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Permalink Reply by MAGA on May 29, 2016 at 6:08am

That's interesting and good for you, Craig. Does anybody out there know if there is State law as Craig suggests that requires the lease holder to do this on a timely basis. I currently have a very old lease on a property and the shallow well that hbp'ed the property stopped producing mid 2015. The lease holder said 6 months ago that they would voluntarily terminate/release the lease but they have not done so yet. I would like to know as a landowner if there is legal action I can bring against them for their lack of diligence?  

Permalink Reply by marilyn nesbitt on June 5, 2016 at 8:06am

If you remember I posted last summer that we had had our lease renewed. There must be no state law about releasing people from their lease cause that has been almost a year and we have heard nothing.. Of course that is not to say it won 't happen.

Permalink Reply by craig on June 5, 2016 at 10:51am

Marilyn, so you are saying that they said they were going to renew your lease but didn't? or I'm reading this wrong?

Permalink Reply by marilyn nesbitt on June 5, 2016 at 11:12am

 I'm sorry if I didn't make myself clear. They renewed the lease right then. Check was attached. Haven't heard a word since.Then all the news about the money problems, but that wasn't only with CHK.

Permalink Reply by craig on June 5, 2016 at 5:52pm

marilyn, until your new lease expires you will probably hear nothing unless they go to drill/unitize you.

Read Ron's post below.

Permalink Reply by craig on June 5, 2016 at 10:50am

If I'm not mistaken I believe I read here if a well hasn't been in production for x amount of time one can file some sort of paperwork to request release of a lease. Maybe someone else can chime in.

Permalink Reply by 0ym9x5ag7ury2 on June 5, 2016 at 3:32pm

Craig,

     Here is the NEW IN 2014 Act 152 Recording of Surrender Documents from Oil & Natural Gas Lease Act.

This law is user friendly as written, so you can save some money on a lawyer and take the action on your own.

I can see we need to add this information to a Blog showing the Release Law for each state. 

Here is the link to the story:

http://oilandgas.jacksonkelly.com/2014/11/two-new-pennsylvania-laws...

Act 152 of 2014 (House Bill 402), also known as the “Recording of Surrender Documents from Oil and Natural Gas Lease Act,” requires lessees to provide a surrender document to a lessor within 30 days of the termination, expiration or cancellation of an oil and gas lease.

Permalink Reply by craig on June 5, 2016 at 5:49pm

Thank you Ron, I knew someone would post info that I couldn't remember ; )

Folks can complain all they want about your postings, but I appreciate them regardless.

Permalink Reply by 0ym9x5ag7ury2 on June 6, 2016 at 8:04am

craig,

      Thanks for the feedback.

Better times are ahead for all of us, the evidence against the Giant is indisputable!