Bonuses for Leases in the Bakken -- North Dakota, USA

I continue to see a lot of folks searching for "bonuses for leases" in North Dakota.

A reminder: one can easily find bonuses that are being paid for state leases at this site: North Dakota State Lease Auction History (just select the month/year) and submit.

Obviously these bonuses will vary from what is being paid to private individuals. That information is much harder to come by (and not always reliable). One source is the Bakken Shale Discussion Group linked on the sidebar at the right.

Of course, mergers and buyouts of larger leaseholders also provides some idea of bonuses paid, and I post them as stand-alone posts when information becomes available.