Producers 88 – Texas - Paid Up/Pooling
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OIL, GAS, AND MINERAL LEASE
THIS LEASE is made and entered into to be effective _____, deemed the Effective Date, between
_____, referred to as Lessor, (whether one or more), whose address is _____, and, _____, referred to as Lessee,
whose address is _____.
1. Lessor, in consideration of Ten Dollars and other valuable consideration ($10.00 & OVC), the receipt
and sufficiency of which is acknowledged, and for the royalties reserved in this Lease, GRANTS, LEASES, and
LETS the lands described below, exclusively to Lessee, for the purpose of exploring, drilling, producing and
owning, oil, gas, and all other minerals produced with them, and conducting all activities necessary or
reasonably incident to the exploration for, operations in search of, and production of oil, gas, and other
minerals. The lands subject to this Lease (referred to as the “Land” or the “Leased Premises”) are located in
_____ County, Texas, and are described as follows:
NOTICE OF CONFIDENTIALITY RIGHTS: IF YOU ARE A NATURAL PERSON, YOU MAY
REMOVE OR STRIKE ANY OF THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION FROM THIS INSTRUMENT
BEFORE IT IS FILED FOR RECORD IN THE PUBLIC RECORDS: YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY
NUMBER OR YOUR DRIVER’S LICENSE NUMBER.
This Lease also covers and includes, in addition to the described Leased Premises, land, if any, contiguous or
adjacent to or adjoining the Leased Premises and: (a) owned or claimed by Lessor by limitation, prescription,
possession, reversion, or unrecorded instrument; or, (b) which Lessor has a preferential right or option to
acquire. Lessor agrees to execute any supplemental instrument requested by Lessee for a more complete or
accurate description of the Leased Premises. For the purpose of determining the amount of any bonus or other
payments provided for in this Lease, the Land shall be deemed to contain _____ acres, whether actually contain
more or less. A recital of acreage in any tract shall be deemed to be the true acreage in a described tract. Lessor
accepts the bonus as lump sum consideration for this Lease and all rights and options it provides.
2. This is a Paid-Up Lease. No payments are due under this Lease during the Primary Term, except for the
payment of royalties. Unless sooner terminated or longer kept in force under any other of its provisions, this
Lease shall remain in force for a term of _____ from the Effective Date stated above (the “Primary Term”), and
as long thereafter as operations, as defined in this Lease, are conducted on the Land with no cessation for more
than ninety (90) consecutive days, or this Lease is maintained by any of its other provisions. If, at the end of the
Primary Term Lessee has drilled and abandoned a well on the Leased Premises, or lands pooled with it, this
Lease shall not terminate at the end of the Primary Term, if Lessee, within 180 days of the end of the Primary
Term, commences additional operations on the Leased Premises, or lands pooled with it, which operations shall
be deemed operations during the Primary Term of this Lease and serve to maintain it in full force and effect.
3. Lessor reserves as royalty, and Lessee agrees to pay Lessor as royalty on oil, other liquid hydrocarbons,
and non-gaseous minerals produced and saved from the Leased Premises (the “oil”), _____ part of the net
amount received by Lessee for the sale of the oil at the time it is run from the storage tanks, or into the pipeline
to which the well or wells on the Leased Premises are connected. In either case, Lessor’s interest shall bear the
stated part of all taxes, and costs of treating the oil to render it marketable. Lessee shall pay Lessor as royalty
on gas and casinghead gas produced from the Leased Premises _____ of the net amount received by Lessee for
the gas if sold at the wellhead, at a location on the Leased Premises, or on lands with which the Leased
Premises are pooled, with Lessor’s share of those proceeds to bear its proportionate share of all taxes and costs
incurred by Lessee in delivering, processing, compressing, or otherwise making the gas merchantable or
enhancing its marketability. On all other gas and casinghead gas, Lessee shall pay Lessor as royalty _____ of
the net amount received by Lessee for the gas so sold, less its proportionate share of all taxes, costs of
transportation, compression, processing, treating, and all other costs of marketing. For all gas sold, Lessor shall
bear its proportionate share of all adjustments for heating content, shrinkage, and deductions for impurities. If,
at the expiration of the Primary Term or at any later time or times, there is a well or wells on the Land or on
Lands with which the Land or any portion of it are pooled, or unitized, capable of producing oil or gas, and all
the wells are shut-in, this Lease shall, nevertheless, continue in force as though operations were being
conducted on the Land for so long as the wells are shut-in, and Lessee pays the shut-in royalty provided below,
and this Lease may be continued in force as if no shut-in had occurred. Lessee agrees to use reasonable
diligence to produce, utilize, or market the oil and gas capable of being produced from the wells, but in the
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exercise of diligence, Lessee shall not be obligated to install or furnish facilities other than well facilities and
ordinary lease facilities of flow lines, separator, and lease tank, shall not be required to settle labor trouble, or to
market oil or gas on terms unacceptable to Lessee. If, at any time after the expiration of the Primary Term of
this Lease, all the wells, oil or gas, on the Leased Premises, or lands pooled with it, are shut in and this Lease is
not otherwise maintained in effect, Lessee may pay or tender, by its check or draft, as shut in royalty, an amount
equal to One Dollar ($1.00) for each acre of Land then covered by this Lease (the “shut-in royalty”) on or
before the end of each 12 month period during which all wells on the Leased Premises, or lands pooled with it,
are shut in and oil or gas is not being produced, sold, or used, and this Lease is not otherwise being maintained.
