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Your well is producing, but your checks are stalled. Here is why federal bureaucracy might be holding your money hostage, and what you can do about it.
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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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