Property Ownership

North Dakota mineral rights can be leased to an oil company under what is commonly called a(n):

ASurface use agreement
BOil and gas lease✓ Correct
CEasement appurtenant
DMineral deed

Explanation

An oil and gas lease is the contractual instrument by which a mineral rights owner (lessor) grants an oil company (lessee) the right to explore for and produce oil and gas. Common in the Bakken formation of western North Dakota.

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