By Wren Abbott
3/28/2011
State Land Commissioner Ray Powell filed suits last week against Exxon Mobil, Williams Companies, Inc, Yates Petroleum Company, Chevron Corporation, Texaco and eight other oil and gas companies, alleging they breached contracts with the state to extract natural gas from leased lands by failing to pay full royalties, "depriv[ing] the State of critical funds used to pay for public education."......continued.......
3/28/2011
State Land Commissioner Ray Powell filed suits last week against Exxon Mobil, Williams Companies, Inc, Yates Petroleum Company, Chevron Corporation, Texaco and eight other oil and gas companies, alleging they breached contracts with the state to extract natural gas from leased lands by failing to pay full royalties, "depriv[ing] the State of critical funds used to pay for public education."......continued.......
