Hi so we are dealing with the same issue. The only sense I can make of it is operators/leasee on wells are taking out deductions ten fold and not going by original leases. Hoping no one is paying attention and if you question it they just throw something at you wanting you to just be fine with it. Then someone comes and offers to buy them. Hoping you’ll just throw your hands up and sell because they are taken so much.
So I see no good sense in what they are doing and honestly the way I see it is people should pay attention and question them about it. Unless you has a royalty owners/ lessor of mineral rights like getting paid so little and then paying taxes along with all the time and effort you personally put in.
Just my thoughts