# Continuing to bill for excessive expenses for a small production

**URL:** https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/continuing-to-bill-for-excessive-expenses-for-a-small-production/82511
**Category:** General Mineral Rights Discussion
**Created:** [July 22, 2025, 2:08am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/continuing-to-bill-for-excessive-expenses-for-a-small-production/82511 "2025-07-22T02:08:20Z")
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### Author: ![Heller](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/8dc957/32.png) [@Heller](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Heller)
#### Post date: [July 22, 2025, 2:08am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/continuing-to-bill-for-excessive-expenses-for-a-small-production/82511/1 "2025-07-22T02:08:20Z")

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How would you owe money on a gas well that is not producing enough to cover the expenses for 3 years?

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### Author: ![Kitchen](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/user_avatar/www.mineralrightsforum.com/kitchen/32/2666_2.png) [@Kitchen](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Kitchen)
#### Post date: [July 22, 2025, 2:35am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/continuing-to-bill-for-excessive-expenses-for-a-small-production/82511/2 "2025-07-22T02:35:55Z")

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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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### Author: ![galetime](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/user_avatar/www.mineralrightsforum.com/galetime/32/22051_2.png) [@galetime](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/galetime)
#### Post date: [August 20, 2025, 9:10pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/continuing-to-bill-for-excessive-expenses-for-a-small-production/82511/3 "2025-08-20T21:10:34Z")

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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)?

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### Author: ![Bob77](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/c37758/32.png) [@Bob77](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Bob77)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2025, 8:40pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/continuing-to-bill-for-excessive-expenses-for-a-small-production/82511/4 "2025-08-25T20:40:04Z")

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And no operator is going to shut in a well if it’s in a decent area and give up their acreage, use the losses as tax write-offs and don’t even worry about it.

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### Author: ![system](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/uploads/db5755/original/3X/6/c/6c7c56608c843272ad6e3662ce9562a5956f173e.png) [@system](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2025, 2:09am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/continuing-to-bill-for-excessive-expenses-for-a-small-production/82511/5 "2025-10-20T02:09:16Z")

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