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Permalink Reply by Betty on April 30, 2012 at 11:04am

Rebekah -- are you in PA?  If so, here is part of a post  that may be helpful

Permalink Reply by Betty on Thursday                Delete

Thanks for the response.  However, just to confirm, PA does not have a set-back requirement in place.   I can find no existing PA regulations in place, except for the following:

http://downloads.cas.psu.edu/naturalgas/pdf/DickinsonPALaws.pdf

RULE OF CAPTURE

The rule of capture states that there is no liability for drainage of oil and gas from under the lands of

another so long as there has been no trespass and the individual observes all relevant statutes and regulations. In

Pennsylvania, the rule of capture follows that a neighbor has no right of recourse against a neighboring oil and gas

produced solely because someone else has drained and produced the oil and gas. Seneca v. Howard, 867 A.2d.

656 (Superior Court of Pennsylvania, Western District, 2004

http://downloads.cas.psu

the way I read it  "the individual observes all relevant statutes and regulations. "  is simply some legalese put in should PA actually institute such type of law... leaving it to the individual landowner (or the gas company-- yet this would be in their favor -- so why bother) to deal with the issue -- or perhaps I'm missing something.

thanks again.

I should add the way I read this it applies to leased (unless by the same company, I hope) or unleased properties

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