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Surface Owners’ News – Winter 2017
Document WVSORO February 10, 2017
As we have in years past, our WV Surface Owners’ Rights Organization (WV SORO) will again be pushing for legislation to have the property rights of surface owners recognized and respected, to increase their chances of owning some of the minerals under them, and to deal with orphaned wells and other environmental problems. More
Issues: Abandoned wells, Drilling waste, Land re-union, Legislation, Nuisance suits, Pollution
Document WVSORO February 10, 2017
As we have in years past, our WV Surface Owners’ Rights Organization (WV SORO) will again be pushing for legislation to have the property rights of surface owners recognized and respected, to increase their chances of owning some of the minerals under them, and to deal with orphaned wells and other environmental problems. More
Issues: Abandoned wells, Drilling waste, Land re-union, Legislation, Nuisance suits, Pollution
Decision in E[Q]T Bluegrass vs. Blaney, Johnson and others
Document WVSORO January 23, 2017
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Issues: Partition suits, Pooling
Document WVSORO January 23, 2017
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Issues: Partition suits, Pooling
Poulos15-0907Concurring Opinion by Justice Ketchum
Document WVSORO December 16, 2016
Justice Ketchum filed a “Concurring Opinion” but said he would prefer to overrule Moss to make title opinions more certain. More
Issues: Coal bed methane
Document WVSORO December 16, 2016
Justice Ketchum filed a “Concurring Opinion” but said he would prefer to overrule Moss to make title opinions more certain. More
Issues: Coal bed methane
Poulos 15-0907 Court Opinion
Document WVSORO December 16, 2016
The West Virginia Supreme Court ruled in the Moss case in 2003 that leases and deeds that granted or reserved rights to “oil and gas” or “natural gas” did automatically not give or reserve rights to coalbed methane“ More
Issues: Coal bed methane
Document WVSORO December 16, 2016
The West Virginia Supreme Court ruled in the Moss case in 2003 that leases and deeds that granted or reserved rights to “oil and gas” or “natural gas” did automatically not give or reserve rights to coalbed methane“ More
Issues: Coal bed methane
The West Virginia Legislature needs to implement the results of the 2011 Horizontal Well Act studies and require “fence-line monitoring”!
Document WVSORO December 9, 2016
When the Legislature passed the Horizontal Well Act in a special session in December 2011, about the only protection in the bill for surface owners was a requirement that the center of a well pad had to be 625 feet from a home. More
Issues: Fence-line monitoring, Horizontal wells, Legislation
Document WVSORO December 9, 2016
When the Legislature passed the Horizontal Well Act in a special session in December 2011, about the only protection in the bill for surface owners was a requirement that the center of a well pad had to be 625 feet from a home. More
Issues: Fence-line monitoring, Horizontal wells, Legislation
Draft bill requiring money from forfeited bonds to fix the problem that lead to the forfeiture
Document WVSORO December 8, 2016
If a drillers' bond is forfeited by the State, the money should be used first to fix the problem on landowner's land that caused the bond to be forfeited. More
Issues: Legislation, Reclamation fund
Document WVSORO December 8, 2016
If a drillers' bond is forfeited by the State, the money should be used first to fix the problem on landowner's land that caused the bond to be forfeited. More
Issues: Legislation, Reclamation fund
Use the Funds from Oil and Gas Operator Bond Forfeitures First to Take Care of the Problem That Caused The Forfeiture
Document WVSORO December 7, 2016
There is an "Oil and Gas Reclamation Fund" that in theory is supposed to be used to plug the thousands and thousands of oil and gas wells that have been orphaned over the last century by oil and gas drillers who go out of business without plugging them. In reality, from 2010 to 2014 there was only enough money in the fund to plug just 6 orphaned wells! More
Issues: Legislation, Orphaned wells, Reclamation fund
Document WVSORO December 7, 2016
There is an "Oil and Gas Reclamation Fund" that in theory is supposed to be used to plug the thousands and thousands of oil and gas wells that have been orphaned over the last century by oil and gas drillers who go out of business without plugging them. In reality, from 2010 to 2014 there was only enough money in the fund to plug just 6 orphaned wells! More
Issues: Legislation, Orphaned wells, Reclamation fund
Let’s give surface owners the option to purchase any interest in the minerals under their land that is sold at a tax sale!
