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What should I do? Advice for common situations Resources West Virginia Surface Owner’s Guide to Oil and Gas Erosion and Sediment Control Manual (that drillers must follow) DEP Inspectors who are to enforce State laws How a Gas Well Is Drilled Down Into the Ground, and What Can Go Wrong About “Coal Bed Methane” Well Spacing and Royalty Sharing.  What is it and why do we need more Lawyers and Experts for surface owners State Office of Oil and Gas Links of Interest Shared Experiences Photo slide show:  Example of gas well drilling, beginning to end Bad Examples! Surface Owner Stories Forums coming soon Mineral Owner Info Leasing/Royalty info etc   Advice for common situations I just got a notice of a driller’s application for a permit to drill a well on my land!  What should I do?  Someone came and wants me to sign a lease to the oil and gas and other minerals under my land.  What should I do?   There are gathering pipelines around me leaking gas.  What can I do?   A driller is taking water from a stream to drill or "frac" an oil or gas well.  Can they do that? If you want revegetation with seeds other than that at page 32 of the State's Soil Erosion and Sediment Control Field Manual (which some farmers say is not all that beneficial and maybe even not good for some stock), then work on your driller before,during or after the comment period to use seed mixtures you get from your local soil conservation district, or seed mixtures etc. provided in Managing Gas and Oil Sites for Wildlife which is recognized by the Field Manual on page 31, or if you want native seedings, seed mixtures in the  Upper Elk River Watershed study of the West Virginia Division of Forestry.

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