Oil Boom Turning Kansas Farmers Into Millionaires
Companies are paying out thousands to lease farmland for drilling.
Companies Pay Out Big Bucks to Lease Land for Drilling
Susan Croft of Anthony, Kan., stands in front of the oil well being drilled on part of her 3,000 acres of farmland. Leasing agreements for the land have already made Croft a millionaire. From Pennsylvania to Texas, horizontal drilling and hydraulic facturing are turning the U.S. into an oil superpower. (Jake Whitman/ABC News)
