The Freehold Owners Association

The primary purpose of the information in this web site is to inform and educate owners of freehold mineral rights on issues affecting freehold mineral ownership. FHOA has designed the site to help you more fully understand

WHAT YOU OWN
(“Privately Held Subsurface Hydrocarbons”,
“Ownership of Oil and Gas”, “About Oil and Gas”)

THE PROBLEMS THAT YOU AND OTHER FREEHOLD OWNERS FACE
(“The Plight of Freehold Owners”, “FHOA’s Concerns”)

YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE OIL COMPANY THAT LEASES YOUR MINERAL RIGHTS
(“The Development of the Freehold Lease”,
“The Freehold Owner-Lessor / Oil Company-Lessee Relationship”,
“Conflicts Between Oil Company-Lessees and Freehold Owner-Lessors”)

THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS IN FREEHOLD LEASE AGREEMENTS
(“Introduction to Your Lease”, “Understanding Your Lease Agreement”)

If you have questions or concerns regarding your mineral interests, the Freehold Owners Association is someone you can contact.

If your mineral interests are not currently leased or your existing lease agreement is about to expire, FHOA can provide you with education and information to help you evaluate the terms and conditions in the lease agreements currently being used by most oil companies and their land agents, and to help you negotiate fair and reasonable terms in any new lease of your minerals (“FHOA Seminars”, “Newsletters”, “CAPL Leases”, “CAPL 99 - Suggested Modifications”, “CAPL 91 - Suggested Modifications”).

If you want current information on well and land activity in the immediate vicinity of your mineral rights to help you negotiate a new lease agreement, the Freehold Owners Association can provide members with this information for a modest fee (“Technical Information Request”).

If your mineral interests are currently leased, FHOA can provide you with education and information to help you to determine whether your oil company-lessee is complying with the terms and conditions in your lease agreement and to decide what to do if the company is not (“FHOA Seminars”, “Newsletters”, “Understanding Your Lease Agreement”). If you wish to obtain current information on the geological zones penetrated in, and the production from, wells on, or in the immediate vicinity of, your mineral interests to protect your mineral interests from possible drainage or to monitor production from wells on your lands, FHOA can provide this information to you “Technical Information Request”).

Perhaps most importantly, FHOA can help you by providing you and other freeholders with a common voice in expressing the legitimate concerns of freehold owners to the oil and gas industry, industry regulators and governments, and in seeking fairer treatment for all freehold owners (see “A Common Voice”).

IF YOU FIND THE INFORMATION IN THIS WEB SITE USEFUL, JOIN FHOA. FREEHOLD OWNERS HAVE BEEN TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF FOR TOO LONG. FHOA’S $50 FOR ONE YEAR; $135 FOR THREE MEMBERSHIP FEE IS A SMALL PRICE TO PAY TO HELP US HELP YOU.

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