the United States than to artificially increase the price for steel via import tariffs.

No industry is more reliant on steel than oil and gas. But the benefits derived by the industry from the recent tax cut bill alone -- not to mention the myriad other policy decisions made by the administration -- would far outweigh the negative impacts from the tariffs threatened by the president.

03/16/2018

The Bakken oil & gas boom has benefited thousands of mineral rights owners through payment of royalties over the last few years. Real Property records information for landowners throughout the Bakken Shale can be found at the county courthouses listed on our page.

Bakken Shale Area Courthouses --  Real Property Records for the Bakken Area --  The Bakken oil & gas boom has benefited thousands of mineral rights owners through payment of royalties over the last few years. Real Property records information for landowners throughout the

03/15/2018

The refinery, known as U.S. Oil, needs a capital infusion to pursue additional projects, including plans to expand into renewable energy, one of the people said.

TrailStone Group, a start-up commodity merchant backed by private equity firm Riverstone Holdings LLC, has retained Tudor Pickering & Holt to sell or find strategic alternatives for its Tacoma, Washington refinery, two people familiar with the transaction said on Thursday.

03/15/2018

CERAWeek: North American Shale Growth Faces Setbacks Despite Rise

CERAWeek panel discusses the factors that will both elevate and dampen North American shale.