Howdy, new poster to this blog. Great blog, been reading for months. Thought I'd toss this idea. ND gov't takes 11.5 percent off the top (ignoring any initial drilling incentives). Maybe ND should consider only taking 8 or 9 percent and give the actual surface owner the remaining. It might not help when the surface owner is an out-of- stater (such as myself), but it would help those folks who have 0 percent interest of mineral acres. The gov't already is taking the money from the other mineral owners, so it's only on the State of ND to implement this. And this would help distribute mineral dollars into the township that has earned it. If you want to be restrictive, ND could deny any payment to surface owning cooperations and or out-of- state owners. Or ND could reduce payment by amount the surface owner receives in royalties. Chew on that. ;)
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