Each payment or tender shall be made to the parties, who at the time of payment, would be entitled to receive
the royalties which would be paid under this Lease if the wells were producing, and may be paid directly to
each party entitled to a payment, or deposited in _____, or its successors, which shall continue as the depository
bank for the parties, regardless of changes in the ownership of shut-in royalty. If at any time Lessee pays or
tenders shut-in royalty, two or more parties are, or claim to be, entitled to receive payments, Lessee may, at its
election, in lieu of any other method of payment, pay or tender the shut-in royalty, in the manner specified
above, either jointly to the parties, or separately to each in accordance with their respective ownership. Any
payment may be made by Lessee’s check or draft, deposited in the mail or delivered to the party entitled to
receive payment or to the depository bank provided for above, on or before the last date for payment. Lessee’s
failure to pay, or tender, or to properly pay or tender any sum due as shut in royalty shall render Lessee liable
for the amount due, but shall not operate to terminate this Lease. Nothing shall impair Lessee’s right to deliver
a release as provided in paragraph 5. below. In the event of an assignment of this Lease, in whole or in part,
liability for any payments of any sums which may be due under this Lease, shall rest exclusively on the then
owner or owners of this Lease, severally, as to the acreage owned by each, and the original Lessee, or an
assignee will have no obligation for royalties payable on production after an assignment to a subsequent or
successor lessee or assignee.
4. At its option, Lessee is granted the right and authority to pool, unitize, or combine the Land covered by
this Lease or any portion of it as to oil and/or gas, with any other Land covered by this Lease, and/or with any
other land, lease, or leases in the immediate vicinity of the Leased Premises, when in Lessee's judgment it is
necessary or advisable to do so in order to explore, develop, and operate the Leased Premises in compliance
with the spacing rules of the Railroad Commission of Texas, or other lawful authority, or when to do so would,
in the judgment of Lessee, promote the conservation of oil and/or gas in and under and that may be produced
from the Leased Premises. Units pooled for oil shall not substantially exceed _____ acres each in area, and units
pooled for gas shall not substantially exceed _____ acres each in area, plus, in both instances, a tolerance of ten
percent (10%); provided, should a governmental authority having jurisdiction prescribe, allow, or permit the
creation of units larger than those specified, for the drilling or operation of a well at a regular location, drilled
either vertically or horizontally, to comply with existing or subsequently established field rules, or for obtaining
a greater allowable from any well to be drilled, drilling, or already drilled, units created may conform
substantially in size with those permitted, allowed, or prescribed by applicable governmental regulations, now
in existence, or later enacted.
Lessee may pool or combine acreage covered by this Lease or any portion of it as to oil and/or gas in any
one or more stratum or strata. The units formed by pooling as to any stratum or strata need not conform in size
or area with the unit or units into which the Lease is pooled or combined as to any other stratum or strata, and
oil units need not conform to the area within gas units. Pooling in one or more instances shall not exhaust the
rights of the Lessee to pool this Lease or portions of it into other units. On execution by Lessee of an
instrument describing and designating the pooled acreage as a pooled unit, the unit shall be effective as to all
parties, their heirs, successors, and assigns, irrespective of whether or not the unit is likewise effective as to all
other owners of surface, mineral, royalty, or other rights in Land included in the unit. Within a reasonable time
following the execution of the instrument designating the pooled unit, Lessee shall file it for record in the
appropriate records of the county in which the Leased Premises are located. Any unit formed may be revised,
re-formed, increased, or decreased in size, or changed in configuration, at the election of Lessee, at any time
either before or after commencement of operations or production from the unit well. Lessee may, at any time,
at its election, vacate, dissolve, or terminate any unit formed, by written instrument filed for record in the
county where the Land is located, which instrument shall specify the date of termination of the unit.
