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Title 42, Chapter 116, Subchapter III, Sec. 11042. Trade secrets
Document WVSORO August 23, 2009
Issues: Fracking, Water
Document WVSORO August 23, 2009
Issues: Fracking, Water
Title 42, Chapter 116, Subchapter III, Sec. 11041. Relationship to other law
Document WVSORO August 23, 2009
Issues: Fracking, Water
Document WVSORO August 23, 2009
Issues: Fracking, Water
Title 42, Chapter 116, Subchapter II, Sec. 11023. Toxic chemical release forms
Document WVSORO August 23, 2009
Issues: Fracking, Water
Document WVSORO August 23, 2009
Issues: Fracking, Water
Title 42, Chapter 116, Subchapter II, Sec. 11021. Material safety data sheets
Document WVSORO August 23, 2009
Issues: Fracking, Water
Document WVSORO August 23, 2009
Issues: Fracking, Water
Sec. 11005. Emergency training and review of emergency systems
Document WVSORO August 23, 2009
Issues: Fracking, Water
Document WVSORO August 23, 2009
Issues: Fracking, Water
Title 42, Chapter 116, Subchapter I, Sec. 11004. Emergency notification
Document WVSORO August 23, 2009
Issues: Fracking, Water
Document WVSORO August 23, 2009
Issues: Fracking, Water
Filing deadline for claims in Dominion royalty case extended
Press Release WVSORO August 13, 2009
Mineral owners have more time to request payment from settlement More
Issues: Leasing, Oil and Gas
Press Release WVSORO August 13, 2009
Mineral owners have more time to request payment from settlement More
Issues: Leasing, Oil and Gas
I am considering signing a lease or doing other business with a driller or landman for a company. Can I find out if that “operator” has a history of “violations” of state laws or rules?
Leasing / Amendment Advice, WV Surface Owners' Guide Update WVSORO August 10, 2009
You can find out information about “violations” on the West Virginia DEP, Office of Oil and Gas web site. But be aware that much enforcement is done informally without the state writing up official “violations” that will show up on this data base. More
Issues: DEP, Oil and Gas
Leasing / Amendment Advice, WV Surface Owners' Guide Update WVSORO August 10, 2009
You can find out information about “violations” on the West Virginia DEP, Office of Oil and Gas web site. But be aware that much enforcement is done informally without the state writing up official “violations” that will show up on this data base. More
Issues: DEP, Oil and Gas
Reply brief filed by WVSORO
Document WVSORO August 10, 2009
Issues: Marcellus shale, Minerals-Royalties
Document WVSORO August 10, 2009
Issues: Marcellus shale, Minerals-Royalties
Marcellus formation: leasing and well spacing history
Blog WVSORO August 8, 2009
West Virginia Record article on decision compliments WVSORO Amicus Brief in SUpreme Court Gas drilling lawsuit sent back to lower court by W.Va. Supreme Court (News article) Coal companies and others file new appeal in lower court WVSORO also files new appeal in lower court in different county WVSORO allowed to interevene in coal company […] More
Issues: Marcellus shale, Well Spacing
Blog WVSORO August 8, 2009
West Virginia Record article on decision compliments WVSORO Amicus Brief in SUpreme Court Gas drilling lawsuit sent back to lower court by W.Va. Supreme Court (News article) Coal companies and others file new appeal in lower court WVSORO also files new appeal in lower court in different county WVSORO allowed to interevene in coal company […] More
Issues: Marcellus shale, Well Spacing
DEP Proposed Rules for Oil and Gas Wells
Document WVSORO July 31, 2009
Issues: DEP, Marcellus shale, Oil and Gas
Document WVSORO July 31, 2009
Issues: DEP, Marcellus shale, Oil and Gas
Material Safety Data Sheets: One Possible Source of Information About Chemicals Used in Hydraulic Fracturing
Document WVSORO July 24, 2009
Identifying chemicals used in the process of hydraulic fracturing of a gas well is a concern of many surface owners and people concerned with the environment generally. Drillers do not release this information. This leaves surface owners, adjacent landowners, and others fearful of the harmful environmental and health effects of the unknown chemicals. More
Issues: Fracking, Pollution, Water
Document WVSORO July 24, 2009
Identifying chemicals used in the process of hydraulic fracturing of a gas well is a concern of many surface owners and people concerned with the environment generally. Drillers do not release this information. This leaves surface owners, adjacent landowners, and others fearful of the harmful environmental and health effects of the unknown chemicals. More
Issues: Fracking, Pollution, Water
They are spraying water out of a drilling pit on to the land (or they propose to do so in a drilling permit I received). Can they do that?
Water Advice, WV Surface Owners' Guide Update WVSORO July 22, 2009
A driller is not allowed to just knock a wall out of the pit and let the water and other stuff in it run into a stream, either during or after drilling. More
Issues: Drilling waste, Oil and Gas, Pollution
Water Advice, WV Surface Owners' Guide Update WVSORO July 22, 2009
A driller is not allowed to just knock a wall out of the pit and let the water and other stuff in it run into a stream, either during or after drilling. More
Issues: Drilling waste, Oil and Gas, Pollution
Blue Eagle Quest-PetroEdge Answering Brief
Document WVSORO July 21, 2009
Issues: Marcellus shale, Well Spacing
Document WVSORO July 21, 2009
Issues: Marcellus shale, Well Spacing