This article originally provided by
WV Public Radio
July 18, 2007
Landowner takes drastic steps to stop gas drilling on
property
By Scott Finn
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Natural gas prices are at near-record highs, and there’s been a 65% increase
in the number of permits for new wells since 2004. There’s been an increase in
tension between landowners and natural gas producers, too. Last month, a Roane
Co. judge upheld a $400M verdict in favor of residents who said that Chesapeake
Energy was shorting them in royalty payments. Here’s a story of another battle
between a
landowner and a gas driller, where the landowner took drastic steps to keep
a well off his property. (5:04)
Transcript
McMahon’s “Surface Owners’
Guide To Oil and Gas”
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