# Negative Royalty Payments? How?

**URL:** https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/negative-royalty-payments-how/64035
**Category:** Reeves County, TX
**Created:** [November 23, 2021, 6:42pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/negative-royalty-payments-how/64035 "2021-11-23T18:42:44Z")
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### Author: ![NativeDancer](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/user_avatar/www.mineralrightsforum.com/nativedancer/32/13004_2.png) [@NativeDancer](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/NativeDancer)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2021, 6:42pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/negative-royalty-payments-how/64035/1 "2021-11-23T18:42:44Z")

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I’ve just reviewed my relative’s recent royalty statement from Oxy that reflected a much lower (~1000% lower) total royalty payment versus last month’s statement. What I found is that several wells that have been major sources for royalty payments for over a year suddenly are shown with negative revenue values. I’m curious, how does such a thing occur?

Thank you in advance for any help and wisdom that may be available on the matter.

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### Author: ![M\_Barnes](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/user_avatar/www.mineralrightsforum.com/m_barnes/32/10942_2.png) [@M\_Barnes](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/M_Barnes)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2021, 9:48pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/negative-royalty-payments-how/64035/2 "2021-11-23T21:48:02Z")

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It is possible. Occasionally, companies will do an audit that will show errors in payment to the mineral owners. There can be a variety of reasons for the audit. New owners were found, errors in math, back calculations of oil to gas ratios, pricing errors, etc.

NARO did a very good webinar on that topic a few months ago. It was from OK NARO, but the concepts are the same and it was quite informative. Non-members of NARO can listen for a fee. NARO members can listen for free. You can find it on their website. [www.naro-us.org](http://www.naro-us.org).

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### Author: ![system](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/uploads/db5755/original/3X/6/c/6c7c56608c843272ad6e3662ce9562a5956f173e.png) [@system](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 21, 2022, 6:42pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/negative-royalty-payments-how/64035/3 "2022-02-21T18:42:48Z")

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