Oil and Gas Producing Activities (Details)	Mar. 31, 2020 well MBbls	Dec. 31, 2019 well MBbls
Extractive Industries [Abstract]
Share of oil and gas produced (in barrel) \| MBbls	16,500	13,700
Number of DUC wells (in wells) \| well	597	486

The total number of oil and gas wells that have been drilled by no yet completed, where the trust has royalty interest.

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