When a landowner finds or discovers natural gas deposits in the land that he owns the process of natural gas royalties begins. If the landowner does not have the financial resources to exploit these deposits himself then he could either sell the land to a company that specializes in this type of work or he could lease the land to a company that can come in, exploit the deposits and then the landowner would get paid royalty payments based upon the value and amount of natural gas removed. Read more »