Did you even read the article? Due to the way Oklahoma law works the family owns the land and farm, but the oil companies have the “mineral rights” underneath which obligates the family to let them drill even after they tried in the courts to stop it.
Oklahoma law allows the oil companies to drill an unlimited number of wells on only a $25,000 bond. So they just don’t clean up the wells and let the state have the bond because it’s cheaper.
The problem is the state, not the family. Nowhere does it mention the family selling their rights to the minerals underneath or anything like that.
I fail to see how the family is supporting the oil industry.