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Steptoe & Johnson PLLC: Producer Requirements Change for Expired Oil and Gas Leases
Posted on 6 Nov 2014 by Steptoe & Johnson PLLC

By Gary Slagel and Holly Christie The “Recording of Surrender Documents from Oil and Natural Gas Lease Act,” will take effect as Act 152, December 21, 2014. Spurred by increasing concerns around title cloud issues caused by unreleased leases... Read More

Tags: alternative energy , fracking , Steptoe & Johnson , oil and gas leases , Recording of Surrender Documents from Oil and Natural Gas Lease Act , energy

Babst Calland: Pennsylvania Oil and Gas Lease Act Signed Into Law, Addresses Joint Development
Posted on 18 Jul 2013 by Babst Calland

On July 9, 2013, Governor Corbett signed into law Senate Bill 259, also known as the Oil and Gas Lease Act (Act), amending the Guaranteed Minimum Royalty Act. In addition to providing new rights and requirements as to payments resulting from the production... Read More

Tags: Governor Corbett , horizontal drilling , Babst Calland Pennsylvania Oil and Gas Lease Act , Senate Bill 259 , alternative energy , fracking , Guaranteed Minimum Royalty Act , oil and gas leases , Natural gas , Oil and Gas Lease Act , oil , energy law , gas

California Energy Group Defends Oil and Gas Leasing
Posted on 8 Jul 2013 by William Perry Pendley

DENVER - A California nonprofit, non-partisan trade association that represents some 450 independent crude oil and natural gas producers, royalty owners, and service and supply companies on Juje 25 filed its brief with a California federal district court... Read More

Tags: California Independent Petroleum Association , Mountain States Legal Foundation , NEPA , Monterey-Santos Shale Formation , fracking , Bureau of Land Management , crude oil , California , oil and gas leases , William Perry Pendley , Center for Biological Diversity , Natural gas , environment , oil , shale , Litigation , energy law , hydraulic fracturing , BLM , National Environmental Policy Act , gas , MSLF , Sierra Club

Babst Calland: Pennsylvania Oil and Gas Law and Section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code - Can an Oil and Gas Lease be Rejected in Bankruptcy?
Posted on 18 Oct 2011 by Babst Calland

The recent boom in gas drilling in Pennsylvania due to the development of the Marcellus Shale would seem to be a windfall to landowners who have signed leases for the development of gas reserves on their property. When such a landowner becomes a debtor... Read More

Tags: Bankruptcy , oil and gas leases , Pennsylvania , Natural gas , Babst Calland , Marcellus Shale , energy

Fulbright & Jaworski LLP Briefing: Department of Interior Releases Draft Rule of Well Stimulation
Posted on 14 Feb 2012 by Norton Rose Fulbright

L. Poe Leggette , Barclay Richard Nicholson and Jennifer Cadena On February 3, 2012, the Department of the Interior became the latest government entity to release draft regulations governing hydraulic fracturing. The rules are in draft, meaning they... Read More

Tags: oil and gas leases , Natural gas , Department of the Interior , hydraulic fracturing , energy

Steptoe & Johnson PLLC: Pennsylvania Supreme Court Affirms Good Faith Test of Production in Paying Quantities
Posted on 5 Apr 2012 by Steptoe & Johnson PLLC

By Russell L. Schetroma , Nathaniel I. Holland On Monday, March 26, 2012, in T.W. Phillips Gas & Oil Co. v. Jedlicka , No. 19 WAP 2009, 2012 Pa. LEXIS 627 (Pa. Mar. 26, 2012) [ enhanced version available to lexis.com subscribers ], the Pennsylvania... Read More

Tags: Kilmer v. Elexco Land Services , oil and gas leases , Pennsylvania Supreme Court , Pennsylvania , Steptoe and Johnson , Litigation , T.W. Phillips Gas &amp , Oil Co. v. Jedlicka , Young v. Forest Oil , energy