# Oil and gas Lease/ Re drilling **URL:** https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/oil-and-gas-lease-re-drilling/74526 **Category:** Law & Legal **Created:** [February 27, 2024, 2:36am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/oil-and-gas-lease-re-drilling/74526 "2024-02-27T02:36:27Z") **Posts on this page:** 3 **Page:** 1
### Author: ![Melanie1](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Melanie1](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Melanie1) #### Post date: [February 27, 2024, 2:36am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/oil-and-gas-lease-re-drilling/74526/1 "2024-02-27T02:36:27Z")
My husband died without a will. The oil company drilled a new well and moved over and re-drilled his well. Why would this happen? He passed in 2018 and is still in probate. I have concerns but don’t know if I should. ---
### 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: [February 27, 2024, 3:44am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/oil-and-gas-lease-re-drilling/74526/2 "2024-02-27T03:44:22Z")
Welcome to the forum and condolences for your loss. You should contact the operator by certified mail return receipt and ask what you and any other heirs under intestate law need to do to get into pay. They may need the probate or intestate order. Not knowing where this is, a general answer would be that the operator thought there were economic reasons to drill a new well and fix an old one. ---
### Author: ![system](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/uploads/db5755/original/3X/6/c/6c7c56608c843272ad6e3662ce9562a5956f173e.png) [@system](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/system) #### Post date: [May 27, 2024, 2:36am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/oil-and-gas-lease-re-drilling/74526/3 "2024-05-27T02:36:33Z")
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