Any person interested in the estate may file written objections to a petition for the approval and confirmation of a lease for production or to a petition for an order of license to sell oil, gas, or mineral rights. The petition and the objections thereto must be heard, the hearings thereon conducted, and the witnesses examined in the manner provided in title 30 for hearings on petitions for the sale of real property belonging to an estate.
N.D.C.C. § 38-10-07