MRP 352: Mineral Rights News October 2026

What do carbon dioxide, a Texas ranch entrance, and a summit in Washington have in common? Each one could affect your royalty checks. In this month's news episode, we cover a start-up selling captured CO2 to oil producers, which could keep older wells producing for years. We also look at a Texas family that turned down a $21,000 pipeline offer and won a $7 million jury verdict, and at why new pipelines could end the negative gas prices West Texas royalty owners have been seeing. Then we discuss President Xi's visit to Washington and why China may be better prepared for high oil prices than many people realize. We finish with the latest rig count, which is slowly climbing as the price of crude oil stays high As always, links to the articles mentioned in this episode can be found in the show notes at mineralrightspodcast.com.