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How Oil Companies Pull More Money From North Dakota Mineral Owners
Oil companies are holding back a large portion of revenue payments to the people they lease drilling rights from, often with little explanation. But the industry has an outsize influence in the state, and public officials have refused to take action.
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“You Feel Like You’re Being Cheated”: Oil Companies Unfairly Take Millions, North Dakota Mineral Owners Say
Oil companies are holding back a large portion of revenue payments to the people they lease drilling rights from, often with little explanation. But the industry has an outsize influence in the state, and public officials have refused to take action.
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Aug. 15, 2025
Aug. 11, 2025
North Dakota lawmakers created a royalty oversight program. It has solved some concerns, but it has failed to address a major one.
Aug. 4, 2025
North Dakota’s mineral owners say companies are unfairly taking a large share of their royalty income. State officials have declined to step in to help even as other states take action.
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