[nihilist_t21]

> Imagine a 10,000 acre parcel where every other acre is owned by a non-profit (if it works that way)

This starts to get complicated and varies state to state. You don't have to (and often won't) control 100% of the minerals under a well you want to drill. Sometimes you will have partner companies (hostile or friendly), mineral rights owners who refuse to lease, or mineral rights whose ownership is undetermined. So just because a non-profit had a chunk of minerals tied up, a company could petition to the State's board of oil and gas to have the non-participant "forced-pooled" and the well could be drilled. This process involves hearings, oil and gas attorneys, and your typical bureaucratic processes. That said, if the non-profit owned a large enough interest it could very well force the economics of the potential well into unprofitable zones, despite the fact the oil and gas company could force a well.