# Working Interest Question

**URL:** https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/working-interest-question/51410
**Category:** Law & Legal
**Created:** [September 23, 2019, 1:18pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/working-interest-question/51410 "2019-09-23T13:18:16Z")
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### Author: ![Jamie\_Wolf](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/977dab/32.png) [@Jamie\_Wolf](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Jamie_Wolf)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2019, 1:18pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/working-interest-question/51410/1 "2019-09-23T13:18:16Z")

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I invested in a well that was shut in a while back when oil prices were low. The operator asked to plug the well if none of the owners wanted to take it over. So they plugged it and sent a bill for each investor’s share.

This is the first plugged well I’ve been part of. Can you confirm if I need anything in writing to remove my interest in the well once I pay my share? I’m just wondering if there can be additional issues in the future, where I don’t want my name associated with it.

Or once I pay my share, I’m basically free of any additional headaches that may come?

Thank you.

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### Author: ![Buddy\_Cotten](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/user_avatar/www.mineralrightsforum.com/buddy_cotten/32/5079_2.png) [@Buddy\_Cotten](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Buddy_Cotten)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2019, 5:35pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/working-interest-question/51410/2 "2019-09-23T17:35:04Z")

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There can be other significant potential problems going forward. For example, a state ordered clean up of a toxic well site could run into the hundreds of thousands of dollars.

My best suggestion is to execute a release of the property involved and when you pay the plugging fee, you ask the Operator to hold you harmless for claims going forward. That might be a tough sell.

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### Author: ![MRFAdmin\_SV](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/e0b2c6/32.png) [@MRFAdmin\_SV](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/MRFAdmin_SV)
#### Post date: [January 11, 2025, 7:28pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/working-interest-question/51410/3 "2025-01-11T19:28:54Z")

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