Post by Logan on Jun 6, 2016 2:41:13 GMT -6
Supreme Court rejects appeal on flared gas royalty payments
BISMARCK – Legal challenges over flared natural gas hit a roadblock this week when the North Dakota Supreme Court ruled that a mineral owner’s lawsuit should have been dismissed.
But one of the attorneys who claims mineral owners are owed royalty payments for natural gas that was flared said the legal fight that’s now nearly three years old is not yet over.
“We’re not planning to stop until royalty owners get paid,” said Bismarck attorney Derrick Braaten.
The legal challenge began in 2013 when mineral owners filed 14 lawsuits against oil companies claiming they are owed royalty payments on natural gas that was flared in violation of North Dakota statutes.
Read more: www.thedickinsonpress.com/news/north-dakota/4047507-supreme-court-rejects-appeal-flared-gas-royalty-payments
BISMARCK – Legal challenges over flared natural gas hit a roadblock this week when the North Dakota Supreme Court ruled that a mineral owner’s lawsuit should have been dismissed.
But one of the attorneys who claims mineral owners are owed royalty payments for natural gas that was flared said the legal fight that’s now nearly three years old is not yet over.
“We’re not planning to stop until royalty owners get paid,” said Bismarck attorney Derrick Braaten.
The legal challenge began in 2013 when mineral owners filed 14 lawsuits against oil companies claiming they are owed royalty payments on natural gas that was flared in violation of North Dakota statutes.
Read more: www.thedickinsonpress.com/news/north-dakota/4047507-supreme-court-rejects-appeal-flared-gas-royalty-payments