Are oil, natural gas and other resources in the United States private? How do oil companies get the right to exploit oil in a certain area?

Resources such as oil and natural gas in the United States are privately owned if they are under private land. Most of the land in the United States is private land, and the ownership here includes the right to exploit underground resources and the right to build houses on the ground. So the resources under those private lands are really private, and they can be obtained as long as the oil companies pay a good price.

The United States was originally a British colony. As early as17th century, when the British colonial government sold land to immigrants, it sold everything under the land, such as minerals. This law has continued to this day, and the most popular real estate ownership in the United States is called "simple real estate".

In this English proper noun, "fee" is transformed from "fief". In the past, the British royal family gave land to ministers, and the blocked people had absolute rights to the land. Therefore, when buying and selling real estate, as long as the "land property right" is marked, the owner has the ownership of all the land on the surface and underground.

Most houses in the United States are sold together with the ownership of the land where they are located, and they also take the form of "land property rights". If it is a single-family or townhouse, it will indicate the land area it owns; If it is a high-rise apartment, all the owners own the land of the building.

It should be pointed out that although both the surface and underground of the land are owned by the owner, it does not necessarily mean that the owner of the surface or the owner of the underground resources is the same owner. How do you say this? Because the owner who owns the surface and underground property can choose to sell the surface property and underground resources to different people, if so, then the person who buys the surface property or underground resources can only own the part of the property he bought.

Many people in many parts of the United States have become rich overnight because of the discovery of oil and gas mineral resources on private land. Most owners will choose to sell the ownership of underground resources or charge the franchise fee.

In recent ten years, due to the exploitation of shale oil, in areas with more shale oil, such as Pennsylvania and Ohio, many residents allow energy companies to install oil wells in their backyards, and charge a monthly franchise fee according to the pre-agreed quantity. For these residents, as long as the oil well is located in their backyard, they can get a lot of income.

According to the estimation of the National Association of Royal Owners, about 654.38+02 million landowners in the United States have obtained royalties for exploiting mineral resources such as oil and natural gas on their land.