300% working interest penalty-Eddy County NM

I have working interest in multiple wells in Eddy County NM. We did not know we had these inherited working interests until after they were drilled, therefore we are having to pay a 300% penalty before they will go into payout status. How can we reconcile the wells to see if we are passed the penalty stage on our own, without the assistance of an attorney? We are getting paid on some of the units in the same sections but not all. The other wells in the same sections (part of the same unit) are producing less than the wells, that are NOT in payout status. I feel that the operator is withholding the revenue due at this time.