Lessee may exercise its right to pool at any time and from time to time, while this Lease is in force and
effect, whether before or after commencing operations, completing an oil or gas well, or establishing production
on the Leased Premises, or on any land pooled or unitized with the Leased Premises. Any operations for
drilling on or production of oil or gas from a pooled unit which includes all or a part of the Leased Premises,
regardless of whether the operations for drilling were commenced, or the production was secured, before or
after the execution of this Lease or the instrument designating the pooled unit, shall be considered operations for
drilling on or production of oil and/or gas from Land covered by this Lease, whether or not the well or wells is
located on the Leased Premises. In that event, operations for drilling shall be deemed to have been commenced
on the Leased Premises within the meaning of this Lease; and, the entire acreage constituting the unit or units,
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as to oil and/or gas, shall be treated for all purposes, except the payment of royalties on production from the
pooled unit, as if it were included in this Lease.
For the purpose of computing the royalties to which owners of royalties and payments out of production
shall be entitled on production of oil and/or gas from a pooled unit, there shall be allocated to the Land covered
by this Lease and included in a unit (or to each separate tract within the unit if this Lease covers separate tracts
within the unit) a pro rata portion of the oil and/or gas, produced from the pooled unit after deducting that used
for operations on the Lease or pooled unit. The allocation shall be on an acreage basis; i.e., there shall be
allocated to the acreage covered by this Lease and included in the pooled unit (or to each separate tract within
the unit if this Lease covers separate tracts within the unit) that pro rata portion of the oil and/or gas, produced
from the pooled unit which the number of surface acres covered by this Lease (or in each separate tract) and
included in the pooled unit bears to the total number of surface acres included in the pooled unit. Royalties shall
be computed on the portion of the production, whether it be oil or gas, allocated to the Land covered by this
Lease and included in the unit just as though the production were from the Land. The production from an oil
well will be considered as production from the Lease or oil pooled unit from which it is producing and not as
production from a gas pooled unit; and, production from a gas well will be considered as production from the
Lease or gas pooled unit from which it is producing and not from an oil pooled unit.
The formation of any unit shall not have the effect of changing the ownership of any shut-in royalty which
may become payable under this Lease. If this Lease now or later covers separate tracts, no pooling or unitization
of royalty interest as between any separate tracts is intended or shall be implied or result merely from the
inclusion of the separate tracts within this Lease, but Lessee shall nevertheless have the right to pool, as
provided above, with the consequent allocation of production as provided above. As used in this paragraph, the
words "separate tract" mean any tract with royalty ownership differing, now or later, either as to parties or
amounts, from that as to any other part of the Leased Premises.
5. Lessee may, at any time and from time to time, execute and deliver to Lessor, or file for record, a release
or releases of this Lease as to all or any part of the Land or of any mineral, depth, or horizon under the Land,
and immediately be relieved of all obligations, as to the released acreage or interest.
6. Whenever used in this Lease the word “operations” shall mean operations for any of the following:
surface location preparation or maintenance; drilling; testing; completing; reworking; recompleting; deepening;
plugging back or repairing of a well in search of or in an endeavor to obtain production of oil, gas, or other
minerals; or, production of oil, gas, or other mineral, whether or not in paying quantities.
7. Lessee shall have the use, free from royalty, of water, other than from Lessor’s water wells, and of oil
and gas produced from the Land in all operations under the terms of this Lease. Lessee shall have the right, at
any time, to remove all machinery and fixtures placed on the Land, including the rights to draw and remove
casing. No well shall be drilled nearer than 200 feet to the house or barn now on the Land, without the consent
of Lessor. Lessee shall pay for damages caused by its operations to growing crops and timber on the Land.
