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Physical Sciences and Mathematics

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Series

2010

Land tenure – Law and legislation; Mineral rights; Motion pictures – Reviews; Right of property

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Split Estate, Thomas A. Ipri Jan 2010

Split Estate, Thomas A. Ipri

Library Faculty Publications

The concept of a split estate refers to the fact that owners of a property do not necessarily own the minerals and resources that reside under the property.
Debra Anderson’s Split Estate highlights the more damning aspects of this oddity by documenting how oil and gas companies are setting up shop on home
owner’s land. In some instances, oil rigs are constructing within 100 feet of people’s homes.