The water in Clarksburg, West Virginia, is not safe to drink and has not been safe to drink for years. The Environmental Protection Agency determined that “significantly high levels of lead” have created conditions to exist in the System [Clarksburg Water Board] that may present an “imminent and substantial endangerment to human health at these […]Continue reading

We are now two-thirds of the way through the legislative session for 2017. Today is the last day to introduce bills into the Senate; and, tomorrow (Tuesday, March 21) is the last day to introduce bills in the House. All bills are due out of committees this coming Sunday, the 26th. The “Cotenancy and Lease […]Continue reading

On November 15, 2016, the WV Supreme Court entered an Order of great importance to WV landowners; now, two currently proposed legislative bills seek to circumvent the findings in Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC v. Brian and Doris McCurdy. In reviewing the Monroe County Circuit Court’s decision, the Supreme Court affirmed the lower court’s ruling that […]Continue reading

An existing lease is considered to be a continuing contractual obligation between producer and a mineral owner if the lease is “held by production.” This means that generally as long as a leased property has at least one well that is producing royalties “in paying quantities” for the mineral owners that the old lease and […]Continue reading

There is a database resource operated by the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection’s  (“WVDEP”) Office of Oil and Gas  (“OOG”) with which you can find the reported production of a well that is on your surface or is being said to hold a lease by production. The only piece of information you need in […]Continue reading