My 2 siblings and I own equal shares of minerals in Pittsburg Co, OK (32-5N-4E). About a year ago Trinity put 3 gas wells in, and the way they are situated, we are participating in 2 of them, the May#1 and #2. The first payment missed the 6 month payment date by a little over a month. The next few months paid on time but there have been a crazy number of “adjustments” both paid and deducted.
We received 0 for October (should have been paid in December) and based on their usual pay date I am not seeing anything coming up for November (due in January). We have been trying since day 1 (both my brother and I) with a great deal of patience to communicate with these people. I do not understand how they can run a business this way.
We both inquired about the missing payments and he got one “vague” response about deduction for prior overpayment and my inquiry just kept getting “we have sent that to blah blah. Emails never have an actual name of anyone to deal with just “Owner Relations”. We all use EnergyLink to track our payments and the months with the supposed reversed entries have no detail on there so we basically have received no payment and no explanation for October or November.
What is the next correct step? They have all the power and all the info which is maddening. I need either the name of someone higher up, an attorney, or what? My last email went 22 days and remained unanswered and my follow-up got the “we have forwarded your inquiry to the revenue dept supervisor and will be addressed in the order received” response. Thoughts? TIA!
