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Drinking Water Protections, Aboveground Storage Tank Act Under Attack
Updates and Alerts WVSORO February 24, 2015
There are only three weeks left in the 2015 Legislative Session and we wanted to make you aware (if you haven't heard about them already in the news or from other sources) of several bills related to oil and gas development that are working their way through the process. More
Issues: Marcellus shale, Pollution, Pooling, Water
Updates and Alerts WVSORO February 24, 2015
There are only three weeks left in the 2015 Legislative Session and we wanted to make you aware (if you haven't heard about them already in the news or from other sources) of several bills related to oil and gas development that are working their way through the process. More
Issues: Marcellus shale, Pollution, Pooling, Water
Pipeline Community Meetings & Open Houses Scheduled
Updates and Alerts WVSORO January 14, 2015
Please join the Greenbrier River Watershed Association this Saturday, January 17 at 2PM at Jackson's Mill (West Virginia Building) near Weston, WV for an update on the proposed Mountain Valley, Appalachian Connector and Atlantic Coast Pipelines. More
Issues: Pipelines
Updates and Alerts WVSORO January 14, 2015
Please join the Greenbrier River Watershed Association this Saturday, January 17 at 2PM at Jackson's Mill (West Virginia Building) near Weston, WV for an update on the proposed Mountain Valley, Appalachian Connector and Atlantic Coast Pipelines. More
Issues: Pipelines
Upcoming Events and Webinars Presented by the Penn State Cooperative Extension
Blog WVSORO December 15, 2014
View upcoming Events and Webinars Presented by the Penn State Cooperative Extension. Archived presentations are available here More
Issues: Oil and Gas
Blog WVSORO December 15, 2014
View upcoming Events and Webinars Presented by the Penn State Cooperative Extension. Archived presentations are available here More
Issues: Oil and Gas
Pipeline News
News, Pipeline Advice WVSORO December 1, 2014
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Issues: Pipelines
News, Pipeline Advice WVSORO December 1, 2014
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Issues: Pipelines
If I Don’t Sign a Lease (Or Sign a Pooling Amendment to an Existing Lease) Can They Drill Next to Me and Take My Gas Without Paying Me for It?
Leasing / Amendment Advice WVSORO October 31, 2014
This issue is most likely to come up when a company's landman approaches you as a mineral tract owner to either sign a lease that includes a pooling clause, or to sign an amendment to an old existing lease that would allow for pooling. More
Issues: Leasing, Minerals-Royalties, Pooling
Leasing / Amendment Advice WVSORO October 31, 2014
This issue is most likely to come up when a company's landman approaches you as a mineral tract owner to either sign a lease that includes a pooling clause, or to sign an amendment to an old existing lease that would allow for pooling. More
Issues: Leasing, Minerals-Royalties, Pooling
Have you been turned down for “free gas” because you did not have the mineral owner’s agreement?
Free Gas Advice WVSORO October 29, 2014
Some surface owners believe that just because you have a gas well on your property you have a right to free gas. That is not true. More
Issues: Leasing
Free Gas Advice WVSORO October 29, 2014
Some surface owners believe that just because you have a gas well on your property you have a right to free gas. That is not true. More
Issues: Leasing
About the industry/Governor’s”Natural Gas Horizontal Well Control Act” affecting most Marcellus Shale drilling
WV Surface Owners' Guide Update WVSORO October 27, 2014
Read this first. The "Natural Gas Horizontal Well Control Act" (HB 401) passed in a special session of the Legislature on December 14, 2011, just 3 days after its introduction. It was totally the Governor's bill, with little reference to our proposed Surface Owners' Bill of Rights or to the bill proposed by the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) under the Manchin administration. More
Issues: Horizontal wells, Marcellus shale
WV Surface Owners' Guide Update WVSORO October 27, 2014
Read this first. The "Natural Gas Horizontal Well Control Act" (HB 401) passed in a special session of the Legislature on December 14, 2011, just 3 days after its introduction. It was totally the Governor's bill, with little reference to our proposed Surface Owners' Bill of Rights or to the bill proposed by the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) under the Manchin administration. More
Issues: Horizontal wells, Marcellus shale
Eminent Domain: Can a Gas Company Put a Pipeline Across My Land If I Do Not Agree?
Pipeline Advice WVSORO October 19, 2014
Eminent Domain update: West Virginia Supreme Court upholds Monroe County Judge saying Mountain Valley transmission pipeline is not for "public purpose" to West Virginians and so cannot use eminent domain (and cannot force access for surveying). (Nov, 2016) More
Issues: Eminent domain, Pipelines
Pipeline Advice WVSORO October 19, 2014
Eminent Domain update: West Virginia Supreme Court upholds Monroe County Judge saying Mountain Valley transmission pipeline is not for "public purpose" to West Virginians and so cannot use eminent domain (and cannot force access for surveying). (Nov, 2016) More
Issues: Eminent domain, Pipelines
Problems with fumes or noise from idling trucks.
