The Severance Tax Shell Game: When Your Operator Tries to Tax Your Royalty
Kentucky operators have a history of deducting severance taxes from royalty checks. The state's highest court finally called their bluff.
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Your Minerals Aren’t the Target — Your Pore Space Is
Received a carbon storage letter in Louisiana? Learn how new pore space unitization laws and H.B. 966 can force you into a storage project.
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11 on this pageOklahoma Pooling Elections: Understanding the 20-Day Deadline
Ignore an Oklahoma pooling order and the state makes a default election for you. Here is how the 20-day clock works and why silence costs you money.
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Pennsylvania Minimum Royalty: How Deductions Affect the 12.5% Rate
Pennsylvania law guarantees a 12.5% minimum royalty. So why does your check look closer to 9%? Here is how post-production deductions actually work.
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The 20-Year Eraser: How Indiana’s Mineral Lapse Act Takes Your Land
Unused mineral rights in Indiana can automatically revert to the surface owner after 20 years. Learn how the Lapse Act works and how to protect your asset.
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The 20-Year Fuse: How Michigan Quietly Extinguishes Severed Mineral Rights
Michigan's Dormant Minerals Act will wipe out your family's severed oil and gas rights after 20 years of silence. Here is how to stop it.
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The “Zombie Lease” Problem: How Your Minerals Get Held Hostage by One Token Well
Why you can't sign a new lease when your old well barely produces, and how to break the legal spell holding your family's minerals captive.
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West Virginia Co-Tenancy Leasing: How the 75% Rule Works
In West Virginia, if 75% of your co-owners sign a lease, the operator can drill even if you say no. Here is how the law works and what it means for your leverage.
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Colorado Forced Pooling Notices: Deadlines, Costs, and Owner Options
Ignored a lease offer in Colorado? You might be force-pooled as a nonconsenting owner. Here is how silence costs you money and what to do about it.
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The “Integration Order” You Never Read: Arkansas’ Quiet Forced-Pooling Machine
In Arkansas, silence is an election. How ignoring an AOGC integration order can lock your minerals into a deal you never signed.
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Illinois Missing Mineral Owners: Leasing, Notice, and Heirship
In Illinois, if you don't show up in the county records, the law assumes you don't exist. Here is how trustees and surface owners can legally take control of your asset.
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Wyoming Nonconsent Elections: Costs, Penalties, and Owner Options
In Wyoming, ignoring a pooling notice isn't a safe harbor. It often means you're electing into a risk penalty that diverts your revenue for years.
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