Tag: marcellus
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Marcellus Shale Gas Boom Sparks Land Disputes
… the descendants of the leather-trust families say it was wrong to confiscate their mineral rights because the surface property’s owners had failed to pay their taxes. They say there was no tax owed on the minerals themselves.
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Title Wash – a Brief Overview
Business Workshop: ‘Title washing’ causes disputes over subsurface rights July 15, 2013 12:03 am When some property owners in the Marcellus Shale region want to contract with drilling companies to explore for natural gas on their land, they may find that others have laid claim to their sub-surface rights. Disputed ownership results from Pennsylvania laws…
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US Approves Expanded Gas Exports
US Approves Expanded Gas Exports Obama administration approves $10 billion natural gas export facility in Texas. Just a few years ago we were building import terminals. What a difference shale gas has made to the strength of the US economy. Dow Chemical has been in opposition to exporting gas from the US because they say…
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