in oil and gas drilling. montana, wyoming, colorado, new mexico, utah, ththe bo is hahaeningg all over t country. the is oilnd gas orations in 3states rht now, but the rocky mountain states are really seeing the vast majority of the expansion. and it's overflowing into communities where people are seeing this right in their backyards. - i'll show you where they wanted to put this location, one of the first places that they wanted to put it. - they just surprise you and say, "we have to put a well out there," and you don't have any say in it. - a split estate situation is when somebody who owns the surface of their land does not own the resources that are underneath their land, for ample, oil and g or othth minerers. a prive e pers cououldwn a house with land, anthe feral govement or anoer prite individl might own the resources under it. the person who owns the oil and gas has rights to access that oil and gas,