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West Virginia Surface Owners' Rights Organization

News Stories Relevant to WV SORO
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5-1	Local landowner speaks out about property damage
4-9	Natural Gas Could Transform Sullivan County
4-8	There’s Gas in Those Hills
3-30	Owners have way to fight landmen
3-28	Property owner files suit over gas extraction
3-23	Getting ready for a gusher: Vast reservoir under state could hiss for decades
3-15	Doddridge Landowners Meet to Talk About Drilling Rights
3-13	Good Odds and Easter
3-13	Surface owners’ resolution dies
3-7	Mineral Rights Letter Not Properly Framed
3-6	Surface owners’ bill not likely this year
3-6	Driller says he tried to work with landowners
	Mineral Rights Rules Should Be Changed
2-28	Driller says he tried to work with landowners
2-28	Surface owners’ bill not likely this year
2-23	Proposed landowner ‘bill of rights’ stalled
2-22	Surface Owners' Issue Is Worthy of Debate
2-22	PetroQuest negotiates over West Virginia wells and pipeline
2-21	Landowners Feel Ignored
2-21	Lawmakers hear dispute between gas drillers, property owners
2-20	A Surface Owner Bill of Rights?
2-19	Local Chapter Of Surface Owners’ Rights Organization Forms
2-17	Gas exploration might next occur in Marcellus Shale deposits that stretch as far as West Virginia
2-14	Let's Not Change Rules During Game
2-14	Surface Owners Rally for 'Bill of Rights'; More than 40 people came from across the state to speak about their experiences with oil and gas operations
2-11	Balancing Energy Needs and Safety
2-7	Surface Owners' Bill of Rights - WV Public Radio covers SORO Lobby Day (mp3)
2-7	Surface Owners Pack Meeting
2-7	Drilling Boom Spurs Legislation: 'Bill of Rights' gives surface owners more say about how work occurs on their land.
2-7	Surface owners' rights legislation in House, Senate
2-6	Landowners seek ‘bill of rights’ for oil, gas jobs
2-5	Landowners' group to hold press conference at State Capitol
2-4	Huge natural gas field mile below Appalachia tantalizes drillers
2-4	LAND OWNERS VENT ABOUT GAS WELL DRILLING - Major Well Boom Coming
2-1	WV SORO Legislative Update
1-30	Legislature Taking on Surface Owner’s Bill of Rights
1-29	Measure offered to protect landowners in gas, oil drilling
1-25	Surface owners’ group to hold meeting in Spencer
1-19	Cabot Oil & Gas sues state over Chief Logan drilling rejection
1-18	Massive gas field detected
1-17	Unconventional natural gas reservoir could boost U.S. supply
1-10	New oil and gas finds in West Virginia
12-20	Proposed Rules Tighten Oil, Gas Drilling in State Forests
12-20	Politics blocking drilling, family says
12-14	DEP rejects drilling in park; State law cited barring mineral ‘extraction’
11-17	Drilling planned at Chief Logan State Park; Gas firm's proposal sets up fight with Manchin and state laws
11-12	W.Va. gas industry butts heads with coal, landowners
11-7	Natural gas businesses flocking to the state to tap ample reserves
10-11	New State-Wide Organization Formed to Protect Landowner’s Rights
10-11	Group formed to fight oil, gas ‘abuses’ in W.Va.
9-18	Middle ground hard to find with property rights
8-27	USA Today covers WV SORO
8-25	Surface owners’ group membership expands
7-18-07	Landowner takes drastic steps to stop gas drilling on property
Aug. 2007	WV Public Radio interview with David McMahon (mp3)
Nov. 2004	Green fire: Non-native plants are destructive but unchecked

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