Texas Mother Hubbard Clauses: When a Lease Covers Adjacent Acreage
You negotiated a premium lease bonus. But a hidden catch-all clause just gave your neighboring tract to the operator for nothing. Here is how to fix it.
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Texas Receivership Leases for Missing Mineral Owners
When operators can't find missing mineral owners, Texas law allows a county judge to sign a lease on their behalf. Here is how the receivership process works.
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11 on this pageTexas Retained-Acreage Clauses: How One Well Can Hold a Lease
A single producing well can lock up your entire Texas mineral lease for decades. Here is how retained acreage and depth severance clauses actually work.
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Why $107 Oil and Massive Permian Buyouts Matter for Your Texas Minerals
With WTI crude surging and operators scrambling to consolidate acreage, here is what the current market means for Texas mineral owners considering a sale.
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The Seismicity Squeeze: When RRC Saltwater Disposal Shut-Ins Freeze Your Royalties
Your Permian well didn't run dry. The state just banned the operator from disposing of the wastewater. How earthquakes are halting Texas royalty checks.
Royalty checks
“No Deductions” Clauses in Texas Oil and Gas Leases
You paid a lawyer to write a cost-free royalty clause. Your check still shows 20% in deductions. Here is why the phrase 'at the well' ruins Texas leases.
Royalty checks
The Lease You Never Got to Negotiate
How the executive right holder in Texas can sign the mineral lease, keep the bonus, and drag you along for the ride.
Inherited minerals
Texas Relinquishment Act Lands: When the State Shares Mineral Rights
Why your 'private' West Texas minerals might actually belong to the State—and what the Relinquishment Act means for your family's land.
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The Duhig Rule in Texas: Mineral Reservations and Overconveyance
A quirky Texas title rule can automatically erase the minerals you thought your family reserved decades ago. Here is how the math works.
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The Ratification Ransom: How Texas Allocation Wells Turn Your Royalty Into a Negotiation
When an operator drills across your property line and asks for permission later, your leverage vanishes. Here is the reality of Texas PSA wells.
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What the 2026 Global LNG Boom Means for Your Texas Mineral Rights
How rising U.S. LNG exports and Gulf Coast pipeline capacity can affect Texas gas demand—and why lease terms and well economics still matter more.
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When 'No' Isn't Enough: Understanding Forced Pooling in Texas
You refused the lease offer. Now the operator is threatening 'forced pooling' or MIPA. Here is the math, the law, and the reality of your options.
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