Operator landmen + title attorney. The work gets pulled when operator wants to drill a horizontal well that crosses tract boundaries.
Identifying unknown heirs (the "missing 1.6%") is the most common reason a voluntary pool fails and goes to forced pooling.
Workflow
- Map every tract going into the unit
- Identify every fractional owner — including unknown heirs
- Solicit voluntary ratification from each
- For non-responding owners, file forced-pooling action with the regulator
Also called: pooling unitization · voluntary pooling · forced pooling · unit declaration
Closing this gap, faster.
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