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Plain-language research for mineral and royalty owners making consequential decisions.
Nevada law treats geothermal heat as real property, not a standard mineral. If your family severed the minerals decades ago, you might not own what you think.
Arkansas brine fields are being repriced as lithium assets. We explain the AOGC's 2.5% royalty rate and why your actual check might be surprisingly small.
In Mississippi, ignoring a pooling notice doesn't block the well. It turns your royalties into a massive cost-recovery account for the operator.
Ignoring a lease offer in eastern Montana won't stop the drill bit. Here is how Montana's forced pooling laws turn your silence into a 200% penalty.
New Mexico law cut landowners out of a billion-dollar secondary market for recycled frack water. Here is how operators ended up with the rights to your water.
Solar developers are securing 50-year surface leases across the Mid-Continent. Here is what happens when those panels block access to your mineral rights.
Your Permian well didn't run dry. The state just banned the operator from disposing of the wastewater. How earthquakes are halting Texas royalty checks.
Indiana has one of the harshest dormant mineral laws in the country. If you do nothing for 20 years, your property rights vanish. Here is how it works.
New York banned fracking, stranding billions in Marcellus shale gas. Now, Southern Tier mineral owners are fighting back with a constitutional lawsuit.
How the Kansas Mineral Lapse Act lets surface owners reclaim your dormant mineral rights using a 60-day clock and a small-town classified ad.
Refusing a bad oil and gas lease in Ohio doesn't protect your minerals. It just gives the state the power to force you into a drilling unit on their terms.
California lawmakers are handing cities the power to ban oil production. If you own royalties under Los Angeles, your asset has a rigid expiration date.