Noise Advice WVSORO October 11, 2014
Some surface owners have complained about the diesel exhaust fumes and noise caused by heavy trucks waiting in line at well sites and staging areas for frac jobs etc. More
Issues: Noise, Pollution
Noise Advice WVSORO October 11, 2014
Some surface owners have complained about the diesel exhaust fumes and noise caused by heavy trucks waiting in line at well sites and staging areas for frac jobs etc. More
Issues: Noise, Pollution
Who Regulates Which Pipelines About What? (8/27/2014)
Pipeline Advice WVSORO August 27, 2014
Issues: Pipelines
Pipeline Advice WVSORO August 27, 2014
Issues: Pipelines
CONSOL and Noble Energy plan pipeline projects
News WVSORO July 16, 2014
Upshur, Barbour counties to get 37-mile gas pipeline, additional dry gas wells More
Issues: Pipelines
News WVSORO July 16, 2014
Upshur, Barbour counties to get 37-mile gas pipeline, additional dry gas wells More
Issues: Pipelines
GreenHunter Resources Announces Multiple Pipeline Project in Pennsylvania and West Virginia
News WVSORO June 30, 2014
GreenHunter Resources Announces Multiple Pipeline Project in Pennsylvania and West Virginia More
Issues: Pipelines
News WVSORO June 30, 2014
GreenHunter Resources Announces Multiple Pipeline Project in Pennsylvania and West Virginia More
Issues: Pipelines
Proposed pipelines to be discussed at Pocahontas commission meeting
News WVSORO June 26, 2014
A proposed pipeline that would carry natural gas from the Appalachian Marcellus and Utica shale production regions through Pocahontas County and the Monongahela National Forest to markets in Virginia and North Carolina will be discussed during a July 1 Pocahontas County Commission meeting More
Issues: Pipelines
News WVSORO June 26, 2014
A proposed pipeline that would carry natural gas from the Appalachian Marcellus and Utica shale production regions through Pocahontas County and the Monongahela National Forest to markets in Virginia and North Carolina will be discussed during a July 1 Pocahontas County Commission meeting More
Issues: Pipelines
WVSORO Surface Owners’ News – Spring 2014
Newsletter WVSORO May 20, 2014
The Horizontal Well Act passed in December 2011 required the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to conduct three studies regarding various impacts from horizontal well drilling. More
Issues: Horizontal wells, Noise, Oil and Gas, Pollution
Newsletter WVSORO May 20, 2014
The Horizontal Well Act passed in December 2011 required the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to conduct three studies regarding various impacts from horizontal well drilling. More
Issues: Horizontal wells, Noise, Oil and Gas, Pollution
Water Testing Before Drilling Starts: Why and How
Water Advice WVSORO October 1, 2013
It is becoming more and more evident that testing of a well or spring water source, especially a household/drinking water source, is an absolute necessity before a natural gas well is drilled in one’s area. More
Issues: Oil and Gas, Pollution, Water
Water Advice WVSORO October 1, 2013
It is becoming more and more evident that testing of a well or spring water source, especially a household/drinking water source, is an absolute necessity before a natural gas well is drilled in one’s area. More
Issues: Oil and Gas, Pollution, Water
Analysis of frac’ waste water for Wheeling City Council shows problems.
Blog WVSORO June 10, 2013
In my opinion, the City of Wheeling is "on its own" to make a decision whether to site the GreenHunter facility as proposed. There is no regulatory authority at the state or federal level for sighting or permitting the handling and disposal of waste at the proposed facility. More
Issues: Drilling waste, Marcellus shale
Blog WVSORO June 10, 2013
In my opinion, the City of Wheeling is "on its own" to make a decision whether to site the GreenHunter facility as proposed. There is no regulatory authority at the state or federal level for sighting or permitting the handling and disposal of waste at the proposed facility. More
Issues: Drilling waste, Marcellus shale
If the driller’s proposed well pad is in a FEMA 100-year “flood hazard” zone, you may be able to block it or make them move it
Floodplains Advice, WV Surface Owners' Guide Update WVSORO June 3, 2013
In order for people in your county to be able to get flood insurance, or receive benefits from FEMA in the event of a flood (or maybe other) disaster, the county (or municipality if you happen to be in a town or city) has to have a “floodplain ordinance”. More
Issues: Floodplains, Oil and Gas
Floodplains Advice, WV Surface Owners' Guide Update WVSORO June 3, 2013
In order for people in your county to be able to get flood insurance, or receive benefits from FEMA in the event of a flood (or maybe other) disaster, the county (or municipality if you happen to be in a town or city) has to have a “floodplain ordinance”. More
Issues: Floodplains, Oil and Gas
Legal opinion on the right of interested citizens to go on to the surface of land they do not own that is being used for oil or gas well drilling and related activities
Going on Land Where There is Drilling Activity - Advice don_alejandro May 8, 2013
A member of the Sierra Club asked me for a legal opinion on the right of interested citizens to go on to the surface of land they do not own that is being used for oil or gas well drilling and related activities. More
Issues: Oil and Gas
Going on Land Where There is Drilling Activity - Advice don_alejandro May 8, 2013
A member of the Sierra Club asked me for a legal opinion on the right of interested citizens to go on to the surface of land they do not own that is being used for oil or gas well drilling and related activities. More
Issues: Oil and Gas
Is there an exhausted, unplugged well on your surface or holding the lease on your mineral tract? What can you do about it?
Abandoned Well Advice WVSORO May 8, 2013
Are you a mineral owner with a gas well on your mineral tract or a surface-only owner with a non-producing well on your land? More
Issues: Abandoned wells, Leasing
Abandoned Well Advice WVSORO May 8, 2013
Are you a mineral owner with a gas well on your mineral tract or a surface-only owner with a non-producing well on your land? More
Issues: Abandoned wells, Leasing