Working Interest Explained: The Other Half of Who Owns a Well — and How It's Calculated
We've written a lot on this blog about the mineral owner's side of an oil and gas well — royalties, division orders,
Lease or Participate? How a Mineral Owner Chooses Between a Royalty and a Working Interest
You own the minerals, and a well is coming. At some point an operator hands you a choice that will shape the entire economics of that well for you — and
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Security Saturday: June 20, 2026
Security Saturday — the vulnerabilities, advisories, and incidents from the past week worth knowing about. Security * Hackers Exploit Gravity SMTP WordPress Plugin Bug to Expose API
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Security Saturday — the vulnerabilities, advisories, and incidents from the past week worth knowing about. Security * Hackers Exploit Gravity SMTP WordPress Plugin Bug to Expose API
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How to Get a Job in Oil & Gas with AI and Automation Skills
There's a particular kind of candidate the oil and gas industry is quietly desperate for right now, and it is not the best
The Stripper-Well Economy: The 900,000-Well Long Tail Nobody Builds For
When people picture the American oil business, they picture the wrong well. They picture a gusher, or a two-mile Permian lateral making thousands of barrels
Division Orders Explained: How Owners Actually Get Paid (and Where the Errors Hide)
A well comes in on minerals you own, and a few months later an envelope arrives: a division order. It asks you to certify your
The Unleased-Owner Trap: How Texas Drills Your Minerals Without Your Signature
Most mineral owners believe something reassuring and slightly wrong: that nobody can produce oil and gas from under their land unless they sign a lease.
What PVT Actually Is — And How Getting It Wrong Quietly Breaks Everything Downstream
Ask a room of non-engineers what determines how much oil a field will produce and they'll say something about the size of the
Force-Fit vs Auto-Fit: Why "AI" Decline Curves Overstate Your Reserves
There is a specific, well-documented way to make an oil or gas well look more valuable than it is, and it hides inside one innocent-looking