What to compare
- Each tract on the plat against the tract list in the designation.
- Each lease named against its pooling clause: unit size limits, formations, depths and any consent the clause calls for.
- Unleased tracts and non-participating interests, and whether their owners ratified.
- Tract acreage against the unit acreage, which sets each tract's participation.
- Amendments and re-designations, with their effective dates.
Horizontal wells
A horizontal well may cross several tracts or units. The permit, the directional survey and the as-drilled plat show where the lateral runs, and any recorded agreement shows how production is shared along it.
We are landmen, not attorneys. This page describes the land record in general terms. It is not legal advice, and every matter turns on its own instruments.