Thank you so much Bob, I have already jumped on this wanting some legal advise before we cash any checks.
-----Original Message----- From: Bobcat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Bakken Shale Discussion <[email protected]> Sent: Tue, 28 Oct 2008 10:22 am Subject: Re: Royalty Check This is just speculation but, based on what you have described, your grandfathers interest as passed to his heirs (you. your sister and possibly others maybe without a will) may be subject to a forced pooling order requested by hess to cover mineral owners tey "could not locate" and granted by the NDIC. If that is the case you do not have a lease. I believe the "traditional" terms assigned by the NDIC in forced pooling under these circumstances are no bonus and 1/8 royalty. If this is what happened and you can show that hess did not make a good faith effort to find you and offer you a lease, you may be able to set aside the forced pooling and get better terms for example, at least a higher royalty. I am not trying to stir up the pot here and this may be a misinterpretation of your situation and I am not recommending that you do anything except do not cash the check until you are told by hess and the ndic exactly what happened and you are satisfied with the explanation and the outcome going forward. Bob On Oct 28, 7:56?am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > The milk before the cow. > > > > > I just talked to Hess. ?Extremely helpful gal talked to me and she ?told me > > that it was a check from a well in Mountrail that my grandfather had a ?small > > ownership in the mineral rights from RS Nelsen. ?We were suppose to ?get a > > letter showing that we would be receiving this check and why but ? > > they sent ?the > > letter today. ?The check came before the letter. ?She was ?extremely helpful. > > > Mary > > **************Play online games for FREE at Games.com! All of your favorites, > > no registration required and great graphics ? check it out! > > (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1211202682x1200689022/aol?redir= > >http://www.games.com?ncid=emlcntusgame00000001)- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Bakken Shale Discussion" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/bakken-shale-discussion?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
