daniel cohen

I'd be interested in knowing anything about a "no surface activity lease". What the range of $/acre might be, and the range of royalities.

royalty calculations puzzle me no end. can anyone simplify it for me?

Welcome to GMS. I hope the site is a place for you to learn and contribute. I look forward to your participation. Be sure to check out the county groups to get plugged in to local site members.

best,

Keith
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That is fine if they want to share information about general terms of leases of which they have personal knowledge, but his question was about the validity of a lease signed only by the lessor. In doing so, he is asking a legal question which requires an informed response.

Dan, I'm not accustomed to giving legal advice for free nor soliciting business on this site. If you are in Morgantown perhaps you should seek advice from a local attorney who devotes a fair amount of time to the oil and gas business. Stephen Shuman comes to mind and there are a few others, perhaps even one at the law school although I doubt you'll find anyone there conversant in the lease terms being offered presently in Mon County.

Dear Carolyn, thanks for the kind words and getting back to me. As a truth sayer, you will not permit yourself to quit. Nor should you. I've tried to carry on the search for clear talking, and have been spending some time on the blog site entitled "Aquifer Contamination". Please check it out if you haven't already done so. I don't know how to put a link into this place to get you to there, so it will be a bit of a hunt. Sorry for that.