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Different explanation of frac fluids
Document, Water Advice WVSORO May 20, 2010
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Issues: Fracking, Water
Document, Water Advice WVSORO May 20, 2010
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Issues: Fracking, Water
SB273 Conference Committee Report
Document WVSORO May 18, 2010
Issues: Legislation, Marcellus shale, Oil and Gas
Document WVSORO May 18, 2010
Issues: Legislation, Marcellus shale, Oil and Gas
Knowing and Protecting Your Rights When an Interstate Gas Pipeline Comes to Your Community
Pipeline Advice WVSORO May 17, 2010
A Legal and Practical Guide for States, Local Government Units, Non-Governmental Organizations and Landowners On How the FERC Pipeline Certification Process Works and How You Can Participate More
Issues: Pipelines
Pipeline Advice WVSORO May 17, 2010
A Legal and Practical Guide for States, Local Government Units, Non-Governmental Organizations and Landowners On How the FERC Pipeline Certification Process Works and How You Can Participate More
Issues: Pipelines
One company doing frac jobs allows its frac water composition to be posted on OOG web site
Document, Water Advice WVSORO May 16, 2010
Summary of Hydraulic Fracture Solutions - West Virginia More
Issues: Fracking, Water
Document, Water Advice WVSORO May 16, 2010
Summary of Hydraulic Fracture Solutions - West Virginia More
Issues: Fracking, Water
WVSORO Surface Owners’ News – Spring 2010
Newsletter WVSORO May 8, 2010
Thanks (and No Thanks) to Legislators | Disappointing Session on Surface Owner Issues | Oil and Gas Rule Passes on Last Day More
Issues: Legislation, Oil and Gas, Water
Newsletter WVSORO May 8, 2010
Thanks (and No Thanks) to Legislators | Disappointing Session on Surface Owner Issues | Oil and Gas Rule Passes on Last Day More
Issues: Legislation, Oil and Gas, Water
Drill water wells as a strategy to protect your rights as a surface owner
WV Surface Owners' Guide Update WVSORO May 5, 2010
Drillers are, under the common law, only supposed to do what is "reasonably necessary" to the surface to get their minerals out -- giving "due regard to" and "accommodating" the surface owner's uses. It is supposed to be a balance. Drillers have many advantages they can use to tilt the balance their way. More
Issues: Horizontal wells, Oil and Gas, Water
WV Surface Owners' Guide Update WVSORO May 5, 2010
Drillers are, under the common law, only supposed to do what is "reasonably necessary" to the surface to get their minerals out -- giving "due regard to" and "accommodating" the surface owner's uses. It is supposed to be a balance. Drillers have many advantages they can use to tilt the balance their way. More
Issues: Horizontal wells, Oil and Gas, Water
DEP review of oil and gas drilling regulatory program
Blog WVSORO April 28, 2010
DEP Secretary Randy Huffman has initiated a total review of the state’s regulation of oil and gas drilling in light of the increase in activity and the new techniques related to Marcellus Shale development. WV-SORO was invited to participate and provide a “laundry list” of the issues that we thought needed addressed. Our laundry list […] More
Issues: DEP, Oil and Gas
Blog WVSORO April 28, 2010
DEP Secretary Randy Huffman has initiated a total review of the state’s regulation of oil and gas drilling in light of the increase in activity and the new techniques related to Marcellus Shale development. WV-SORO was invited to participate and provide a “laundry list” of the issues that we thought needed addressed. Our laundry list […] More
Issues: DEP, Oil and Gas
WVSORO Surface Owners’ News – Winter 2010
Newsletter WVSORO February 12, 2010
Surface Owners’ Rights Recognition Act Introduced Bill will give more notice, say to landowners | Strengthening Drilling Rules and Protecting Our Water Resources | Dirty Pool Under the Dome More
Issues: Legislation, Water
Newsletter WVSORO February 12, 2010
Surface Owners’ Rights Recognition Act Introduced Bill will give more notice, say to landowners | Strengthening Drilling Rules and Protecting Our Water Resources | Dirty Pool Under the Dome More
Issues: Legislation, Water
