Back in May, my family was contacted by a contracted landman for Antero, regarding inherited mineral rights involving 3 wells in the Green District of Wetzel County.
5 plots had been owned by my great uncle, who had no children, and the rights were passed down to his siblings and their children. There was much confusion about who was related to who, and it was an involved process for the landman, but everything has been finalized via several Affidavits of Heirship which were signed and sent to the landman to then be sent to Antero for royalty payments, which was handled in August.
The wells have all been in production since 2021/2022 and we are not the only rights holders. I know that our portion of the royalties are in a suspended account. However, it is now December and we’ve yet to be contacted by Antero at all.
My question is, does anyone have a general timeframe on how long this process is supposed to take once all of the heirship information is sent to Antero? I know it’s a large company and they have a lot going on, because I’ve been employed as a contractor for them for nearly a decade now. I just would have imagined that we would have heard something from them over the course of the last 4 months, especially on wells with suspended accounts.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.