Posts by WVSORO
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Coalition opposing Dominion pipeline across West Virginia
Pipeline Advice WVSORO May 24, 2011
The Allegheny-Blue Ridge Alliance (ABRA) is a coalition of organizations concerned about the natural gas pipeline that Dominion Resources and its partner companies have proposed to build through portions of West Virginia and Virginia. More
Issues: Pipelines
Pipeline Advice WVSORO May 24, 2011
The Allegheny-Blue Ridge Alliance (ABRA) is a coalition of organizations concerned about the natural gas pipeline that Dominion Resources and its partner companies have proposed to build through portions of West Virginia and Virginia. More
Issues: Pipelines
Protections that other drillers have agreed to
Document WVSORO May 18, 2011
Issues: Leasing, Marcellus shale
Document WVSORO May 18, 2011
Issues: Leasing, Marcellus shale
There are gathering pipelines around me leaking gas. What can I do?
Gas Leaks Advice, Pipeline Advice WVSORO May 15, 2011
It is illegal for a gas well owner to let gas leak from their wells or from their “gathering” lines that transport the gas from their wells to market. It is a violation of West Virginia Code §22-6-31. More
Issues: Pipelines, Pollution
Gas Leaks Advice, Pipeline Advice WVSORO May 15, 2011
It is illegal for a gas well owner to let gas leak from their wells or from their “gathering” lines that transport the gas from their wells to market. It is a violation of West Virginia Code §22-6-31. More
Issues: Pipelines, Pollution
Blue Eagle Marcellus Spacing Circuit Court Decision
Document WVSORO April 26, 2011
Issues: Horizontal wells, Marcellus shale, Well Spacing
Document WVSORO April 26, 2011
Issues: Horizontal wells, Marcellus shale, Well Spacing
WVSORO Surface Owners’ News – Spring 2011
Newsletter WVSORO March 31, 2011
House Committee Holds Hearing on Marcellus Shale Drilling | Legislature Fails to Address Drilling Concerns | Water Testing Before Drilling Starts: Why and How More
Issues: Leasing, Marcellus shale, Water
Newsletter WVSORO March 31, 2011
House Committee Holds Hearing on Marcellus Shale Drilling | Legislature Fails to Address Drilling Concerns | Water Testing Before Drilling Starts: Why and How More
Issues: Leasing, Marcellus shale, Water
Info on Gathering Pipelines
Pipeline Advice WVSORO March 31, 2011
"Gathering" pipelines start at the wellhead and join with other gathering pipelines to become bigger gathering pipeline that go to treatment facilities and eventually end up connecting to "transmission" lines that take the gas to market. The drillers do not have the right to "condemn" or use "eminent domain" for gathering lines. More
Issues: Eminent domain, Pipelines
Pipeline Advice WVSORO March 31, 2011
"Gathering" pipelines start at the wellhead and join with other gathering pipelines to become bigger gathering pipeline that go to treatment facilities and eventually end up connecting to "transmission" lines that take the gas to market. The drillers do not have the right to "condemn" or use "eminent domain" for gathering lines. More
Issues: Eminent domain, Pipelines
Surface Owners, Environmental Council Urge Special Session on Marcellus Drilling
Press Release WVSORO March 13, 2011
The lack of action taken by the House and the Senate to pass an effective and responsible bill to help regulate Marcellus Shale drilling, has the WV Surface Owners’ Rights Organization (WV-SORO), the WV Environmental Council and others urging Acting Governor Earl Ray Tomblin to call a special session to address environmental and other concerns related Marcellus Shale development. More
Issues: Legislation, Marcellus shale
Press Release WVSORO March 13, 2011
The lack of action taken by the House and the Senate to pass an effective and responsible bill to help regulate Marcellus Shale drilling, has the WV Surface Owners’ Rights Organization (WV-SORO), the WV Environmental Council and others urging Acting Governor Earl Ray Tomblin to call a special session to address environmental and other concerns related Marcellus Shale development. More
Issues: Legislation, Marcellus shale
Comparison Chart Marcellus Bills
Document WVSORO February 27, 2011
Issues: Legislation, Marcellus shale
Document WVSORO February 27, 2011
Issues: Legislation, Marcellus shale
Basic Gas Drilling and Producing and Use
Document WVSORO February 24, 2011
Issues: Fracking, Oil and Gas
Document WVSORO February 24, 2011
Issues: Fracking, Oil and Gas
Marcellus Shale Bills: What’s in them (and What’s not)?
