You would be due royalties under the terms of your lease B. If B has retained the lease and participated in the well as a non-op WI, then A will pay properly and charge that against B’s working interest. If B has assigned the lease to A, then A will be bound to the lease terms. There is a lot of discussion on various threads here about adding ‘cost-free royalty’ language in leases. It is important to be sure that the entire royalty clause is properly written to make the cost-free language effective, i.e. not proceeds or market value at the well.
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