This is new, at least for EOG, and represents a recent change in procedures with respect to who gets written mailed legal notices of forthcoming pooling hearings for wells on their mineral interest spacing. If you have a valid mineral lease, you will no longer receive a written notice of the pooling hearing before the case is heard in Bismarck.You will need to check the hearing dockets on the Web to find out when your spacing is docketed.Usually about 3 months elapse between the hearing and when royalty checks appear in the mail.
Here is the actual letter from EOG +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ In the past, EOG notified both leased and unleased owners in a given well unit (generally 640 acre section) of such upcoming hearings. However, several months back, we were advised by our North Dakota Counsel that EOG was only statutorily required to notify unleased mineral interest owners (in addition to other Working Interest owners), as opposed to such owners as yourself that had already leased their interest. Therefore, if you were noticed in the past despite having already leased your interest, then you were so simply as a matter of EOG over- notifying all interest owners in that given governmental section/well unit. That said, going forward, you will not receive notice of such upcoming hearings unless: 1) your interest remains open despite a "good faith effort" having been made to lease that interest, or 2) you elect not to participate as to your proportionate share of the working interest in the well/cost. Given that you leased your mineral interest to Strata Resources, and that the lease is now proportionately owned by EOGResources, and Whiting Oil and Gas, the upcoming hearing does not directly affect you; your interest will not be assessed a risk penalty, and thus you were not notified of any such force pooling hearing. Regards, Rick Feger EOG Resources, Inc. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Bakken Shale Discussion" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/bakken-shale-discussion?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
