My oldest daughter was engaged this weekend. Apparently she was surprised as her nails weren’t done the day of … the tell tale sign I’m told! Two years ago I reminisced about my youngest of four leaving for college. It felt hollow. An event forced not chosen. It marked the end of an era, and…
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You may have wondering when you should sell your oil & gas royalties? This is not a simple question. We spend a good amount of time answering simple questions … Why did my payments go down? How do I transfer my interests to a trust? What’s the difference in a royalty versus an overriding royalty?…
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Steve Smith, and his wife, Susan, are fairly new to the Chandler area. Though they have a residence in Tyler, the couple spend a lot of time on their farm in Chandler. While in Chandler, they do shop in the area, and are regulars at Wade’s for seafood. As members of Grace Community Church in…
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Here’s why Producers are Still Pumping at These Prices It’s easy to see how we arrived where we are at with domestic oil supply when you look at the production numbers coming out of North America’s shale oil plays. The production volumes are enormous in some of these areas. Take the Eagle Ford Shale for…
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The New Year is off to a strange start as much of the country is just now starting to feel like winter is finally here. Some parts of the northeast experienced record warm temperatures in December which have not helped to reverse the year-long downward trend for oil and gas prices. Natural gas is currently…
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The Oil Business According To Steve! Chasing Rabbits – Starting A New Chapter Does your mind ever wander? Do certain life events cause you to stop and ponder? Most of my working days are spent talking to oil and gas royalty owners, discussing selling oil royalties, and helping with an occasional oil and gas appraisal.…
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An article produced by the Dallas Morning News highlights the effect lower oil and gas prices are having on mineral and royalty owners. The piece also tackles some misconceptions about royalty owners with insight from Jerry Simmons, executive director of the National Association of Royalty Owners. Read the article here: http://www.dallasnews.com/business/energy/20150911-as-oil-and-gas-prices-shrivel-texans-royalties-are-drying-up-too.ece
The Oil Business According to Steve! Oil & Gas Cradle to Grave – The Economics In a prior blog we identified an oil and gas “prospect” … a location we think contains significant oil and gas reserves … so now what? Before any leases are negotiated, before any wells are drilled, before any oil…
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The Oil Business According to Steve! Oil & Gas from Cradle To Grave: The Prospect Recently I was reflecting on the complexities of the oil and gas business: seismic data, geologic mapping, oil and gas royalty ownership, horizontal drilling, production facilities, refining … the list goes on! “Why so complicated?” Well, it’s a high tech,…
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5 Quick Facts about Oklahoma Pooling Having your minerals pooled into a drilling unit in Oklahoma is very common and is becoming increasingly more and more common, especially for smaller tracts of lands. Here are five quick facts about pooling in Oklahoma. In lieu of a lease Pooling is the operating company’s remedy for obtaining…
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