If Alaskans ever drilled an exploration oil well and found oil and sold the oil for a profit that would be a first in the state's history!! Michael Albertson please prove me wrong, you can't do it can you? In Texas is a state the people are allowed to own the mineral rights and the citizens sell oil and make money! Many other states do it also, it happens all the time please if these terms are so good then come on cowboy drill a well and eat the food the state is selling and see if you are happy!!