Recent court precedent will likely force judges to reverse an order blocking larger payments to mineral rights owners, but that may not spell complete defeat for energy companies.
(CN) — Energy companies fighting Arkansas’ natural gas royalty act met a wall at the Eighth Circuit Wednesday as judges indicated a separate ruling leaves them little choice but to clear the way for a law allowing higher payments to landowners with private mineral rights.
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