Newfield wins royalty fight in North Dakota

A District judge in North Dakota has sided with Houston’s Newfield Exploration in its 2018 lawsuit against the state in a fight over oil and natural gas royalties.

Northwest District Court Judge Robin Schmidt ruled against the state which argued after a 2016 audit that Newfield still owed the state millions of dollars in payments, the biggest portion which went to public education reported the Associated Press.

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