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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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