Information on Columbia/Chesapeake and Dominion Class Action Settlements
Blog WVSORO January 29, 2010
Updated1/29/2010 Information on Columbia/Chesapeake and Dominion Class Action Settlements [Updated1/29/2010] If you are a mineral owner whose wells are owned by Columbia Natural Resources, LLC (formerly Columbia Natural Resources, Inc.), NiSource Inc., Columbia Energy Group and Chesapeake Appalachia, L.L.C. or Dominion Resources and are looking for information on the class action settlements visit the appropriate […] More
Issues: Minerals-Royalties
Blog WVSORO January 29, 2010
Updated1/29/2010 Information on Columbia/Chesapeake and Dominion Class Action Settlements [Updated1/29/2010] If you are a mineral owner whose wells are owned by Columbia Natural Resources, LLC (formerly Columbia Natural Resources, Inc.), NiSource Inc., Columbia Energy Group and Chesapeake Appalachia, L.L.C. or Dominion Resources and are looking for information on the class action settlements visit the appropriate […] More
Issues: Minerals-Royalties
Landman Report Card Website Launched
Press Release WVSORO January 25, 2010
A Resource to Support Citizens Negotiating with Big Energy More
Issues: Leasing, Minerals-Royalties
Press Release WVSORO January 25, 2010
A Resource to Support Citizens Negotiating with Big Energy More
Issues: Leasing, Minerals-Royalties
WVSORO Surface Owners’ News – Fall 2009
Newsletter WVSORO November 24, 2009
Judge Hears Oral Arguments in Marcellus Well Spacing Case | WV-SORO Responds to Drilling Rule Changes | What caused big fracking fluid spill in Doddridge County? More
Issues: Fracking, Marcellus shale, Oil and Gas, Pollution
Newsletter WVSORO November 24, 2009
Judge Hears Oral Arguments in Marcellus Well Spacing Case | WV-SORO Responds to Drilling Rule Changes | What caused big fracking fluid spill in Doddridge County? More
Issues: Fracking, Marcellus shale, Oil and Gas, Pollution
Oral Arguments in Marcellus Well Spacing Case
Blog WVSORO October 19, 2009
On a beautiful autumn day, October 19, 2009, deep in the coal country town of Welch, McDowell County, oral arguments in the well spacing case took place before Circuit Judge Rudolph J. Murensky, II. There were lawyers representing the various parties with interests in coal, land, and oil and gas, and the West Virginia Oil […] More
Issues: Well Spacing
Blog WVSORO October 19, 2009
On a beautiful autumn day, October 19, 2009, deep in the coal country town of Welch, McDowell County, oral arguments in the well spacing case took place before Circuit Judge Rudolph J. Murensky, II. There were lawyers representing the various parties with interests in coal, land, and oil and gas, and the West Virginia Oil […] More
Issues: Well Spacing
Comments on the General Water Pollution Control Permit number GP-WV-1-07
Blog, Document WVSORO October 1, 2009
In 2007, when the Office of Oil & Gas (OO&G) initially issued the permit, part of the rational given for issuing a general permit was “to allow for the collection of environmental data regarding volumes of produced water enerated from different coal-bearing strata More
Issues: Coal bed methane, DEP, Pollution, Water
Blog, Document WVSORO October 1, 2009
In 2007, when the Office of Oil & Gas (OO&G) initially issued the permit, part of the rational given for issuing a general permit was “to allow for the collection of environmental data regarding volumes of produced water enerated from different coal-bearing strata More
Issues: Coal bed methane, DEP, Pollution, Water
Upshur County Marcellus Shale drilling site, before, during and after drilling
Bad Example Gallery, Surface Owner Story WVSORO September 23, 2009
Well site during active drilling to the Marcelllus Shale formation in Upshur County, West Virginia, in 2008. (An additional water storage pit is not in the photo.) Copyright WVSORO, June 2008. Permission to use may be obtained from WVSORO. More
Issues: Marcellus shale
Bad Example Gallery, Surface Owner Story WVSORO September 23, 2009
Well site during active drilling to the Marcelllus Shale formation in Upshur County, West Virginia, in 2008. (An additional water storage pit is not in the photo.) Copyright WVSORO, June 2008. Permission to use may be obtained from WVSORO. More
Issues: Marcellus shale