# Lease breaking
**URL:** https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/lease-breaking/1981
**Category:** Doddridge County, WV
**Created:** [September 18, 2017, 7:06pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/lease-breaking/1981 "2017-09-18T19:06:11Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@George](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/George)
#### Post date: [September 18, 2017, 7:06pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/lease-breaking/1981/1 "2017-09-18T19:06:11Z")
I’m curious as to what the qualifications are for a lease to be broken on an old HBP well (amount of production per year etc…), any insight would be much appreciated.
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### Author:  [@WV\_Mineral\_Owner](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/WV_Mineral_Owner)
#### Post date: [September 19, 2017, 12:31am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/lease-breaking/1981/2 "2017-09-19T00:31:06Z")
George,
There are circumstances in which a lease can be broken in West Virginia, either low production or no production are two causes. I would suggest you contact an attorney that specializes in Oil, Gas & Mineral Leases, they would be able to give you specific information.
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### Author:  [@Stephanie\_P](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Stephanie_P)
#### Post date: [December 25, 2017, 8:30pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/lease-breaking/1981/3 "2017-12-25T20:30:58Z")
As far as I have ever been told is that if there is no production and your operator no longer pays you to retain the rights, then your lease is broken? I am not a lawyer and don’t play one either…but that is what I understand?
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### Author:  [@WV\_Mineral\_Owner](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/WV_Mineral_Owner)
#### Post date: [December 25, 2017, 8:53pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/lease-breaking/1981/4 "2017-12-25T20:53:52Z")
Stephanie,
You are partially correct. In West Virginia, two years without payment must transpire and then you are required to file a lease abandonment suit, it is not just a matter of declaring a lease voided. It is not a simple matter, I filed a suit in January 2017 and we are far from having the matter resolved.
Equally, you can file an abandonment suit when a well ‘Does not produce marketable production’. Exactly how that is defined seems to be different, depending on who the Judge is that hears the case.
Good Luck
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### Author:  [@Nancy\_Mosley](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Nancy_Mosley)
#### Post date: [December 26, 2017, 3:43am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/lease-breaking/1981/5 "2017-12-26T03:43:04Z")
WV Mineral Owner, is there a West Virginia law saying something about the situation when a well “does not produce marketable production”?
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### Author:  [@Lisa\_Sue\_Costa](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Lisa_Sue_Costa)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2018, 6:40am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/lease-breaking/1981/6 "2018-07-31T06:40:47Z")
So I have two working wells in Woodbridge and I can’t get any callback or a response or information about my lease and have yet to see one payment from gas or oil or penalty pay. I only hear that they are stingy for a little. I never get a real person on the phone. I need some advice please.
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### Author:  [@Lisa\_Sue\_Costa](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Lisa_Sue_Costa)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2018, 6:41am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/lease-breaking/1981/7 "2018-07-31T06:41:51Z")
I mean Doddridge.
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### Author:  [@WV\_Mineral\_Owner](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/WV_Mineral_Owner)
#### Post date: [August 1, 2018, 6:52pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/lease-breaking/1981/8 "2018-08-01T18:52:01Z")
Lisa Sue,
Who is the producer? Do you have any specifics of the well(s) - API Numbers, Well names, etc?
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### Author:  [@MRFAdmin\_SV](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/MRFAdmin_SV)
#### Post date: [January 11, 2025, 4:41pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/lease-breaking/1981/9 "2025-01-11T16:41:37Z")