The Life of an Oil Well: From Mineral Lease to Plugged Hole, Stage by Stage
How a horizontal oil well goes from mineral lease to plugging, when production peaks, and why the first investor check takes six to seven months.
Passive Oil and Gas Investing: 11 Technical Tax and Cash Flow Checks Most Investors Overlook
A projected deduction, a usable deduction and a profitable well are three different things. Eleven checks covering IDCs, K-1 losses, working interests, depletion, drilling economics and exit taxes.
Majors vs. Mom-and-Pop Drillers: What My First Oil Investment Taught Me
What the majors are in oil and gas, why operator size matters far more underground than it does in apartments, and the trade-offs of investing alongside large operators, from Lane Kawaoka’s first oil investment in 2019.
The Myth of the Oil Crisis: What 25 Years of False Alarms Should Teach You About Your Own Portfolio
Robin Mills, author of The Myth of the Oil Crisis, on why a supply gap bigger than 1973 hasn’t moved oil prices the way headlines suggest, and what that gap between crisis and mechanics should teach every investor about their own portfolio.