State universities, prisons and transportation facilities would be allowed to lease out mineral rights for the first time under a bill the state Senate passed today. The Department of General Services and the State System of Higher Education would be able to sign mineral leases after putting land out for competitive bidding, according to the bill. The vote is part of a series of measures in Harrisburg seeking to develop and regulate shale gas resources under most of the state.
SANTA FE COUNTY Commission to vote on resolution today, but can't force state, feds to act
A sweeping bill to regulate the states natural gas industry cleared a significant hurdle Monday night, but its fate remains uncertain. Members of a House Judiciary subcommittee unanimously approved a bill to set new rules for companies as they seek to develop the states Marcellus shale, which contains a massive underground cache of gas that could help create thousands of jobs and generate billions of dollars. But the committee also stripped language from the bill that would have made it easier and perhaps cheaper for gas companies to get to the gas. A practice, known as forced pooling, lets companies extract gas from beneath a large tract of land even if they cant agree to a lease with all of the mineral rights owners. The companies still have to pay for the gas they force pool, but min...
HARRISBURG -- Natural gas drillers should pay fees on their wells for their impact on local communities, and landowners who don't want to lease their mineral rights should be forced to if their neighbors do, the governor's Marcellus Shale Advisory Commission recommended in its final meeting on Friday in Harrisburg. The commission's work is advisory only, and the decision-making still rests with the Legislature and the governor, who might not agree.
Natural-gas companies in our area can drill in one spot and extract gas more than a mile away by using "horizontal" drilling. These companies offered to lease homeowners' mineral rights - about $4,000 for my partner and me. For environmental reasons, we strongly oppose this drilling, but most of our neighbors are enthusiastic about the profits, so drilling will likely be done under our house regardless of whether we agree to the lease. What should we do? - Jessica May
Imagine winning the lottery without buying a ticket. It was much like that for Glenn Pore when the Fayette County retiree accepted an energy company's offer to pay him and 10 relatives thousands of dollars to lease mineral rights beneath farmland his ancestors plowed a century ago.
... and Enforcement (BOEMRE) (formerly the Minerals Management. Service) into three new separate organ... makes no changes to the substantive legal rights, obligations, or interests of affected parties. Th...royalty relief awarded after lease issuance as an operational responsibility. However...
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