Landowners who leased their land to an oil and gas driller can make a deal with a different driller when the first takes too long to actually start drilling on the property, the Superior Court ruled.
A three-judge panel in Hite v. Falcon Partners said drillers cannot pay landowners delayed rental payments indefinitely in lieu of the royalty payments the owners would receive if gas or oil was being extracted from the land.
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