In that case, you have to review all of the assignments of any interest in your lease that have been recorded in the Upton County deed records. Start with the recorded lease. Then look for any assignment from the original lessee to another company. Is that assignment of 100% or only a smaller percentage? If the latter, then the original lessee owns part and the new company owns part. Is that assignment covering all depths or only partial depths? Then you need to trace the assignments from each entity that acquires all or a portion of the lease to see who owns what rights. It seems that Parsley is telling you that it only owns a piece of your lease. If you have a very old lease, there can be many assignments. You also need to keep track of whether an assignee has merged with another company or changed its name.
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