Posts by WVSORO
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Chesapeake Appalachia defending the agency decision
Document WVSORO March 11, 2008
Issues: Marcellus shale, Well Spacing
Document WVSORO March 11, 2008
Issues: Marcellus shale, Well Spacing
Circuit Court Decision on Flat Rate Royalties
Document WVSORO March 11, 2008
We think that the "contemplation of the parties" theory that is only mentioned in this decision and also contract theories might be good theories for a lawyer to pursue in a court case. More
Issues: Leasing
Document WVSORO March 11, 2008
We think that the "contemplation of the parties" theory that is only mentioned in this decision and also contract theories might be good theories for a lawyer to pursue in a court case. More
Issues: Leasing
A presentation on the Geology of the Marcellus Shale
Resource Gallery WVSORO February 29, 2008
Issues: Marcellus shale
Resource Gallery WVSORO February 29, 2008
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
Press Release WVSORO February 5, 2008
Focus is on protecting landowners from abuses by oil & gas drillers More
Issues: Oil and Gas
WV SORO’s Motion for leave brief together with the Amicus Brief itself.
Document WVSORO February 4, 2008
Issues: Marcellus shale, Well Spacing
Document WVSORO February 4, 2008
Issues: Marcellus shale, Well Spacing
A map from the EIA showing gas reserve estimates for southern WV and western VA through 2001
Document, Map WVSORO February 3, 2008
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Issues: Marcellus shale
Document, Map WVSORO February 3, 2008
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Issues: Marcellus shale
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Tawney Judge Denies New Trial – Pre Appeal
Document WVSORO November 1, 2007
Part 1 (scroll down for Part 2) Part 2 More
Issues: Minerals-Royalties
Document WVSORO November 1, 2007
Part 1 (scroll down for Part 2) Part 2 More
Issues: Minerals-Royalties