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Permalink Reply by Jon Williamson on June 20, 2016 at 9:09

Your ownership is established by the chain of title, which is hopefully of record and the lease you signed. When times get tough like this, operators find any possible way to cutback. I would send a demand letter to the operator requesting prompt payment on royalties per the terms of your lease.

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Permalink Reply by Judy darby on June 21, 2016 at 6:03

Thank you.  I filed a complaint with the fraud dept. of their bank over the hot check they wrote me, then I filed a Proof of Claim with the bankruptcy cleark for all five wells.  The May check and the June check have both cleared.

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Permalink Reply by Alamo on June 22, 2016 at 7:40

Jon Williamson and Judy darby,

When Samson filed for bankruptcy we (my brothers and I) all filed notices with the Bankruptcy Court advising and proving up our claims to our royalty proceeds. The Court approved our claim and effectively declared that production royalty is owned by the royalty owner(s) independent of the well operating company (Samson) and not an asset of the operator, so it is not subject to creditors claims...or at least that's my understanding of the ruling, so our royalties have continued which we are certainly thankful.  

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Permalink Reply by Jon Williamson on June 24, 2016 at 17:21

Royalty is never an asset of the operator. Be patient, you will get your portion of any production.

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