We received a division order (as royalty interest) several months ago; it looked correct, and we signed and returned.
Last month we received a Working Interest division order for the exact same property. This was not correct; we are not. We did not sign, and I sent emails and called the company to tell them we are an RI, not a WI. As I found out through my calls (and an email string), “Prairie had sent a wrong deck to Sunoco” and supposedly sent us a whopping $10.99 as a working interest, even though we never signed that division order. Sunoco stated, due to “technical issues on their end,” they couldn’t take the payment; it would be better to have us pay back Prairie vs. Sunoco!!
Ok, I am all for being fair and stuff, but we never signed the incorrect WI, and am concerned about what I should do, and any types of situations like this in the future (for this company/property, or others).
My only reason to email the companies is to make sure that our RI is still in effect and that we are not a WI. It is really getting out of hand for this little amount ($10.99 WI - ? our RI), and it seems to me it’s their error that caused this. What are the legalities about this? Thanks for any input.