We waited for months to see this well go into production but I guess that it wasn't meant to be . Wow what a big dissapointment !!!! Hopefuly they will come back and try again in the future. We would like to be apart of this big boom in some little way since we sure didn't get the big bucks for leasing.
Or the short version is it allows them to hold their leases with out the well producing in paying quanities. I quoted that from the paper. Keep in mind though Shut-in royalty payments are usually not much per acre.
Every lessor will be paid a shutin royalty. If they aren't then owner of the lease which is Chesapeake will loose the lease. The shutin royalty clause will be found in the lease after the habendum clause which is where the term is found. A clue to help you find it is the following words pay directly to lessor at lessors bank or home adress. This will probably be found on the first page of the lease near the middle. Sometimes however lessors will change the amount per acre or the amount of time the lease can be held by shutin royalty. This is usually found on the exhibit a or on an addendum.
Hope this helps
Hope this helps and please excuse my typing I am using a new cell phone.
I think you will find that "Shut-In" royalty payments are entirely contingent upon what you specified in your lease. And if you signed the lease the company offered, shut-in payments will be negligible. However, when you sign the lease, you can STIPULATE what the shut-in payments will be. For example: "$50 per acre per month" -- but that is negotiable.