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A presentation on the Geology of the Marcellus Shale
Resource Gallery WVSORO February 29, 2008
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Issues: Marcellus shale

Landowners’ group to hold press conference at State Capitol
Press Release WVSORO February 5, 2008
Focus is on protecting landowners from abuses by oil & gas drillers More
Issues: Oil and Gas

A technical presentation with photos on fracturing and stimulating this formation
Resource Gallery WVSORO February 3, 2008
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Issues: Marcellus shale, Oil and Gas

WVSORO Surface Owners’ News – January 2008
Newsletter WVSORO January 19, 2008
WV-SORO Pushing for Surface Owners’ Bill of Rights | More Than 100 Attend WV-SORO’s First Regional Meeting in Weston | More
Issues: Legislation, Oil and Gas

Bulldozer and Poor Road Construction and Maintenance
Bad Example Gallery WVSORO January 19, 2008
This is a drilling rig and other equipment being pulled to the next drill site by a bulldozer because the access road is in such bad shape that the drilling rig and truck cannot get there on their own. It is common practice for bulldozers to pull rigs and trucks in this fashion due to road conditions. More
Issues: Marcellus shale, Roads

Unconventional natural gas reservoir could boost U.S. supply
News WVSORO January 17, 2008
Natural gas distributed throughout the Marcellus black shale in northern Appalachia could conservatively boost proven U.S. reserves by trillions of cubic feet if gas production companies employ horizontal drilling techniques, according to a Penn State and State University of New York, Fredonia, team. More
Issues: Marcellus shale, Oil and Gas

Well Spacing and Royalty Sharing. (a.k.a. “Spacing, Pooling and Unitization”). What is it?
Leasing / Amendment Advice, Resource Gallery WVSORO December 18, 2007
What it is, and why it should apply, instead of the Rule of Capture, to the drilling of all oil and gas wells in W.Va. More
Issues: Leasing, Pooling

Landowners’ group to meet in Weston
Press Release WVSORO November 27, 2007
Focus is on protecting landowners from abuses by oil & gas drillers More
Issues: Oil and Gas

Guide Summary: I just got a notice of a driller’s application for a permit to drill a well on my land. What should I do?
WV Surface Owners' Guide Update WVSORO November 23, 2007
This happens when you own the surface, but someone else owns the minerals, and the mineral owners has signed a lease with a gas driller. (Or it could also mean that even though you own the minerals with your surface, you or someone who owned the minerals before you, signed a lease with a driller. More

How a Gas Well Is Drilled Down Into the Ground, and What Can Go Wrong
Resource Gallery WVSORO October 25, 2007
Emphasis will be on the measures the driller is required by the State to take to prevent pollution of groundwater or damage to other underground resources More
Issues: Drilling waste, Oil and Gas, Pollution

Example of Gas Well Drilling, Beginning to End
Resource Gallery WVSORO October 24, 2007
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New State-Wide Organization Formed to Protect Landowner’s Rights
Press Release WVSORO October 10, 2007
West Virginia landowners now have a new organization focused on protecting them from abuses by oil & gas drillers – the WV Surface Owner’s Rights Organization (WV-SORO). More
Issues: Leasing, Minerals-Royalties, Oil and Gas, Pooling, Well Spacing