In a case initially filed last summer in Ohio, a Belmont County mineral rights owner alleges that Rice Drilling (now… Continue reading The post OH Lawsuit Filed Against Utica Fracker Accuses Subsurface Trespass first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.
On February 15, 2023, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania agreed to hear the case Dressler Family, LP v. PennEnergy Resources,… Continue reading The post PA Supreme Court to Address Royalty Post-Production Deduction Issue first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.
We have a second article today dealing with post-production deductions in Pennsylvania oil and gas leases. Although this is an… Continue reading The post Using PA “Free Gas” Clause in Leases to Refute Royalty Deductions first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.
Last April, MDN introduced readers to the developing issue of landowners being approached to lease “pore space” rights (see M-U… Continue reading The post WV Bill Passes Expanding DNR Power to Lease State-Owned Pore Space first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.
Purely by happenstance, we stumbled across an interesting “working paper” published by the National Bureau of Economic Research. The paper… Continue reading The post New Research Finds PA Lease Deals Not Tied to Well Productivity first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.
We have two related lawsuits to report on involving landowners in Susquehanna County, PA, and Callon Petroleum. As most lawsuits… Continue reading The post PA Landowners Sue Callon for Shifting Assets to Avoid Class Action first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.
Headquartered in Philadelphia, PA, WhiteHawk Energy was founded in 2021 to acquire mineral rights and royalty interests in U.S. shale… Continue reading The post WhiteHawk Energy Expands Beyond M-U, Buys Royalties in Haynesville first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.
A group of landowners in Harrison and Doddridge counties (in West Virginia) sued Antero Resources, claiming the company had deducted… Continue reading The post 4th Circuit Rules Antero CAN Deduct Some Royalty Expenses in WV first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.
It’s rare these days to come across information about the terms of a lease deal. Back in the day, when… Continue reading The post Ohio School District Signs Lease w/Encino, $4K/Acre +18% Royalty first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.
It took us a while to track down this story, but we finally have details about the settlement of a… Continue reading The post SWPA Landowners Settle Class Action Lawsuit with Chief for $5.5M first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.
In January of this year, MDN reported on Pennsylvania State Senate Bill (SB) 806, aimed at providing clarity in the… Continue reading The post PA Gov. Wolf Signs NatGas Royalty Transparency Act into Law first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.
Back in July, MDN reported on the somewhat odd case of a West Virginia Circuit Court judge who allegedly waved… Continue reading The post Gun-Toting Judge in Landowner/EQT Royalty Lawsuit Resigns first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.
These days we don’t often see the contract details for new leases signed by landowners to allow shale drilling. We… Continue reading The post Allegheny Twp Leases Under Tredway Trail to Olympus for $2,200/Ac first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.
We have chronicled a number of companies that buy royalty and/or mineral rights from landowners in the Marcellus/Utica over the… Continue reading The post Bounty Minerals, Focused on Marcellus/Utica, Files $100M+ IPO first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.
A press release issued yesterday announced the partnership between an Appalachian driller we aren’t familiar with, Oil Well Shares (OWS),… Continue reading The post M-U Co. Partners with Renewable Co. to Build Solar, Wind, Storage first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.