{"id":1025,"date":"2013-12-23T05:00:34","date_gmt":"2013-12-23T11:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agrilife.org\/texasaglaw\/?p=1025"},"modified":"2026-04-17T15:35:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T20:35:13","slug":"san-antonio-court-of-appeals-considers-royalties-from-horizontal-well","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/texasaglaw\/2013\/12\/23\/san-antonio-court-of-appeals-considers-royalties-from-horizontal-well\/","title":{"rendered":"San Antonio Court of Appeals Considers Royalties from Horizontal Well"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">**This article is not a substitute for the advice of an attorney.**<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Last Friday, the\u00a0San Antonio Court of Appeals issued a decision in <em>Springer Ranch, LTD\u00a0. v. Jones<\/em>, which involved the payment of royalties from a horizontal well.\u00a0 Although the case is fact-specific based upon a specific contractual agreement between the royalty holders, it provides interesting insight into issues that arise due to the use of horizontal drilling.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Background<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In 1956, a landowner held\u00a08,545 acres in Webb and La Salle counties.\u00a0 The landowner\u00a0entered into a mineral lease with\u00a0an oil company for the entire tract.\u00a0 Subsequently, the landowner passed away and the property was divided into three parcels, each given to a different person:\u00a0 Springer Ranch, Sullivan, and Matthews.\u00a0 Thus, the oil company then owed royalties to three separate persons, rather than to the original landowner.\u00a0\u00a0Each parcel had 2 vertical\u00a0wells located on the land, but the proration units for each well sometimes reached into\u00a0another of the tracts.\u00a0 Realizing this was a potential problem, in 1993, the three landowners entered into a contractual agreement amongst themselves regarding royalty payments.<\/p>\n<p>The 1993 agreement between the parties stated that <em>&#8220;the parties contract and agree with each of the other parties, that all royalties payable under the above described Oil and Gas Lease from any well or wells on said 8,545.02 acre tract, shall be paid to the owner of the surface estate on which such well or wells are situated, without reference to any production unit on which such well or wells are located&#8230;&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In recent years, the first horizontal well was drilled on the property.\u00a0 The wellhead is located on the Springer Ranch property and the borehole was drilled vertically, curves, and then horizontally extends crossing the boundary line between the Springer property and the Sullivan property, and ends underneath the Sullivan property.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1027\" style=\"width: 499px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/texasaglaw\/files\/2013\/12\/mapcolor.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1027\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1027  \" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/texasaglaw\/files\/2013\/12\/mapcolor-300x225.jpg\" width=\"489\" height=\"277\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1027\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The well is highlighted in green and the productive portion highlighted in orange.<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The Lawsuit<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A dispute arose between Springer Ranch and Sullivan about who should receive the royalties from the horizontal well.\u00a0 Springer Ranch argued that it was entitle dot all royalties\u00a0 because the physical, above ground portion of the well was located on its surface.\u00a0 Sullivan argued that because the productive portion of the\u00a0well extended over onto its property, it was entitled to a percentage of the royalties.\u00a0 The trial court sided with Sullivan, ordering that royalties from the horizontal well should be divided between Sullivan and Springer Ranch\u00a0based on the productive portions of the well on each of their properties.\u00a0 Springer Ranch appealed this ruling.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The Court of Appeals Opinion<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The Court of Appeals affirmed the trial court and entered judgment in favor of Sullivan.\u00a0 The court found that because the &#8220;well&#8221; included more than just the wellhead, it was located on the surface estates owned by both Springer Ranch and Sullivan.\u00a0 By defining well to include the &#8220;entire shaft or hole bored or sunk in the earth through which the presence of minerals may be detected and their production obtained&#8221; the &#8220;well&#8221; was located on the surface estates of both Springer Ranch and Sullivan, meaning that they were required to share royalties pursuant to the 1993 contract.\u00a0 The &#8220;well&#8221; as defined by the Court is highlighted in green on the image above.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Next, the court determined how the royalties would be divided.\u00a0 Springer Ranch argued that the royalties should be\u00a0divided based upon the percentage of the length of the well lying under each property.\u00a0 Sullivan argued that royalties should be divided not based on the entire length of the well, but instead should be divided based on the percentage of the &#8220;productive portions&#8221; of the well that lie under each property.\u00a0 The &#8220;productive portion&#8221;\u00a0of the well is highlighted in orange above.\u00a0 The Court of Appeals sided with Sullivan.\u00a0 &#8220;Production from a well, whether horizontal or vertical, is not obtained from the entire length of the well, but from the part of the well that pierces and drains the reservoir in which the hydrocarbons reside&#8230;.Royalty, as a fraction of production, is only obtainable from the part of the well actually within the [productive area].&#8221;\u00a0 Thus, the court held that royalties should be divided by looking at the percentage of the productive portion of the well held by Sullivan and Springer Ranch, which equates to about 1\/3 for Springer Ranch and 2\/3 for Sullivan.\u00a0 [Read full opinion <a href=\"https:\/\/www.search.txcourts.gov\/SearchMedia.aspx?MediaVersionID=04ddab8a-c993-44e6-893a-1189083630ad&amp;MediaID=5362818c-324f-4363-9ea6-c71deef199e0&amp;coa=&quot; + this.CurrentWebState.CurrentCourt + @&quot;&amp;DT=Opinion\">here<\/a>.]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Why Does This Matter?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Although most mineral owners do not have contracts similar to the one at issue in this case, the facts of the case illustrate interesting and complex issues that arise due to the use of horizontal drilling.\u00a0 It is important for landowners to understand these issues when negotiating and entering into a mineral lease.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>**This article is not a substitute for the advice of an attorney.** Last Friday, the\u00a0San Antonio Court of Appeals issued a decision in Springer Ranch, LTD\u00a0. v. 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