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Helping Clients With Their Energy and Environmental Needs

PA: Lease Allows Surface Use

The Pennsylvania Superior Court recently held that an operator had the right to construct an 11-acre freshwater storage...


Tags: Energy, Surface Use

New Royalty Class Action Decisions

The United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit issued two decisions last week vacating orders out of district courts in...


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TX Accommodation Doctrine

The Texas Supreme Court recently held that a surface owner had not established that the lessee of a severed mineral estate had...


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No Implied Duty to Develop Marcellus

So holds the Pennsylvania Superior Court in Caldwell v. Kriebel Resources Co., No. 1305-WDA-2012 (June 21, 2013). Plaintiffs sued...


Tags: Implied, Covenants, Implied Covenants, Energy

The Daily Review is reporting that the Pennsylvania General Assembly has passed legislation addressing royalty payments: "Senate...


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The Leader-Enterprise has a good summary of development in Pennsylvania to date: "Across the state, 6,200 shale gas wells have...


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Williams is making a serious investment in the Appalachian Basin: "The propane, butane, pentane and ethane in West Virginia and...


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The Intelligencer has a brief article you might find of interest: "A small village of oil and natural gas-related businesses is...


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We've reported previously on the investigation undertaken by U.S. EPA to try to link groundwater contamination to hydraulic...


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The Ohio Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal of State of Ohio ex rel. Morrison v. Beck Energy Corp., 2013-Ohio-356 (which...


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Helping clients with their energy and environmental needs

You can expect to find news and breaking legal developments involving the crude oil and natural gas industries, alternative and renewable energy resources, and the latest environmental issues.