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My Minerals Include Oil & Gas Rights – But what about Gold, Silver, & Coal?

Ownership of minerals is ordinarily limited to that which does not require the destruction of the surface to accumulate. Some states, such as Texas, use what is called the “surface destruction test” to determine if getting down to the minerals would destroy the rights, full use and enjoyment of the surface owner. Ordinarily the surface… Read More

May 18, 2009 • Oil and Gas, oil and gas royalties

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Dani, New Mexico

Russell and John explained the process and made me a great offer

Jack Texas

Thanks again for explaining every little detail to me even more than once.

Pam Illinois

Thank you for treating me fairly in this process. My family thanks you.

EdithOklahoma City

Thank you for taking care of this!

Lee, California

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Fast Fact:

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Almost 76% of France’s electricity is generated by nuclear facilities, as opposed to slightly more than 19% in the United States.

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Russell T. Rudy Energy LLC

Almost 76% of France’s electricity is generated by nuclear facilities, as opposed to slightly more than 19% in the United States.

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The United States is second only to China in coal production, and the fourth largest exporter (behind Indonesia, Australia, and Russia.

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The United States is the world’s third largest crude oil producer. Only Saudi Arabia and Russia produce more.

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The top sixteen oil companies in the world based on reserves are all foreign and state owned. ExxonMobil is #17, BP #19, Chevron, Shell and ConocoPhillips are #’s 21-23.

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There are more than 10 million natural gas powered vehicles in the world, but only about 1% of them are in the United States.

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In 2011 world-wide oil production was approximately 87 million barrels per day, 17 million (about 20%) of which passed through the Straits of Hormuz. Fortunately, most of this was destined for markets other than the U.S.

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Hydraulic fracturing (fracking) technology has been successfully used since the 1940’s.

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The United States is the world’s second largest natural gas producer. Only Russia produces more. However, we are also the world’s fourth largest natural gas importer (behind Japan, Italy and Germany).

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In spite of the shale gas boom, in 2011 the U.S. still imported about 8% of its natural gas consumption. The vast majority of these imports were via pipeline from Canada and Mexico.

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Over 42% of U.S. crude and products imports are from Canada. Saudi Arabia is a distant second with less than half that much at 17%.