Joint interest billing

Partner cost sharing that starts from the well, not from a spreadsheet.

Joint interest billing is how an operator recovers each working-interest partner's share of lease operating expense. WellsManager keeps the three inputs on the same record: the well, the cost, and each partner's expense interest.

Expense interest on every stake

Each investor stake on a well records a net revenue interest and an expense interest as decimals. The expense interest is what drives cost sharing.

→ NRI and expense interest per well
→ Changes kept in the record history
→ Investor directory

Costs booked where they were spent

Well costs carry the vendor, invoice, type, category, and quantity, with the Field Log record attached. The partner's share comes from a cost that already names the well.

→ Invoice number and date
→ Maintenance record attached
→ Workover cost report

The partner's share on the statement

The period operating statement nets each investor's revenue and expense share per lease, carries an unpaid previous balance, and totals what is due or owed.

→ Per investor, per period
→ Unpaid balance carried forward
→ Every line traces to a record

What JIB looks like in practice

The blog guide walks through what a JIB is, what belongs on it, and how small operators keep partners from disputing it. Start there if JIB is new to your office.

→ Blog: joint interest billing explained
→ Ask Claude for a partner's period total
What it is not

WellsManager does not generate a standalone JIB invoice today. Partners see their expense share on the operating statement. If you need COPAS-format JIB statements or AFE tracking, we are not the right fit yet, and we will say so on the call.

FAQ

Straight answers.

What is joint interest billing?

The monthly bill an operator sends non-operating partners for their share of lease operating expenses, based on each partner's working or expense interest.

Does WellsManager produce JIB statements?

Not as a separate document. Each partner's expense share appears on their operating statement for the period.

Where does the expense interest come from?

From the investor stake on each well, entered as a decimal between 0 and 1, alongside the net revenue interest.

Can partners see their own numbers?

Investors have a role that shows them their own operating statement and payment history and nothing else.

Related
  • Operations accounting Sales by tank, well costs line by line, distributions, and the operating statement, beside your ledger.
  • Division orders Decimal interests per well, scheduled distributions, and a statement that shows its work.
  • Operating statement Per-investor, per-period statement with net income by lease, built from recorded sales and costs.
From the blog

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