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Guide to Split Estates in Oil and Gas Development

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A split estate occurs when the right to develop oil or gas deposits is severed from the surface. Therefore, one party may own the right to farm the land, build a house, or graze cattle, but another party owns the right to drill for the underlying oil or gas.

 

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