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Another Lower 48 survival tactic: drilling zero royalty minerals
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Report summary
The continued drive to discover economic drilling projects in the US has led to a renewed operational strategy for some producers – drill the acreage where they own mineral rights as a form of competitive advantage against their peers. In this situation, the E&P pays zero landowner royalty, setting themselves up to generate superior returns to their offset peers. For example, the removal of a 20% royalty reduces breakeven prices by between 17 and 23%. New company structures could emerge to capitalise on this.
Table of contents
- Summary and background
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E&Ps owning minerals
- Perspective: Canada's strategy of royalty land monetisation
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Differentiated project metrics
- Case 1: Seneca over performing
- Case 2: Chevron performing on par
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Case 3: BP making up ground
- Detail on BP's early Haynesville activity: Wood Mackenzie North America Well Analysis Tool
- Actual activity outliers
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Merging two models into one tactic
- Appendix: Zero royalty company-asset files
Tables and charts
This report includes the following images and tables:
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Seneca breakevens exceed averagesChevron close to AverageAnother Lower 48 survival tactic: drilling zero royalty minerals: Image 3
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BP's early wells place its metrics below the current averageHaynesville permits grantedAnother Lower 48 survival tactic: drilling zero royalty minerals: Table 1
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