A division order is a document confirming your ownership of a particular property or unit. It also authorizes the distribution of funds according to your ownership decimal. The division order does not represent a sale of your property or any changes to your lease. When you sign and return the division order, you confirm you agree with the information disclosed in the document.
Federal law requires you to furnish your Social Security or Taxpayer Identification Number. Failure to comply will result in tax withholding, which will not be refundable by payor.
Payments are mailed or deposited electronically into your account around day 26 of each month.
Contact Ovintiv’s U.S. owner interest relations team at 866.917.3700 or email encana@ownerrelationssupport.com
The 1099 tax form is mailed out by January 31 of each year. You also can find your 1099 using the Tax Emulation on the Ovintiv’s U.S. Interest Owner Relations website.
You have been assigned a unique seven-digit owner number for your account. Please include your owner number in all communications with Ovintiv, including in all voicemail messages and in the subject line of any email correspondence. The owner number can be found on your division order, check detail or 1099.
To transfer your interest, you must provide Ovintiv the following:
If the decedent died testate (with a will) and the will is being probated, the following must be submitted for our review:
If the decedent died intestate (without a will), but the estate is probated:
If the decedent died intestate (without a will), and the estate was not probated, or the will was not probated in the state where the property is located, state law for where the property is located may allow us to rely on an Affidavit of Heirship.
To comply fully with the various state statutes, it is strongly suggested that you consult an attorney familiar with the laws of the state in which the property is located to open ancillary probate.
Provide a copy of the applicable portion of the Trust document that identifies the successor trustee, the duties and powers of the trustee, and the circumstances leading to the replacement of the trustee.
If an individual’s name changes due to marriage or divorce, please send a recorded copy of marriage certificate, divorce decree or other document affecting the name change.
Provide a copy of the recorded deed or conveyance document establishing joint tenancy or ownership.
Yes, payments are subject to prior period adjustments, either upward or downward. Adjustments on your check detail can be identified by a positive and negative entry shown under the “Owner Net $.” The negative amount will indicate what was previously paid and the positive amount will indicate what should have been paid to you.
There are many factors that may result in a prior period adjustment, such as:
Each state makes an effort to locate the rightful owners of production revenues, holding the funds until the owner is found. To locate and collect unclaimed funds, please visit the National Association of Unclaimed Property Administrator’s website.
Each state has abandoned property (often referred to as escheat laws) that require the reporting of funds held for its residents. Once abandoned property has reached the state’s required dormancy period, it is paid to the state of the owner’s last known address.
For your protection, payments are suspended upon a title dispute, an assignment of interest, notice of death, transfer of property or in the event of no known address. Keeping your information current can prevent this inconvenience.
EnergyLink can be used to obtain your Joint Interest Bills electronically from a free and secure website. You can register with EnergyLink for access at www.energylink.com.
For questions on your Joint Interest Bill, please email JIB.Accounting@ovintiv.com. In your request, please provide the Partner Number, which appears above the Company Name on the top left corner of the bill, Invoice Number and information on the question. The detail will allow us to research the specific question or forward your question to the correct team at Ovintiv USA Inc. and Newfield Exploration Company.
For owners that have expenses netted from revenue payments, a revenue check will be issued around the 25 of the month. This revenue check will show the amount of the deduction for JIB expenses. If you are interested in having your invoice netted against your revenue check, please email a Revenue Netting set up request to JIB.Accounting@ovintiv.com.
Please include the Partner Number, located above the Partner Name on the invoice, and the Invoice Number with your payment. If you are submitting payment for a different amount than what was invoiced, please include an explanation or provide a note in EnergyLink to document the reason for the difference.
Payments are remitted to one of the following:
Ovintiv USA Inc.
c/o cash management
370 17th Street
Suite 1700
Denver, CO 80202
Ovintiv USA Inc.
Citibank N.A
Account Number 30430896
ABA Routing Number: 021000089
Send ACH Backup to: ach.ach@ovintiv.com