This is probably most important:
If your mineral acres are included in a spacing unit and a producing well is drilled anywhere in that spacing unit, your acres are now "held by production" if that well produces oil.I'm not sure if that has been made clear in early posts.
That is true. But it is not the complete picture. What is more important is that acres contained in the lease that are NOT in a producing spacing unit are ALSO hbp by the same well UNLESS the lease has a Pugh "clause". A Pugh clause releases acres in the lease that are not in producing spacing units at the end of the primary term. The Pugh clause is necessary unless the mineral owner's land covered in the lease is in one spacing unit only. Oil cos generally don't offer Pugh clauses but usually will include when asked.
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