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Comment by Michael Moore on December 10, 2009 at 7:40am

Has anyone researched this PGS company wanting permission to survey our lands for gas. It seems to me, the company you signed with shold take care of this. any thoughts?

Comment by ray on October 12, 2009 at 10:50pm

We are in the process of getting a lease signed. Does anyone have any info that would help as far as the best lease rates and company to sign with.

Comment by tina on October 2, 2009 at 3:44am

if you have signed a 5 year lease, with the right to renew for another 5 years, when the lease expires the first 5 years, do you renegotiate the lease? Do you get paid again the amount you got the first time around? Or do you get nothing? Has anyone dealt with this? Or does anyone know that answer?

Comment by Laurie Kaszuba on October 2, 2009 at 12:20am

We have been approached by Laser Midstream about running a pipeline through part of our property. We are located in Great Bend,

Comment by Rita McConnell on September 26, 2009 at 4:04am

For those who haven't heard, DEP has shut down Cabot operations in Susquehanna due to their recent spills in and near Stevens Creek. Full information is available on DEPs web site.

Comment by John Kobylski on September 18, 2009 at 5:37pm

Does anyone know anything about a Morgan Research Group/Company? I heard some people are talking to them but I haven't heard anything about who they are or how they fit in.

Comment by Rita McConnell on September 17, 2009 at 9:18am

Comment by Rita McConnell on September 17, 2009 at 9:08am

Terry -- I checked in with our VP of land wo has been around the country working with landowners and leases. He tells me hasn't seen any leases that spell out water spills in specifics, but more and more leases have strong language that identifies the operator as responsible for various spills, environmental damage and the like, while indemnifying the landowner or lessor from the same.

As far as hydrofracing goes, here are some things to keep in mind:
first, frac fluid(that which goes into the well) is different from flow back water that comes back out and is stored in large, lined impoundments until it is taken away for disposal. Fracing Fluid is pumped in through a very intricate and monitored system of equipment and piping -- I've attached a pic below. Fracs in the Marcellus occurr about 7,000 to 10,000 feet below ground. This is a very monitored and automated process, that is regularly tweaked to ensure the best gas return. Fracing fluid, regardless of what you may have heard from more excitable groups, has never contaminated a water source in nearly 60 years, and thats working on wells much shallower than these. Flow back water, can contain salts and metals -- some spills could cause surface environmental damage but would be remediated by the driller. Flow back water contents can vary from well to well, based on what occurrs naturally in that part of the formation. Some flow back water could be more damaging than other flow back water.
Fracing happens in stages -- the contaminated water produced is much less than your thinking -- a stage takes about 500,000 gallons, average horizontals have about 5 stages. Most flow back procedures reclaim about 50 percent or less of that. The rest is captured by the non-pourous formation as the "fractures" close back up, or returns in smaller volumes through other processes.

Comment by Louise Noble on September 17, 2009 at 8:34am

Does anyone know how the lawsuit in supreme court is turningout?

Comment by Terry R. McGuire on September 17, 2009 at 7:29am

I have a question for those of you who have signed a lease or any lawyers who might know the answer. The drilling and hydrofracking operation will produce 4 to 9 million gallons of polluted water each time the well is hydrofracked. While, in theory, this should not penetrate the aquifer, in practice, it will nearly be impossible to avoid some spills. Do any of the leases spell out who is liable if there is a major contamination event?

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