Josh Swanson, Vogel Law, gives an update on the Wilkinson vs. Board of University and School Lands involving mineral rights and payments in the Bakken and Lake Sakakawea.
Swanson also gives a brief history of the case, comments on the hundreds of millions of dollars in mineral royalties in holding and how the state has put the operators in a precarious public relations position.
Swanson also gives some context to how the state of North Dakota created the situation and what impacts there have been to his clients over the past seven years.
Swanson also talks football in the interview. In addition to serving the oil and gas industry, Swanson hosts two North Dakota State University Bison sports podcasts, writes a NDSU sports magazine column and hosts a weekly Bison Illustrated radio show.
