MRP 354: Listener Questions October 2026
This month’s mailbag covers a little bit of everything; thanks to Alfred, Jesse, Dave, John, Dean, Frank and Gary for sending in a question this month. Questions range from who…
This month’s mailbag covers a little bit of everything; thanks to Alfred, Jesse, Dave, John, Dean, Frank and Gary for sending in a question this month. Questions range from who…
You spot a new drilling permit near your minerals, and months later you hear a rig came and went. You check the state website and see the well has been…
Oil prices that can’t make up their mind, a tribe finally getting the green light to run its own energy business after a 20-year wait, and some of the biggest…
Congress set aside about $4.7 billion to plug abandoned oil and gas wells, but by the end of 2025 only about 40% of it had gone out, and states had…
Imagine you inherited 200 mineral acres from your grandfather in Oklahoma, but you live in Arizona. Years down the road, you go through a divorce. Does your spouse have any…
This month's mailbag covers a little bit of everything — huge thanks to Phillip, Timothy, Jodi, Joey, Nick, Gretchen, Tom, and Bruce for sending in such thoughtful questions. From splitting…
Oil prices that can't make up their mind, a tribe finally getting the green light to run its own energy business after a 20-year wait, and some of the biggest…
Here's a message we get all the time in one form or another: "I never signed a lease. So how did I just get a check for a well I…
Can an adopted grandchild inherit mineral rights the same way a biological grandchild can? Will your Permian Basin lease ever see a second bench developed, or is one horizontal target…
A ballot fight in Erie, Colorado could unwind a $35 million mineral deal, an Arkansas court just handed royalty owners a win on post-production deductions, and oil prices are once…