I don't need "free" advise in the order of "Hire an attorney" as I do not have the funds, or in reality, the interest. No one who may or may not be co-owners of said property has contacted me in the last two years (from receiving the first contract) to explain how I ended up with legal problems in WV.
As far as i am concerned the gas or what ever it is they want has been under the property since long before I was born. It presences does not bother me (since I doubt if I am an owner of the property anyway) so let it stay in the ground.
I keep repeating: I do not see $$$ like other people, I see it as a legal hassle. I am being taken to court because someone wants to give me "royalty" AFTER I help pay for a well, transportation, and storage until sold. That makes me a PARTNER and I refuse to be connected to ARC.
If someone wants the minerals under the property, don't send me a contract slanted in their favor. If they want whatever it is then I set the contract: AS IS WHERE IT IS. Collect it, pay me for the amount that is pumped out of the ground, and then remove their junk and equipment for the piece of property I am told I own.
With all the people on this web site and their "advice" it seems odd that none have been involved in lawsuits because they were a third party but find out they are the ones being held for liability that should have been picked up by the lessee, NOT the Lessor! I have been way to close to such cases for the last thirty years, I know what can happen. Wake up people! rcr2/24/2017