Missouri Surface Use Agreement (Oil and Gas Operations)
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Subsurface rights usually include the right to oil, minerals and even water that's found beneath the land's surface.
Subsurface means in a well, or below the surface of the ground. Seismic surveys are used to find subsurface rock structures that may contain hydrocarbons. Directional wells can be used to drill multiple wells from a common drilling pad or to reach a subsurface location beneath land where drilling cannot be done.
An assignment of oil and gas lease is a contractual agreement between a landowner and an oil or gas company in which the company gains the right to explore for, develop, and produce oil and gas from the property.
Subsurface rights means the rights to all minerals, mineral fuels, and other resources, including, but not limited to, oil, gas, coal, oil shale, uranium, metals, and phosphate, whether or not they are mixed with any other substance found or located beneath the surface of the earth.
Concerning land ownership and property law, subsurface rights can allow a property owner to discover and utilize anything extracted from underneath a property without interference from a second party. Purchasing both rights for a property is possible.
The surface use agreement will specify what the oil and gas company or operator can do on the landowner's land in developing the oil and gas, where development can take place, and what compensation the landowner will receive.
A surface use agreement, which is also sometimes referred to as a land use agreement, is an agreement between the landowner and an oil and gas company or an operator for the use of the landowner's land in the development of the oil and gas.
