P.S. Martha. I have no message from you under my “J” symbol.
Thanks, soonerpe. You’re exactly right. Downloaded Chrome and it works fine. Too bad that I hate Chrome. But you’ve confirmed my suspicions about Windows 7 and I am, indeed, thankful. Have a great day.
Joe
Windows 7 is pretty obsolete now. Probably won’t support much. Sorry about that. I use Chrome or Firefox or Safari and they all work pretty well. Anything MAC seems to work with the forum. Glad you can see things on the IPad now.
Understood, Martha. Windows 7, like me, is obsolete.
So is my 1965 Corvette; but it has no computer in it, I can work on it when I need to and it runs like new. Windows 7 is comfortable and easy to work with.
Got my wife a new Dell two years ago to replace her dead Mac. We both hated Windows 10. Ditched it and I got her a new Mac, which she loves. But totally user UNfriendly to me.
Change ain’t always necessarily good.
Thanks to you and everyone else for your help.
Joe
We are not obsolete, we are like fine wine which needs proper mellowing!
I hung onto Windows 8 as long as I could since 10 was a disaster for me. Converted to the MAC world and never looked back unless I have to.
Glad you are functional now! Have a great new year!
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Joe, I am glad I was able to help. I still run Windows 7. I am able to access all info on the Oklahoma Corporation Commission website and the Oklahoma Tax Commission website plus a subscription service I use with IE. I mostly use Chrome for MRF and the daily crossword. Good luck.
Hi all, we just found out that we have mineral rights here and don’t have a clue as to where to start. Well, my wife’s mother passed 15 years ago and we knew nothing about them. About a year ago, Continental tracked us down and wanted to lease them. My wife did, and now we’re here. In the process of it, we found out that the company that had a lease with her mom did nothing to find us or anything. Well, for 15 years now, they have been pumping it out and have had no contact with us or anything, and now we’re getting the runaround from them and everyone that we have spoken to, and we don’t know what to do. So I’m been looking for some help and am stumped. We live in California, and that really makes things tough having to do it all by phone, so I’m hoping you all might have a little advice for me. She didn’t have a will, and we need to probate it first but don’t know where we must do that as here was where she lived when she passed. So I have been told I have to do it here and told it has to be done there and can’t get a straight answer from anyone on it. So I saw the post about probate here and wanted to know some more information about the probate and whether I have to do it or not and where can I get it done. The lawyers that spoke to her in California really don’t know a whole lot about the laws, oil and stuff in Oklahoma, and probably need to get a lawyer there, right? Now the other thing I wanted to ask about is all the back pay. Where do I go to find out about all that stuff and how much it is and where it’s at? Because the company says there’s $11 in the account now and there was a lot more when I first started talking to them. So any ideas on that because there’s like water wells on the property now and we really got no idea what to do. So if you can help, I’m really appreciative and thanks in advance for any advice you can give me.
Robert Verges, I just finished a probate in Grady County. Took about 9 months. I found Perryman & Perryman, LLP from this site. May help to have an attorney practicing in the county of your minerals. This website might have a name pop up http://www.occeweb.com/MOEAsearch/. I was told unpaid royalties from an energy company are surrendered to the state after 5 years and put in an account. Good luck with your journey.
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You can search for unclaimed mineral funds in the state of death and also on the MOEA Search. Use the state treasurer’s site, not any of those that state they will “help” you (they charge). You should also check Delaware, just in case because many companies have their domicile there.
If she did not have a will, then you will have to settle the estate in the state of her residence under their “Intestate” law. Then once it is settled in the primary state, you need to file a “foreign” probate in Oklahoma using an attorney licensed in OK.
If you wish to post the section, township and range, one of us will look up the wells that have been drilled on that section and then you will have a better idea of what past production you have missed.
Because your mother-in-law did not have a Will, you should file to probate her Estate in one of the Counties in Oklahoma where her minerals are located. There usually is no need to do a probate in her domicile state as only the Oklahoma laws of intestate succession will apply
Todd M. Baker
Not sure which one was drilled first, both show a spud date one day apart…
the BURTON 4 0506 11-14-23WX or the BURTON 3 0506 1-11-2WXH (looking west from behind my house)
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I would skip the home state probate unless needed. In Oklahoma the property of a non-resident can usually be administrated very quickly using a Summary Probate process. From the date paperwork is returned this can often be resolved within 60-90 days. It is rare that anyone has to actually travel to Oklahoma because the physical presence of an heir is unnecessary in uncontested matters. The attorney can make all needed appearances.
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Received a couple of purchase offers for Section 31/Township 6N/Range 5W. Anyone know of something in the works I have missed?
Hi Mary, thanks for the info. I will check them out. The well in question is the Hart 1-25H with Western Oil & Gas and it is in Section 25, Township 7 North, Range 6 West, Grady County, Oklahoma. (Pyle 1-35-25 XH Well) may be the name of the well too, I’m not sure, but those are the ones I have. She passed on 12/21/2005 and they have not paid anything to us since then. We received a letter from Jackford Land, Inc. wanting to lease with them and we signed a contract with them for Continental Resources, Inc. and they are drilling there now; that’s how we found out about it. Continental informed us about Western Oil and we called them and have been getting the runaround and the brush-off since. They have not tried to contact us when Pauline passed and we didn’t know about it till a little over a year ago when Jackford contacted us. So Western Oil has been pumping with no contract or lease since the last one with Pauline passed in 2005. I don’t know when the last contract was up and they won’t tell us or talk with us now. Pauline is half-blood Choctaw too; we have called the tribe and got nowhere there either. It’s been very frustrating to say the least. So this is where we are at and have no idea what to do and have no idea where to go from here being new to it all. We have now received a letter from Western Oil saying that we need to probate her estate and tell them they’ll have no more contact with us till it is done. So any help you can give us will be a godsend to us. I would like to thank you and the other members for the posts you all have sent us and we can’t thank you enough for your help with this matter. I hope that someone will have some ideas on how we can get this matter done and hopefully without me going bald from pulling out all my hair in frustration with it. So I’ll end this here and if you need any more info please let me know and once again thank you all from the bottom of my heart. Sincerely yours, Robert Verges.
Thanks for the info. I’ll check into it. Have a great day.
The Hart well has been online since 12/2004. It may be held by a force pooling or a lease, but since it is still active, you are held by the original instrument so there is an old contract. So yes, Western does have a contract. You will probably have to probate to get the back royalties. Mr. Winblad has some excellent advice in that regard.
Continental Resources also has several wells that go into 25. You need to get the probate settled as you have about eight wells to be concerned about here. Definitely time for an attorney to get this settled quickly.
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I have started receiving a small royalty on Section 4, Township 8 North, Range 7 West. Is there going to be additional wells drilled or was there just one?
What well are you getting royalties on? Okiejacks SWD 1-4? That is usually an indication of future wells since that is a water disposal well. You should be getting all the mailings for the COntinental Resources pending well. If not, come back and I will give you the case numbers and you can contact the attorney.
The well I am receiving royalties on is Eubank1-33-4XHM. It’s a split between Section 4-8N-7W and Section 33-9N-7W. Thanks for any help you can give me.
Unit I believe was permitted to drill in August 2018 a 60/40 well in Section 7 and Section 18. We have minerals in 18, 6, 7. Any information you can provide me on the status of the well would be helpful. Thanks.