How would you owe money on a gas well that is not producing enough to cover the expenses for 3 years?
Own a working interest in the well and never hold the operator accountable / force them to shut in or plug it.
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You can get in a deficit if your lease says you pay a share of operating expenses. How do you know you owe money on the well? Are you being billed for the expenses, or are they withdrawing from your account (as opposed to depositing)?
And no operator is going to shut in a well if its in a decent area and give up their acreage, use the losses as tax write offs and dont even worry about it