Can a lease be done to exclude an existing well in the unit?

Has anyone ever heard of a lease structured to exclude a well already producing on a unit?
It would make sense for the landowner if the well came in and has proven production then why grant a lease that gives away 75% of that well. You already sweated out the hard part then the company comes knocking for a lease. I wonder what they would do if you proposed a lease on only undrilled wells from that date. The landowner could be umo on well #1 and leased on all subsequent wells. Just thinking outloud.

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Les, an allowable is established for a unit based upon well tests for the initial well in unit. Later on there may be alternate unit well (s) may be drilled. In almost all cases, if not all, the unit allowable is greater than the initial well can physically produce. At that point operator may request permission to drill an alternate unit well and he can produce the unit allowable from original well and any alternate well(S). Production from all wells is reported to Office of Conservation as if all production came from original well. However, the operator keeps individual tally of production from each well and this is the basis they use to pay landowners.
Aubrey, yes I am very familiar with alternate wells. That goes back to my days as a reservoir engineer for the Arkana & Springhill Fields. As you know the individual well production would likely be an allocation of unit measured production based on occasional well tests.

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