8. The rights and estate of any party to this Lease may be assigned from time to time, in whole or in part,
and as to any mineral, depths, or horizon. All of the covenants, obligations, and considerations of this Lease
shall extend to and be binding on the parties to this Lease, their heirs, successors, assigns, and successive
assigns. No change or division in the ownership of the Land, royalties, or other moneys, or any part of them,
however affected, shall increase the obligations or diminish the rights of Lessee, including, but not limited to,
the location and drilling of wells and the measurements of production. Notwithstanding any other actual or
constructive knowledge or notice to Lessee, its successors or assigns, no change or division in the ownership or
the Land, the royalties, other moneys, or the right to receive the same, however effected, shall be binding on the
then record owner of this Lease until sixty (60) days after there has been furnished to the record owner at its
principal place of business, by Lessor or Lessor’s heirs, successors, or assigns, notice of the change or division
of ownership, supported by either originals or certified copies of the instruments which have been properly filed
for record which evidence the change or division of ownership, and of any applicable court records and
proceedings, transcripts, or other documents necessary, in the opinion of the record owner, to establish the
validity of the change or division of ownership. If any change in ownership occurs by reason of the death of an
owner, Lessee may, nevertheless pay or tender the royalties, other moneys, or any part of them, to the credit of
the decedent in the depository bank provided above.
9. In the event Lessor considers Lessee has not complied with all its obligations under this Lease, either
express or implied, Lessor shall notify Lessee in writing, setting out specifically how Lessee is claimed to have
breached this Lease. Lessee shall then have sixty (60) days after receipt of the notice within which to meet or
commence to meet all or any part of the claimed breaches alleged by Lessor. The service of the notice shall be
a mandatory precedent to Lessor bringing any action, for any cause, and no action shall be brought until sixty
(60) days after service of Lessor’s notice on Lessee. Neither the service of the notice or the doing of any acts
by Lessee aimed to meet all or any of the alleged breaches shall be deemed an admission or presumption that
Lessee has failed to perform its obligations under the terms of this Lease. If this Lease is cancelled or
terminated for any cause, it shall nevertheless remain in force and effect as to: (1) sufficient acreage around
each well on which there are operations to constitute a drilling or maximum allowable or proration unit under
applicable governmental regulations, the acreage to be designated by Lessee as nearly as practicable in the form
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of a square centered at the well, or in the shape as then existing spacing rules require; and, (2) any part of the
Land included in a pooled unit on which there are operations. Lessee shall also continue to have all easements
on all the Land reasonably necessary to operations on the acreage retained.
10. Lessor hereby warrants and agrees to defend title to the Leased Premises against the claims of all
persons whomsoever claiming all or any part of it. Lessor’s rights and interests in the Land shall be charged
primarily with any mortgages, taxes, or other liens, or interest and other charges on the Land, but Lessor agrees
that Lessee shall have the right at any time to pay or reduce them for Lessor, either before or after maturity, and
be subrogated to the rights of the holder of the lien and to deduct amounts so paid from royalties or other
moneys payable or which may become payable to Lessor and/or Lessor’s assigns. If this Lease covers less
interest in the oil, gas, or other minerals in all or any part of the Land than the entire and undivided fee simple
estate (whether Lessor’s interest is specified or not), or no interest, then the royalties, and other moneys
accruing from any part of the Land in which this Lease covers less than the full interest, shall be paid only in the
proportion which the Lessor’s interest, if any, covered by this Lease, bears to the whole and undivided fee
simple estate in the Land. All royalty interest covered by this Lease (whether or not owned by Lessor) shall be
paid out of the royalty provided for in this Lease. This Lease shall be binding on each party who executes it
without regard to whether it is executed by all those that may be named as Lessor.
11. If, while this Lease is in force, at, or after the expiration of the Primary Term, it is not being continued
in force by reason of the shut-in well provisions of paragraph 3., and Lessee is not conducting operations on the
Land by reason of (1) any law, order, rule, or regulation, (whether or not subsequently determined to be
invalid) or, (2) any other cause, or force majeure, whether similar or dissimilar, (except financial) beyond the
reasonable control of Lessee, the Primary Term shall be extended until the first anniversary date occurring
ninety (90) or more days following the removal of the delaying cause, and this Lease may then be extended by
operations as if the delay had not occurred.
This Lease is executed as of the date of the acknowledgment of the undersigned’s signature, but shall be
deemed effective for all purposes as of the Effective Date stated above.
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Lessor
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Lessor
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