{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/596ee8b36b3475a168b0d8f5/6ad043a36203da9f28426ff0?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Oil & Gas Lifecycle: Leasing Mineral Rights, Horizontal Drilling, Fracking","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/596ee8b36b3475a168b0d8f5/1792033407516-7764d239-3ebc-4fee-bb91-f88c1e4aae9c.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>📚 Unlock the secrets to building wealth! My book and 12-module Masterclass cover everything I’ve learned about passive investing and creating financial freedom. Watch it on-demand for FREE: http://thewealthelevator.com/master</p><p><br></p><p>🤝 Join the Hui Deal Pipeline Club and get a one-on-one call with me to discuss your investment goals: https://thewealthelevator.com/club</p><p><br></p><p>The host interviews Chris Kleiman, Senior Vice President at Gulf Coast Western, to walk through the oil and gas lifecycle from leasing mineral rights to plugging and remediation. Kleiman explains how companies lease (not buy) minerals, negotiate royalties (often 18–25%), secure surface access and damages clauses, and rely on seismic, existing field data, and permitting to plan drilling. The discussion focuses on the shift from higher-risk vertical wells to capital-intensive horizontal drilling and multi-well pads, fracking stages, flowback, water recycling, production profiles (ramp, plateau, decline), and terms like IP and BOE. They cover ongoing operations (pumpers, monitoring, artificial lift over time), midstream purchase contracts at the meter, the importance of infrastructure, pricing dynamics, continuous drilling clauses, and why Kleiman prefers well-funded operators and proven fields for investors seeking IDC tax benefits and long-term monthly distributions.</p><p><br></p><p>00:00 Oil Gas Lifecycle Intro</p><p>00:47 Leasing Mineral Rights</p><p>02:43 Royalties Easements Paydays</p><p>04:00 Geology Seismic Planning</p><p>04:54 Horizontal vs Vertical Drilling</p><p>07:43 Pad Construction Costs</p><p>10:34 Spud Drilling Frack Flowback</p><p>11:57 Depths Water Table Basics</p><p>13:18 Production Scale Flush Curve</p><p>16:28 Investor Metrics IP BOE Logs</p><p>18:46 Oil vs Gas Mix Sales</p><p>19:54 AI Drives Gas Demand</p><p>20:33 Infrastructure And Market Access</p><p>21:27 Artificial Lift Basics</p><p>22:34 Rig Crews And Field Life</p><p>23:51 Monitoring Wells Daily</p><p>25:20 Water Recycling And Pressure Decline</p><p>26:09 Investor Reports And Payout Lag</p><p>28:42 Selling Oil Midstream</p><p>30:31 Plugging And Site Remediation</p><p>31:03 Fracking Terms And Myths</p><p>33:10 Oil Price Reality Check</p><p>34:29 Continuous Drilling Leases</p><p>35:33 Picking Safer Deals</p><p>37:07 Why Oil Investing Works</p><p>38:24 Final Wrap And Thanks</p><p><br></p><p>Connect with me:</p><p>LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lanekawaoka/</p><p>Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheWealthElevator</p><p>Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/TheWealthElevator</p><p><br></p><p>Lane Kawaoka is a developer and multi-family syndicator who owns 10,000+ rental units and is the leader of “Hui Deal Pipeline Club” which has acquired over $2.1 Billion AUM of real estate by syndicating over $200 Million Dollars of private equity and most importantly distributed more than $45M back to our investors since 2016. </p><p><br></p><p>Check out our Top-50 Investing Podcast, The Wealth Elevator.</p>","author_name":"Lane Kawaoka, PE"}