Document WVSORO December 3, 2016
Nearly everyone thinks that separation of ownership of the surface from ownership of the minerals was a bad idea. Surface owners get no royalty (or lease signing bonus if the minerals are not leased yet) yet have the burden of the well site being placed on them. They have no incentive to cooperate with the drilling of gas wells even though the burden of the well site and access road falls on them. More
Issues: Land re-union, Legislation, Tax sales
Document WVSORO December 3, 2016
Nearly everyone thinks that separation of ownership of the surface from ownership of the minerals was a bad idea. Surface owners get no royalty (or lease signing bonus if the minerals are not leased yet) yet have the burden of the well site being placed on them. They have no incentive to cooperate with the drilling of gas wells even though the burden of the well site and access road falls on them. More
Issues: Land re-union, Legislation, Tax sales
Use the funds from partition suits to plug orphaned oil and gas wells
Document WVSORO December 2, 2016
The purpose of this bill is to help solve the problem of orphaned, unplugged oil and gas wells. These often leaky wells exist because oil and gas well drillers that have gone out of business, and because the drillers' bonding requirement is not high enough for there to be enough money to plug the wells they left behind. More
Issues: Legislation, Orphaned wells
Document WVSORO December 2, 2016
The purpose of this bill is to help solve the problem of orphaned, unplugged oil and gas wells. These often leaky wells exist because oil and gas well drillers that have gone out of business, and because the drillers' bonding requirement is not high enough for there to be enough money to plug the wells they left behind. More
Issues: Legislation, Orphaned wells
Draft short bill implementing recommendations of 7 studies required by Legislature in Horizontal Well Act
Document WVSORO December 2, 2016
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Issues: Horizontal wells, Legislation
Document WVSORO December 2, 2016
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Issues: Horizontal wells, Legislation
What the opponents are saying – and the surface owners’ response
Document WVSORO November 23, 2016
Below we will respond to the legitimate concerns raised by earlier versions of our bill, and the amendments we made to this year's bill in order to solve the problems and help other interested parties where it is possible. More
Issues: Land re-union, Legislation, Tax sales
Document WVSORO November 23, 2016
Below we will respond to the legitimate concerns raised by earlier versions of our bill, and the amendments we made to this year's bill in order to solve the problems and help other interested parties where it is possible. More
Issues: Land re-union, Legislation, Tax sales
15-0919 Justice Ketchum Dissent
Document WVSORO November 15, 2016
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Issues: Eminent domain, Pipelines
Document WVSORO November 15, 2016
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Issues: Eminent domain, Pipelines
15-0919 Mountain Valley Pipeline Court Opinion, Justice Davis
Document WVSORO November 15, 2016
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Issues: Eminent domain, Pipelines
Document WVSORO November 15, 2016
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Issues: Eminent domain, Pipelines
Enhancing Wildlife Habitat on Oil and Gas Infrastructure
Document WVSORO May 31, 2016
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Issues: DNR
Document WVSORO May 31, 2016
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Issues: DNR
Order Granting Plaintiff’s Motion for Summary Judgement
Document WVSORO May 3, 2016
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Issues: Horizontal wells
Document WVSORO May 3, 2016
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Issues: Horizontal wells
Shallow Well Objection Form
Document WVSORO March 15, 2016
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Issues: DEP, Oil and Gas
Document WVSORO March 15, 2016
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Issues: DEP, Oil and Gas
House Bill 4550
Document WVSORO February 16, 2016
BY DELEGATE IRELAND. [Introduced February 16, 2016; Referred to the Committee on Energy then Finance.] More
Issues: Legislation, Orphaned wells, Reclamation fund
Document WVSORO February 16, 2016
BY DELEGATE IRELAND. [Introduced February 16, 2016; Referred to the Committee on Energy then Finance.] More
Issues: Legislation, Orphaned wells, Reclamation fund
Senate Bill 577
Document WVSORO February 10, 2016
BY SENATORS SYPOLT, ASHLEY, BLAIR, BOSO, KARNES AND STOLLINGS. [Introduced February 10, 2016; Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.] More
Issues: Land re-union, Legislation, Tax sales
Document WVSORO February 10, 2016
BY SENATORS SYPOLT, ASHLEY, BLAIR, BOSO, KARNES AND STOLLINGS. [Introduced February 10, 2016; Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.] More
Issues: Land re-union, Legislation, Tax sales
What Has to Be in a Forced Pooling Bill for it to Be a GOOD Forced Pooling Bill
Blog, Document WVSORO January 12, 2016
A forced horizontal unitization/pooling/integration bill is only a good idea if: More
Issues: Legislation, Pooling
Blog, Document WVSORO January 12, 2016
A forced horizontal unitization/pooling/integration bill is only a good idea if: More
Issues: Legislation, Pooling
15-0919 Justice Loughry Concurring Opinion
Document WVSORO November 15, 2015
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Issues: Eminent domain, Pipelines
Document WVSORO November 15, 2015
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Issues: Eminent domain, Pipelines