Ohio's Got Energy: you need to protect your mineral rights
By Meredith Gard Ohio's got energy, and I mean that literally. Technological advances have made tapping that energy increasingly likely. Ohio has oil shale, natural gas deposits, and the Midwest has been called "the Saudi Arabia of wind power" by experts. In tough economic times, anything that brings jobs to Ohio is certainly an asset to the state. It is often a boon to individual landowners as well. However, mineral rights, like any asset, can be lost to a nursing home stay. The income from leasing the mineral rights, which...
Published By: Justia - Sunday, 19 February