Oil and Gas Articles
- Abandoned Oil and Gas Wells – More Than Just a Rusty Eyesore
- Act 85 and Cross-Unit Drilling – More Questions Than Answers for Landowners
- Adverse Possession – Can Surface Owner Acquire Title to Gas Formations by Mere Passage of Time?
- A Possible Blueprint for Landowners Challenging Pipeline Companies
- Can the Payment of a Shut-In Royalty Maintain an Oil/Gas Lease Indefinitely?
- Claim Based On Implied Covenant To Market Gas To Move Forward In Federal Royalty Litigations
- Court Rules Severance Tax Does Not Increase Value of Shale Gas, Therefore Not a Deductible Post-Production Cost
- Does a Well Passing Horizontally Under a Property Trigger a "Payment in Lieu of Free Gas" Clause? The Pennsylvania Superior Court says "No"
- Driller Bankruptcy Could Raise Environmental Concerns for Landowners
- Driller Has No Obligation to Pay Royalty on Lost Gas
- Failure to Tender Production Royalty Did Not Trigger Forfeiture Clause
- Federal Court in Pittsburgh Allows Lease Cancellation Suit to Move Forward
- Federal Court in Pittsburgh Questions Applicability of Kilmer Decision
- Federal Court in Scranton Rules That Litigation Filed by Landowner Did Not “Repudiate” the Lease
- Federal Court Rules that Assignment of Oil/Gas Lease May Not Extinguish Liability of Original Lessee
- Federal District Court In Ohio Rules That Chesapeake Did Not Breach Lease When It Deducted Costs From Royalty
- Federal District Court in Ohio Rules That Driller Did Not Breach Lease by Deducting Post-Production Costs Incurred by Affiliate
- Federal District Court In Pennsylvania Allows Royalty Claim To Move Forward
- Good News for Landowners Means Bad News for Trespassers
- Has Forced Pooling Come to Pennsylvania With SB 259?
- HB 1391: Putting Teeth Back in Pennsylvania’s Minimum Royalty Statute
- Houston Harbaugh, P.c Files “amicus Curiae Brief’ On Behalf Of The Pennsylvania Chapter Of The National Association Of Royalty Owners In Briggs, Et Al V. Southwestern Energy (63 Map 2018)
- Is Pa. Becoming a First-Marketable-Product Jurisdiction?
- Is the Implied Covenant of Reasonable Development Irrelevant?
- Landowners: Act Now or be Bound by Class Action Settlement Terms
- Landowners Beware: Warranty Clause in Oil and Gas Lease Can Obligate Landowner to Repay Signing Bonus
- Landowners May Face Difficult Burden Regarding Intermingled Gas
- Legislation Revived to Protect Royalty Owners in Pennsylvania
- Local Zoning Ordinances May Hinder Oil/Gas Development
- Marcellus Shale Gas is Not a Mineral. What Does This Mean for Lease-holders?
- Murphy Exploration v. Adams: Texas Supreme Court Suggests That Horizontal Well Bore Will Not Drain Hydrocarbons From Adjacent Tract
- My Driller Filed for Bankruptcy; What Happens to My Lease in Pennsylvania?
- New Legislation May Allow Drillers To Revive Expired Oil And Gas Leases
- New Royalty Bill Hb 1708 Will Not Help Pennsylvania Landowners
- Non-Producing Oil and Gas Lease Deemed Abandoned by the Pennsylvania Superior Court
- Non-Production During Secondary Term Results in Termination of Lease
- North Dakota Supreme Court Rules That “Gross Proceeds” Means No Deductions
- Not All is Quiet on the Quiet Title Front
- Not Your Father’s Oil and Gas Lease
- Ohio Supreme Court Declines to Adopt Blanket “At the Well” Rule
- Ohio Supreme Court Declines To Recognize Implied Covenant Of Further Exploration
- Ohio Supreme Court Observes That Driller Cannot Maintain Lease Indefinitely by Paying Delay Rentals
- Ohio Supreme Court Rules that Lease Expiration Claim is Subject to Twenty-One Year Statute of Limitations
- Oklahoma Federal Court Rules That Driller Must Pay Royalty On Fuel Gas
- Pennsylvania Landowners May Not Own Oil and Gas Rights Under Rivers and Streams
- Pennsylvania Superior Court Fumbles Lease Expiration Claim
- Pennsylvania Superior Court Rejects Rule of Capture in Subsurface Trespass Suit
- Pennsylvania Superior Court Rules Driller had no Implied Obligation to Develop Deeper Formations
- Pennsylvania Superior Court Rules That Driller Abandoned Oil/Gas Lease By Failing To Pay Royalties For Over 20 Years
- Pipeline Operators: Public Utility or Pipeline Futility?
- Pooling Clause Not Necessary: West Virginia Court Finds Implied Right to Pool Exists Where Lease Silent
- Preliminary Operations Not Enough To Extend Lease into Secondary Term
- PUC Decision Suggests Pipeline Operator Has Public Utility Status
- Sixth Circuit Rules That Driller Must Pay Royalties On Natural Gas Liquids
- Subsurface Trespass – Can They Take the Gas Under My Property Without a Lease?
- Superior Court Breathes New Life Into Guaranteed Minimum Royalty Act
- Supreme Court Decision in Briggs v. Southwestern Energy is a “Win” for Pennsylvania Landowners
- Temporary Cessation of Production: How much time does a producer have under Pennsylvania law?
- Tenth Circuit Rules That Obligation To Pay Royalty On Fuel Gas Depends On Lease Language
- Texas Court Rules That Gross Royalty Clause in Addendum Supersedes Royalty Clause in Pre-Printed Lease Form
- The Accommodation Doctrine: Balancing the Interests of the Surface Owner and the Mineral Owner
- The Difference Between a “Royalty” and a “Royalty Interest” Can Be Confusing and Costly For Landowners
- To Drill or Not to Drill – Does Pennsylvania Recognize an Implied Covenant of Further Exploration?
- West Virginia Federal Court Rules That Lease Did Not Authorize the Deduction of Post-Production Costs
- West Virginia Jury Awards Damages to Surface Owner for Unauthorized Well Pad
- West Virginia Jury Finds That EQT Improperly Calculated Landowners’ Royalty on Shale Gas
- West Virginia Moves To Prohibit Drillers From Taking Deductions Which Reduce Net Royalty Below 12.5%
- West Virginia Supreme Court Declares that Minimum Royalty Statute Does Not Authorize the Deduction of Post-Production Costs
- West Virginia Supreme Court Rules That Horizontal Wells Cannot Be Drilled Into Adjacent Tracts Pursuant to 1901 Lease
- West Virginia Supreme Court to Reconsider Landmark Decision in Leggett v. EQT Production Company
- Who’s Entitled to Free Gas?
- Why the New Minimum Royalty Bill is Constitutional and Good for Pennsylvania