Blog WVSORO January 31, 2011
There will be at least two comprehensive proposals regulating Marcellus Shale for the legislature to consider this session. More
Issues: Legislation, Marcellus shale
Blog WVSORO January 31, 2011
There will be at least two comprehensive proposals regulating Marcellus Shale for the legislature to consider this session. More
Issues: Legislation, Marcellus shale
Marcellus Shale Bills: What’s in them (and What’s not)?
Blog WVSORO January 31, 2011
Issues: Legislation, Marcellus shale
Blog WVSORO January 31, 2011
Issues: Legislation, Marcellus shale
Marcellus Play ‘fairway’ and rich gas areas
Document WVSORO December 27, 2010
Issues: Leasing, Marcellus shale
Document WVSORO December 27, 2010
Issues: Leasing, Marcellus shale
The industrialization of rural West Virginia caused by the Marcellus Shale gas play
Resource Gallery WVSORO December 12, 2010
A few years ago, Marcellus Shale gas was unrecoverable, and West Virginia was a relative backwater in the oil and gas industry. The new techniques of high-volume hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling have made a sea change in all of that. More
Issues: Marcellus shale, Rural industrialization
Resource Gallery WVSORO December 12, 2010
A few years ago, Marcellus Shale gas was unrecoverable, and West Virginia was a relative backwater in the oil and gas industry. The new techniques of high-volume hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling have made a sea change in all of that. More
Issues: Marcellus shale, Rural industrialization
WV SORO local meetings
Misc Gallery WVSORO November 1, 2010
Photos from a few local surface owner meetings held in 2008 through 2010 More
Issues: Land use, Leasing, Oil and Gas
Misc Gallery WVSORO November 1, 2010
Photos from a few local surface owner meetings held in 2008 through 2010 More
Issues: Land use, Leasing, Oil and Gas
West Virginia Residents and Group Against Smog & Pollution Appeal Chesapeake Energy Marcellus Shale Permits
Press Release WVSORO October 14, 2010
On Tuesday West Virginia residents filed an appeal before the West Virginia Air Quality Board challenging two air permits recently issued to Chesapeake Energy for a large—and growing—Marcellus Shale operation in West Virginia’s northern panhandle. More
Issues: Marcellus shale, Pollution
Press Release WVSORO October 14, 2010
On Tuesday West Virginia residents filed an appeal before the West Virginia Air Quality Board challenging two air permits recently issued to Chesapeake Energy for a large—and growing—Marcellus Shale operation in West Virginia’s northern panhandle. More
Issues: Marcellus shale, Pollution
WVSORO Surface Owners’ News – Fall 2010
Newsletter WVSORO October 7, 2010
WV-SORO Win: Ruling in Well Spacing Case Favors Surface Owners | DOH Establishes New Bonding Policy for Drillers | IRS may have ruled that “free” gas is not income More
Issues: DEP, Oil and Gas, Pollution
Newsletter WVSORO October 7, 2010
WV-SORO Win: Ruling in Well Spacing Case Favors Surface Owners | DOH Establishes New Bonding Policy for Drillers | IRS may have ruled that “free” gas is not income More
Issues: DEP, Oil and Gas, Pollution
Update on the Blue Eagle Well Spacing Suit
Blog WVSORO October 7, 2010
Ruling in Well Spacing Case Favors W. Va. Surface Owners West Virginia surface owners declared victory in a ruling in a case challenging state agency rulings on spacing for natural gas wells. The case, Blue Eagle Land Company v. West Virginia Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, was originally filed in the West Virginia Supreme Court […] More
Issues: Marcellus shale, Pooling, Well Spacing
Blog WVSORO October 7, 2010
Ruling in Well Spacing Case Favors W. Va. Surface Owners West Virginia surface owners declared victory in a ruling in a case challenging state agency rulings on spacing for natural gas wells. The case, Blue Eagle Land Company v. West Virginia Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, was originally filed in the West Virginia Supreme Court […] More
Issues: Marcellus shale, Pooling, Well Spacing