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Insights

Seasonal Weather and Bakken Drilling Permits
Weather is a practical factor in nearly every stage of oil and gas development in the Bakken. In North Dakota and eastern Montana, freezing temperatures, heavy…
How to export custom reports for mineral rights portfolios
Managing a mineral rights portfolio requires more than knowing where parcels are located. Owners, investors, landmen, and energy companies need to connect…
The Companies Driving Eagle Ford Activity Today
The Eagle Ford remains one of the most closely watched oil and gas regions in the United States. Stretching across South Texas, the play combines established…
How Acreage Size Shapes Lease Bonus Payments
Lease bonus payments are often discussed as a price per acre, but acreage size can change the economics behind that figure. A landowner with a small tract may…
How to Measure Well Spacing on a Shale Development Map
Well spacing is a central consideration in shale development, mineral-rights analysis, and property research. The distance between producing wells can help…
What New Drilling Technologies Mean for Permit Data Trends
Drilling technology is changing how operators evaluate acreage, plan wells, and respond to geological uncertainty. Longer horizontal laterals, multistage…
The best ways to search for leases by county and acreage
Lease research becomes much more productive when the search begins with a clear geographic boundary and a realistic acreage range. County-level filtering can…
How to Identify Pipeline Easements on Your Property
A pipeline easement gives a company specific rights to use part of a property for construction, operation, inspection, repair, or replacement of a pipeline.…
Mapping the Barnett’s decline: lessons for other shale plays
The Barnett Shale helped establish the modern U.S. shale industry. Horizontal drilling, hydraulic fracturing, and improving completion designs turned a mature…
Understanding Overriding Royalty Interest Valuation
An overriding royalty interest, commonly called an ORRI, gives its owner a share of production revenue from an oil or gas lease without requiring the owner to…


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