Why would the operator buy my sisters ownership sent money overnight, no contact to sign for six months .received other half of offer six months later.with deed to sign.
You should ask this question of the operator.
Buddy Cotten
Well, I doubt that there was an actual "deed to sign," it was probably an Oil and Gas Lease. But like Buddy said, there is no way that we could know what the reasons for the delay were on the part of the operator. Maybe they ran out of money in their drilling budget, maybe they drilled a well nearby and were awaiting drilling logs to have an idea whether or not your well would be successful, maybe the drop in commodity prices scared them for a while, it could be alot of things.