Ownership of the mineral estate includes five essential rights: 1) to develop 2) to lease 3) to receive bonus payments 4) to receive delay rentals and 5) to receive royalty payments.
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Surface Owner Rights
Except in narrow circumstances, the severed surface owner does not have the right to participate in or control the development of the minerals underneath the property.
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EPA Rules Unwarranted, Pose Direct Threat to Energy Security
AUSTIN – The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed a series of new rules that are out of touch with Texas programs that are dramatically reducing air emissions in the state, even as oil and natural gas production levels soar, according to Todd Staples, president of the Texas Oil & Gas Association (TXOGA).
VIDEO – What is Fracking
Watch the video below from EnergyIndepth.com to learn more about hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking.”
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Long-Awaited EPA Study Finds Fracking Has Not Led to Widespread Water Contamination
Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is releasing its long awaited, five-year study, which finds “hydraulic fracturing activities have not led to widespread, systemic impacts to drinking water resources.”
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Everly – How the Oil and Gas Industry is Using Technology to Reduce Water Consumption
Once considered hopelessly dependent on foreign imports, the United States has recently emerged as the world’s largest oil and gas producer.