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Question - John Thornton owns 320 mineral acres in Gray County, Texas. On September 1, 2019 Johnson enters into a 5-year lease agreement with Summit Oil Company ("Summit"), reserving 1/4 interest.
On January 1, 2020 Summit made the following assignments:
1. To Lyla Williams, an ORRI of 1/8.
2. To Denise Brown, a production payment of 5,000 BBLs of oil to be paid out of 1/5 of the working interests' share of production.
3. After considering the above assignments, to Juniper Oil LLC a joint working interest of 10%.
REQUIRED (Must show work in details) -
A. Prepare the decimal interests assigned to each party.
B. Assuming 30,000 gross BBLs of oil, calculate the number of barrels each party would receive.