EOG Payment

Marcus, I meant what I said that comparatively I thought you were doing great. If you were leased to Chesapeake you might have even more deductions plus have your production sold to an affiliate for half price. I think EOG will take the better part of the deal but EOG still has a reputation worth protecting and intend to stay in business and are less inclined to treat mineral owners in a raw manner while Chesapeake hasn't known whether half of the company was going to have to be sold off or not for the past few years, they have been in jeopardy and trying to squeeze blood out of anything that produces, even if it was contrary to the contract because they need the money now and a lawsuit will be in the future, if anyone can afford it. In your place I would be glad to at least be leased to a generally well respected company. I agree with Mike in theory that a well established operator can add value to the deal that they might get a better price for the production, but they do not always do so, so it's a hard to quantify possible benefit. Marcus, your position may not be ideal, but I think it is far from as bad as it could be.