# Royalties or lack there of
**URL:** https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/royalties-or-lack-there-of/44017
**Category:** Doddridge County, WV
**Created:** [April 3, 2019, 10:26am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/royalties-or-lack-there-of/44017 "2019-04-03T10:26:43Z")
**Posts on this page:** 14
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### Author:  [@Glenna\_Kauffman](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Glenna_Kauffman)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2019, 10:26am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/royalties-or-lack-there-of/44017/1 "2019-04-03T10:26:43Z")
Can someone please help me to understand why Antero leases my family’s land in 2013, it has been drilled. I’m told that it is under Duckbill and McGill but we have yet to receive anything about royalties.
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### Author:  [@Jeremy\_Bruce](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Jeremy_Bruce)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2019, 10:43am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/royalties-or-lack-there-of/44017/2 "2019-04-03T10:43:37Z")
Could be a number of things. Have you had title run at any time?
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### Author:  [@Glenna\_Kauffman](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Glenna_Kauffman)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2019, 2:36pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/royalties-or-lack-there-of/44017/3 "2019-04-03T14:36:17Z")
No we haven’t. But there are quite a few of us that inherited this land. I know they have drilled. I spoke with someone from Antero in June and they said we would get a D.O. in 4 to 6 months. Which would have been between November and January.
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### Author:  [@Arnold\_L\_Stuart](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Arnold_L_Stuart)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2019, 2:45pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/royalties-or-lack-there-of/44017/4 "2019-04-03T14:45:37Z")
I was told by Antero months ago that they had to go back a hundred years into Duckworth’s ancestry to determine right ownership. This should have been done before leases were sent out “But” were not. You are not alone as I also signed leases, even received a D.O. and when did not receive payment called Antero.
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### Author:  [@Nancy\_Mosley](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Nancy_Mosley)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2019, 3:26pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/royalties-or-lack-there-of/44017/5 "2019-04-03T15:26:35Z")
Thanks for that information, Arnold. Good to know. They get in a hurry to drill when their equipment is in the area but sometimes they take shortcuts. Eventually things will get sorted out, and they do pay interest. At least that is my understanding.
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### Author:  [@Glenna\_Kauffman](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Glenna_Kauffman)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2019, 5:57pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/royalties-or-lack-there-of/44017/6 "2019-04-03T17:57:30Z")
Thank you for this information, which is more than I’ve gotten from Antero. I fail to understand how they have the nerve to drill before they even check ancestry and such. Honestly, I get a bit angry to think that a big company is making money off land that belongs to others yet can’t reach out and do their jobs to make sure the property owners are happy. Very poor way to do business.
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### Author:  [@Arnold\_L\_Stuart](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Arnold_L_Stuart)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2019, 8:17pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/royalties-or-lack-there-of/44017/7 "2019-04-03T20:17:13Z")
Glenna, I have several deeds pertaining to my ownership all with Duckworth name on them, that family had lots of land, just look at the Duckbill permit and you can see how easy it might be to miscalculate ownership. Better to check again NOW than find out later that you may not be entitled to $$$. Glenna, over the past several years I have had lots of dealings with Antero and they have always treated me fair. As Nancy indicated, eventually things will get sorted out.
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### Author:  [@Jim\_White](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Jim_White)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2019, 8:49pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/royalties-or-lack-there-of/44017/8 "2019-04-03T20:49:01Z")
Glenna
After the landmen do a title search and sign you to a lease and THEN the well is drilled, the lawyers will do a second title opinion. In the past I have been kicked out of a couple drilled wells because of some problem, but I was also added into a well, so…
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### Author:  [@Jim\_White](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Jim_White)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2019, 8:51pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/royalties-or-lack-there-of/44017/9 "2019-04-03T20:51:29Z")
Arnold
Did you get a DO on the wells near Nova yet?
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### Author:  [@Arnold\_Stuart](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Arnold_Stuart)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2019, 10:48pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/royalties-or-lack-there-of/44017/10 "2019-04-03T22:48:01Z")
No Jim, I don’t believe that I have any interest but give me some well numbers.
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### Author:  [@Jeremy\_Bruce](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Jeremy_Bruce)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2019, 11:05pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/royalties-or-lack-there-of/44017/11 "2019-04-03T23:05:12Z")
I’ve witnessed many times over leases get paid out and even drilled but title issues come through after the fact.
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### Author:  [@Glenna\_Kauffman](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Glenna_Kauffman)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2019, 11:19pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/royalties-or-lack-there-of/44017/12 "2019-04-03T23:19:27Z")
Wow who knew! Sure hope I’m not kicked out, lol. Although I’m beginning to wonder if we will see anything anyway. It’s hard to trust when it’s been 6 years without a word.
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### Author:  [@Arnold\_L\_Stuart](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Arnold_L_Stuart)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2019, 5:53pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/royalties-or-lack-there-of/44017/13 "2019-04-04T17:53:56Z")
Glenna, There are tools out there with info that eases the pain of not knowing what’s going on after signing a lease as you will never hear from (in your case) Antero. (1. WEEKLY REPORT (I CHECK EVERY MONDAY.)
### West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection
1. -downloads.wvgs.wvnet.edu - /BatchInfo/. Both of these will show you Well Numbers by County and a map showing Map and Partial No. that you can match up with info on your lease. It’s all a waiting game, in the meantime you can always call Antero hotline 3033576405 you may hear back OR??
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### Author:  [@MRFAdmin\_SV](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/MRFAdmin_SV)
#### Post date: [January 11, 2025, 4:41pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/royalties-or-lack-there-of/44017/14 "2025-01-11T16:41:40Z")