Blocker v. CHRISTIE MITCHELL & MITCHELL CO.’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. ““. . . Moreover, if there is a question as to whether the production from the particular well on the unit is a pooled substance there is likewise a question as to whether the royalties on that production belong entirely to the owner of the tract on which the well is located or whether such royalties should be apportioned among all of the royalty owners in the unit. Probably most of the lease pooling clauses in common use provide for separate pooling as to oil and gas, but make no serious attempt to define the two pooled susbtances. In the usual case this poses no serious problem since most wells can be classified with reasonable certainty as being producers of one substance or the other. But the occasional borderline well can be exceedingly troublesome in this respect, as, for example, where what is ostensibly a gas well also produces large quantities of oil and distillate. In general it may safely be said that as a matter of practical administration all of the production from an oil well, including the gas and distillate which may incidentally be produced from the well, should be treated as oil where oil rights have been pooled. Similarly, all of the production from a gas well, including the oil and distillate, if any, which may incidentally be produced from the well, should be treated as gas where gas rights have been pooled. In case of doubt as to whether the particular well is an oil well or gas well the parties should generally be guided by the classification of the well”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Skelly Oil Co. v. Savage