I am a mineral owner in the NW Lawrie Oswego Unit in Logan County , OK. The unit is operated by OSO Resources. For 2 years we have attempted to get our NGL payments - OCC does not handle royalty issues - Attorney Generals office forwarded them a complaint in January and still nothing. Oil and gas attorneys protect the oil companies - (we have contacted several) I joined NARO in anticipation that they would have resources for mineral owners regarding this- or attorneys that represented mineral owners but they do not. Is the best option to find an out of state attorney, file a breach of contract??? File a lien? So so frustrated. Anyone have suggestions?
Have you used the preferred vendors list from NARO (part of your membership perks)?
What is the section, township and range so I can look up the unit to see if there is any NGLs to be tracked down.
There are only 2 attorneys shown on NARO- CCFF only representing New Mexico and Texas clients and the other was Frost Mineral Management - maybe I am not doing the search correctly ?
Many attorneys represent either oil companies or mineral owners, as there is a conflict between these interests. Just looking on line, there are OK attorneys whose websites state that they represent mineral owners. Or perhaps someone on this site can recommend an OK attorney. Just curious, but how do you know that you have not been paid for NGL? Some companies combine the gas and NGL into a single payment line on check detail and other companies separate the gas and NGL on the check detail.
I understand that some companies combine residue gas and NGL value into a single line. However, in this case, the operator confirmed the gas is wet gas and provided a plant settlement statement showing that NGLs are separately extracted, measured, and sold. My check detail reflects a price consistent with residue gas (Henry Hub-type pricing), not a blended price that would include the additional value of NGLs If NGL value were included, the realized price per MCF should be materially higher than residue gas alone. Based on the pricing I’m receiving, that does not appear to be the case. So my concern isn’t whether it’s shown on a separate line — it’s whether the value is actually reflected in the price I’m paid, and the numbers suggest it is not. If you can suggest an attorney who would actually help me, I would appreciate it.
If you have the plant statement, then it would show the sales revenue for the gas and NGL and hopefully division of sales went to operator and what went to plant (could be cash out of sales or more likely a percentage of production). That is what you have to review and compare to your check detail. Henry Hub is on Louisiana and It is unlikely that the operator would get full Henry Hub price at a plant in Oklahoma. Unfortunately the local gas prices are generally not available except by subscription. As an example of local pricing, Waha price in west TX was negative in much of 2025, despite positive gas prices elsewhere. This as been due to high volumes and limited pipeline capacity to plants, which is only starting to be fixed. The NGL values compensated for negative gas, but it has been very frustrating for everyone. I have not worked with any OK attorneys. When you find an attorney, hopefully you will be able to get a full reconciliation of the sales received by the operator without filing a lawsuit. You may have to hire an auditor to reconcile the plant statements and your check data.
Thank you—this is really helpful and I appreciate you taking the time to explain it. That makes a lot more sense on how to use the plant statements and compare them to the check detail. As I’ve been digging into this more, I’m also seeing farmout structures, along with several overriding royalty interests (around 2% of 8/8) tied to the production, so I’m trying to understand how all of those layers fit into the overall revenue and what ultimately makes it through to the royalty side. I’ve also noticed that some of the interests appear to be connected to parties involved early on in the unit, which just makes me want to better understand how everything is being accounted for from production through plant sales. My intent isn’t to sue anyone. I do want to encourage anyone struggling to understand their minerals to reach out to Pecan Tree Oil and Gas / Tracy Lenz . She is the most genuine person I have found through all of this. Still learning, but this definitely helps point me in the right direction—thank you again.
Tracy was the next person I would recommend!
Overrides are taken out of the Working interest owner’s portion of the gross revenue stream. They do not impact the regular royalty owner. Have you tried looking up your wells on the OTC (Oklahoma Tax site). They will show the transporters for the oil and for the gas. I have some of my gas revenue paid by the transporter and not the operator on several areas.