We seem to hear alot about Chesapeke siphoning off alot of deductions from royalty checks. How are the other gascos treating their landowners? Shell , Range , Hilcorp , Chevron , etc. , etc.?

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Larry,

If you'd get back to me via email I'll get it out to you. It's kind of extensive, so I don't think posting it here would be appreciated. It's probably a good idea for us to be in touch anyway, since we seem to be gnawing at the same bone. My email address is:

cohendaniel64@yahoo.com

Dan

6%, that was only severance tax's leased with chk, gross at well head 18%. No other deductions

Thelma,

are you currently receiving royalties ?

20+ percent on a 12.5% royalty is pretty accurate for Chesapeake, but checks from 3 other partners in the production pool do not deduct except for tax purposes. My understanding is that Chesapeake is facing at least 3 class-action suits presently but will continue with the deducts until lawsuits are resolved. Our lease agreement speciffically addressed deducts in categorical terms that Chesapeake has simply dismissed. Not the greatest business partner's I'd say.

Chevron has one set of production numbers on the distribution statements for the first 6 months of 2013, and a totally different production number reported to the state (Pennsylvania) for the same period.  For a particular well in Greene Co., Chevron reported to the state close to 1 BCF in the first 6 months of 2013.  My distribution statements, for the same period, show only 302 million mcf. 

Either Chevron is overreporting numbers to the state, OR underreporting production numbers to their Lessors.  Which is fraud.

Anyone else seeing production numbers not matching as to what is being reported to the state??????

The last reply here was almost 3 years ago. Does anyone want to add anything about this? I am most curious about PA and Shell. I saw an earlier post which estimated deductions at 35 to 50 cents per mcfe and I wondered if that has remained the same.

CHK has been taking 61-63% of my royalties since at least Spring 2015.

Beaver County, Pa

CHK took 65.4% out of the royalties this month.  They have been slowly increasing the deductions as time goes on.  

Now that the state court has denied CHK request to have the attorney generals case against them for illegal deductions sent to Federal Court, maybe something will progress. Although, I'm sure this is the first of many stalling tactics they'll use as they continue to take the deductions. 

Swepi- May 16 15% Tioga Co , Back in the good old days of high gas prices it was as low as 4%. 

Anyone who was in a lease group thru KWG&D out of Canton can join the class action suit KWG&D has filed against CHK for abuse of royalty deductions.  

I have a close friend who signed a KWGD negotiated lease with Chesapeake, he and I are in the same unit and currently awaiting our initial royalty checks.

We will soon enough know if our producer is any more afraid of KWGD negotiated leases and or willing to deny the very accurate language protecting my royalty found in my lease.

I will be sharing all of this information.

Unfortunately they won't care what your lease says.

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