Kyle, I was told by the landman who was instrumental in our lease with Noble Energy that we should arrange to get the mineral rights appraised for taxes to make sure they are in our names and not lost in a tax lien sale. How is this done? I was under the impression that until oil or gas production started, there was no property tax involved. At least, that has been our experience with our holdings in Jackson County WV. Thanks for any insight you might provide us.

Richard Phillips

Kyle, thanks to your good and encouraging words and those of my local Mississippi attorney friend, my sister and brother and I accepted a negotiation for $3000/acre and 16.75% royalties with no deductions. We are in the process of getting leases signed and notarized. Things are looking good.

   Hi Kyle, My brother and I are in a unit in Wetzel co  with CHK  we redeemed another 1/40  interest in 36 acres, they are telling us we need a deed . Do you know if we have ,to record  the redemption papers to act as a deed, or do you work in this area.

       Thanks 

I dropped out of the group last summer. Antero agreed to a lease containing most of my addenda. I had been dealing with the O&G companies for about 3 years before anyone was willing to offer me a "good" lease. I think they were having a hard time  signing people in the western part of the county because a substantial number of landowners were aligned with the Middle Island group. They had to "sweeten the pot" so to speak, in order to get people to sign.