Operator refuses to explain how they arrived at the decimal interest on the division order they wish us to sign. I only doubted it after my landman came to a different conclusion.
The land description as written on an Exhibit in the division order shows all the tracts in the unit.
The operator will not tell us which of those tracts have our ORRI burden.
The operator won’t tell us the amount of our ORRI (e.g., 4%, etc.).
The operator won’t even tell us something simple like the total acreage in the unit.
When I asked such questions, I was told to look it up in the public records ourselves (which is exactly what we had already done and why we questioned it!). They refuse to consider our evidence (old Oil & Gas Assignments) saying they inherited the division of interests as they are from a previous operator (and that they don’t have anyone to look into it for us).
Any suggestions?