Penn State Law – Natural Gas Exploration Online Resources

Penn State Dickinson School of Law. 2009.

Natural Gas Exploration–Online Resources–Legal Blogs–Select Penn State Publications–Natural Gas Leasing Information–General Information Relating to Natural Gas Industry–Publications Relating Specifically to Barnett Shale.

Testing Your Drinking Water (Bryan Swistock, Senior Extension Associate, and Stephanie Clemens, Research Assistant, Penn State Cooperative Extension – Water Resources, 2007)

Checklist for Negotiating an Oil and Gas Lease (John B. McFarland, October 2006)

Gas Exploration and Leasing on Private Land: Tips and Guidance for New York Landowners (Cornell University Cooperative Extension, June 2008)

Hints on Negotiating an Oil and Gas Lease (Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University, July 1997)

Information about Oil and Gas Leasing for Surface Owners who also Own their Minerals (David McMahon, Attorney at Law in West Virginia, May 2008)

Land and Mineral Owner Information — New York (American Association of Professional Landmen)

Landowners and Oil and Gas Leases in Pennsylvania (Fact Sheet, PA Dept. of Environmental Protection)

Landowner Tips: Oil and Gas Leases (New York State Office of the Attorney General)

Leasing Farmland for Oil and Gas Production (The Ohio State University Extension, March 2008)

Negotiating Oil and Gas Leases on Indiana Farmland (Purdue University Cooperative Extension, October 1997)

Oil and Gas Lease Forms (Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation)

Oil and Gas Leases: Landowners’ Rights (New York State Office of the Attorney General, August 2008)

Pennsylvania Property Owner Handbook for Leasing Oil and Gas (Law Offices of Donald D. Saxton, Jr., March 2008 — linked from the conserveland.org library)

Practical Pointers Series: Gas Exploration, Extraction and Conservation (Land Trust Alliance, June 2008 — linked from the conserveland.org library)

“Prepare Early for Gas Agreements” (Dennis Wolff, Secretary of Agriculture, July 2008)

Sample Oil and Gas Lease (Law Offices of Donald D. Saxton, Jr., January 2008 — linked from the conserveland.org library)

Sample Paid-Up Oil and Gas Lease (National Association of Royalty Owners)

Termination of an Oil and Gas Lease (Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University, September 2001

General Information Relating to Natural Gas Industry

Accessing Buried Treasure (S. Lawrence Paulson, Contributing Editor, American Gas , June 2008)

An Examination of Pennsylvania’s Oil and Gas Industry (The Center for Rural Pennsylvania, March 2005)

Drilling and Developing the Marcellus Shale (Independent Oil and Gas Association of Pennsylvania, May 2008)

The Economic Impact of Marcellus Shale in Northeastern Pennsylvania (Joint Urban Studies Center, May 2008)

Gas Drilling in the Marcellus Shale (Sierra Club Pennsylvania Chapter, Water Issues Committee, June 2008 — linked from the conserveland.org library)

The Gold Book: Surface Operating Standards and Guidelines for Oil and Gas Exploration and Development (BLM, 2007)

Guidelines for Development of Oil and Gas Resources (Northcentral Pennsylvania Conservancy, June 2008 — linked from the conserveland.org library)

Homegrown Energy: The Facts About Natural Gas Exploration of the Marcellus Shale (Independent Oil & Gas Association of New York, 2008)

How a Lawyer Can Help You (Pennsylvania Bar Association, July 2005)

Hydraulic Fracturing Considerations for Natural Gas Wells of the Marcellus Shale (ALL Consulting, 2008, available through the Friendsville Group Web site)

The Impact of Marcellus Shale in Northeastern Pennsylvania with an Emphasis on Charities, Crime, and Poverty (Joint Urban Studies Center, May 2008)

Marcellus Shale is Hot Topic in PA Environmental Law (M. Joel Bolstein, Esq., published by Fox Rothschild LLP, October 2008)

Maryland Geological Survey: Information Concerning the Marcellus Shale and the Search for Gas in Western Maryland (September 2008)

Methane Gas and Its Removal from Wells in Pennsylvania (Bryan Swistock, Senior Penn State Cooperative Extension Associate, and Prof. William E. Sharpe, 2006)

Mineral Rights: Basic Information About Mineral, Surface, Oil and Gas Rights (from geology.com)

Negotiating Oil and Gas Rights for Access to the Marcellus Shale Natural Gas Reserves (Derald J. Hay and Herbert K. Sudfeld, Fox Rothschild LLP, June 2009)

Oil and Gas at Your Door? A Landowners Guide to Oil and Gas Development (Oil and Gas Accountability Project, June 2005)

Oil and Gas Extraction: Impacts, Risks, and Regulations (National Center for Manufacturing Sciences, Environmental Roadmapping Initiative, March 2003)

Oklahoma Bar Association Mineral Law Section Newsletter (April 2008)

Our Drinking Water at Risk: What the EPA and Oil and Gas Industry Don’t Want Us to Know About Hydraulic Fracturing (Oil and Gas Accountability Project, April 2005)

Pennsylvania Angler & Boater : “McKean County’s Oil & Gas Wells” (Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, January-February 2005)

“Pennsylvania’s Natural Gas Boom Puts Townships in Difficult Position” (Townships Today, Spring 2008)

Protecting Water, Producing Gas: Minimizing the Impact of Coalbed Methane and Other Natural Gas Production on Alberta’s Groundwater (The Pembina Institute, Canada, April 2007)

Seller Beware: Some Perils and Solutions to Leasing Oil and Gas Rights (Derald J. Hay, Fox Rothschild LLP, April 2009)

Shale Gas: Focus on the Marcellus Shale (Oil and Gas Accountability Project/Earthworks, May 2008)

West Virginia Surface Owners’ Guide to Oil and Gas (David McMahon, Attorney at Law, May 2005)