Owner Relations Delinquencies

I understand that you are frustrated. The RRC has no legal power or discretion to intercede between royalty owners and oil companies. The lease is a private contractual agreement between the mineral owner and the lessee. The RRC is responsible for making sure that the oil company complies with state law and regulations as to the wells and facilities and reporting production volumes, etc. Most oil companies do their best to address inquiries about royalty payments, royalty decimals, well status, and other matters from mineral owners. Like most businesses these days, oil companies have limited number of employees and limited funds for hiring. Moreover, these days it can be difficult to hire people with the right skills and then it takes a long time to train new employees to be productive. A lot of smaller companies use third-parties to handle division orders, royalty payments and other matters and I would expect that creates a bigger knowledge gap. It is a problem for other industries as well.