After leasing hundreds of Kansas wheat acres, Karl Willey’s deal paid over $2 million; a Sumner County well then sent him a royalty check worth over $20,000 | World News - The Times of India
In 2012, horizontal drilling triggered a rush to lease mineral rights beneath farmland in southern Kansas. Oil companies sought access to the Mississippian limestone formation, offering landowners upfront payments for drilling rights and royalties if wells produced.