My family was asked to prove Heirship from our grandparents to our father. But no one ever did probate on our grandparents, who owned the mineral interests originally. So we did the Affidavit of Heirship as asked by the oil company. We hired an attorney and spent a few thousand dollars to do so. Now the oil company says we need to do a full probate on our grandparents. However since there never was a probate done on our grandparents, we don’t know how to proceed. We did do the probate on our own parents. I’m not sure why there was never one done on our grandparents. Other than these mineral interests, there wasn’t really anything else of value from their “estate.”
We have been leasing to this oil company for years. And now that our interests are producing, the oil company seems to be unwilling to pay for drilling on our rights. We have tried on numerous occasions to get their Owner Relations to get back to us. They said they are 60-90 days behind in returning calls. But this has gone on for over a year.
Has anyone else had this problem? Or does anyone have a suggestion as to how to proceed?