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WVSORO Surface Owners’ News – Under the Dome 2009
Newsletter WVSORO March 9, 2009
Surface Owners’ Bill of Rights Introduced in the Senate; House Version Expected Soon More
Issues: Legislation, Oil and Gas
Newsletter WVSORO March 9, 2009
Surface Owners’ Bill of Rights Introduced in the Senate; House Version Expected Soon More
Issues: Legislation, Oil and Gas
Why a Surface Owners’ Bill of Rights is Needed
Document WVSORO March 2, 2009
Issues: Fracking, Oil and Gas, Pipelines, Pooling
Document WVSORO March 2, 2009
Issues: Fracking, Oil and Gas, Pipelines, Pooling
The West Virginia Surface Owners’ Bill of Rights
Blog WVSORO March 2, 2009
West Virginia’s current surface owner protection laws were first enacted 1983. These were few and ineffective. Surface owners were given only 15 days’ notice before the drilling commences, with no options for input about what parts of their property will be taken by the operators. More
Issues: Horizontal wells, Oil and Gas, Pipelines, Water
Blog WVSORO March 2, 2009
West Virginia’s current surface owner protection laws were first enacted 1983. These were few and ineffective. Surface owners were given only 15 days’ notice before the drilling commences, with no options for input about what parts of their property will be taken by the operators. More
Issues: Horizontal wells, Oil and Gas, Pipelines, Water
WVSORO Surface Owners’ News – Winter 2009
Newsletter WVSORO February 10, 2009
Legislative Study Committee Hears from Landowners, Industry | Tawney Gas Royalties Case Settled, New Leases Allow Companies to Deduct Expenses More
Issues: Leasing, Legislation, Oil and Gas
Newsletter WVSORO February 10, 2009
Legislative Study Committee Hears from Landowners, Industry | Tawney Gas Royalties Case Settled, New Leases Allow Companies to Deduct Expenses More
Issues: Leasing, Legislation, Oil and Gas
What is the “Marcellus Shale”?
Resource Gallery WVSORO February 5, 2009
Basic information form the West Virginia Geologic and Economic Survey. More
Issues: Marcellus shale
Resource Gallery WVSORO February 5, 2009
Basic information form the West Virginia Geologic and Economic Survey. More
Issues: Marcellus shale
Gas Well Drilling Brine Challenges Water Treatment Plants
News WVSORO December 14, 2008
A growing volume of brine from natural gas drilling and production is posing a challenge for municipal wastewater treatment plants. The new waste stream can be a financial boon for plants that have spare capacity. But at high volumes it can harm plant function -- and water quality. More
Issues: Drilling waste, Oil and Gas, Water
News WVSORO December 14, 2008
A growing volume of brine from natural gas drilling and production is posing a challenge for municipal wastewater treatment plants. The new waste stream can be a financial boon for plants that have spare capacity. But at high volumes it can harm plant function -- and water quality. More
Issues: Drilling waste, Oil and Gas, Water
Pennsylvania discloses frac fluids. What’s in that fracking fluid?
News, Water Advice WVSORO December 12, 2008
It’s something many people in the Upper Delaware region want to know: What's in that fracking fluid? More
Issues: Fracking, Water
News, Water Advice WVSORO December 12, 2008
It’s something many people in the Upper Delaware region want to know: What's in that fracking fluid? More
Issues: Fracking, Water
Marcellus Amicus 2nd Brief Response
Document WVSORO December 9, 2008
Issues: Marcellus shale, Well Spacing
Document WVSORO December 9, 2008
Issues: Marcellus shale, Well Spacing
Part of the rational given for issuing a general permit was “to allow for the collection of environmental data”
Document WVSORO December 9, 2008
Environmental data "regarding volumes of produced water generated from different coal-bearing strata, the quality of the water generated, the types of treatment systems used, the dispersion techniques of land application of the produced water and the impacts, if any, on vegetation, soil, groundwater and surface water.” More
Issues: Coal bed methane, DEP, Oil and Gas
Document WVSORO December 9, 2008
Environmental data "regarding volumes of produced water generated from different coal-bearing strata, the quality of the water generated, the types of treatment systems used, the dispersion techniques of land application of the produced water and the impacts, if any, on vegetation, soil, groundwater and surface water.” More
Issues: Coal bed methane, DEP, Oil and Gas
Response to Coal Association dismiss motion
Document WVSORO November 23, 2008
Issues: Marcellus shale, Well Spacing
Document WVSORO November 23, 2008
Issues: Marcellus shale, Well Spacing
Coal Association and others filed a motion to dismiss the WVSORO appeal
Document WVSORO November 23, 2008
Issues: Marcellus shale, Well Spacing
Document WVSORO November 23, 2008
Issues: Marcellus shale, Well Spacing
Pleading objecting to motion to transfer
Document WVSORO November 23, 2008
Issues: Marcellus shale, Well Spacing
Document WVSORO November 23, 2008
Issues: Marcellus shale, Well Spacing
Chesapeake Continues Activity With $3.37 Billion Statoil Deal
News WVSORO November 11, 2008
Chesapeake Energy on Tuesday announced the latest in a series of deals to raise funds and find partners to develop its natural-gas holdings, getting as much as $3.37 billion from Norway's StatoilHydro. More
Issues: Marcellus shale
News WVSORO November 11, 2008
Chesapeake Energy on Tuesday announced the latest in a series of deals to raise funds and find partners to develop its natural-gas holdings, getting as much as $3.37 billion from Norway's StatoilHydro. More
Issues: Marcellus shale
Pictures of the Marcellus Shale formation outcrop
Misc Gallery WVSORO November 10, 2008
In most places in West Virginia the Marcellus Shale is thousands of feet under the ground. In the ridge and valley province of the Appalachian mountains, the rock strata buckled when Africa and North America collided eons ago. More
Issues: Marcellus shale
Misc Gallery WVSORO November 10, 2008
In most places in West Virginia the Marcellus Shale is thousands of feet under the ground. In the ridge and valley province of the Appalachian mountains, the rock strata buckled when Africa and North America collided eons ago. More
Issues: Marcellus shale
WVSORO Surface Owners’ News – September/October 2008
Newsletter WVSORO October 28, 2008
WV SORO Appeals Ruling on Spacing for Gas Wells Spacing Needed to Protect Landowners | WV SORO Presents Your Concerns to Legislators | Building Momentum Toward a Bill of Rights More
Issues: Leasing, Legislation, Oil and Gas
Newsletter WVSORO October 28, 2008
WV SORO Appeals Ruling on Spacing for Gas Wells Spacing Needed to Protect Landowners | WV SORO Presents Your Concerns to Legislators | Building Momentum Toward a Bill of Rights More
Issues: Leasing, Legislation, Oil and Gas
Analysis of Chemicals Used in Natural Gas Production in Washington
Document WVSORO October 27, 2008
Issues: Fracking
Document WVSORO October 27, 2008
Issues: Fracking