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Table of Contents Safety.............................................................................................................I-43 Roads ............................................................................................................I-44 Dust ...............................................................................................................I-44 Property Values ............................................................................................I-44 Noise .............................................................................................................I-44 Contaminants Associated with the Oil and Gas Industry ................................I-50 Air Emissions........................................................................................................I-51 Hydrocarbon Wastes...........................................................................................I-54 Produced Water...................................................................................................I-58 Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials (NORM) .........................................I-61 Alternative Technologies and Practices..............................................................I-62 Alternatives used during the drilling and completion phase...........................I-64 Alternatives used during the production phase ...............................................I-69 Chapter II, Legal and Regulatory Issues What are the first steps a landowner should take?..........................................II-1 The Legal Steps in Oil and Gas Development....................................................II-2 Who Owns the Minerals Beneath Your Land?......................................................II-3 Split or Severed Estate Property .........................................................................II-3 Reconnecting the Surface and Mineral Estates................................................II-5 How to Determine Ownership..............................................................................II-5 Mineral Versus Surface Rights..............................................................................II-7 Surface Owner Rights and Protections...............................................................II-8 Legal Decisions..............................................................................................II-8 Surface Use Agreements............................................................................II-10 Regulations and Surface Owner Protections.....................................................II-10 State Regulations ...............................................................................................II-11 Leasing.........................................................................................................II-11 Exploration ...................................................................................................II-13 Drilling and Production ...............................................................................II-13 Site Reclamation .........................................................................................II-15 Financial Assurance ....................................................................................II-17 Other Protections ........................................................................................II-21 Filing Grievances and Complaints .............................................................II-21 County and Municipal Regulations...................................................................II-22 Federal Regulations ...........................................................................................II-24 Exploration ...................................................................................................II-24 Drilling ..........................................................................................................II-24 Reclamation and Abandonment ................................................................II-26 Special Situation: If You Lease Land from the Federal Government .....II-26 Contents-2
Chapter III, Tips for Landowners What to do When the Landman Comes Calling..................................................III-1 Surface Use Agreements ......................................................................................III-3 Before You Negotiate a Surface Use Agreement.......................................III-3 If You Negotiate an SUA ...............................................................................III-3 Powder River Basin Resource Council SUA Checklist ...............................III-5 Surface Use Agreement Provisions to Consider ........................................III-6 Industry Perspectives on SUAs....................................................................III-8 How to Determine Reasonable Compensation..........................................III-9 Examples of Surface Use Agreements.....................................................III-13 Leasing ................................................................................................................III-24 Before Leasing Your Minerals ...................................................................III-24 Lease Provisions to Consider....................................................................III-26 Other Activities Landowners May Want to Consider .......................................III-28 Organize ......................................................................................................III-28 Push for Reform of Oil and Gas Regulations...........................................III-29 File Lawsuits ........................................................................................................III-33 Landowners and Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPP Suits)............................................................III-33 Landowners are Winning Some Important Legal Battles.......................III-35 Chapter IV, Landowner Stories 1. CBM Destroys Retirement Dream .................................................................IV-3 2. Coalbed Methane Water Wreaks Havoc Downstream ................................IV-4 3. Excerpts from a Letter to Senator Bingaman...............................................IV-5 4. County Officials Say Residents Ignored ........................................................IV-9 5. The Long Road ..............................................................................................IV-10 6. Threats and Intimidation: This is Called “Negotiation”?...........................IV-12 7. State Could Force Property Owners to Allow Drilling .................................IV-14 8. Rancher Not Informed about Mineral Leasing ..........................................IV-15 9. Reaching an Agreement: Luck of the Draw................................................IV-16 10. One Ranch Family’s Struggle with Coalbed Methane.............................IV-17 11. Business Owner Struggles with Coalbed Methane .................................IV-17 12. Why I Fight: The Coming Gas Explosion in the West...............................IV-18 13. Bellflower Well ............................................................................................IV-20 14. A Firsthand Account: Support for Bill Comes From Experience ............IV-22 15. Laura Amos: Hydraulic Fracturing ............................................................IV-23 16. Company’s Threat to Bond and Drill is Not Negotiating in Good Faith. IV-25 17. Wyoming Landowners Face Condemnation or Loss of Homeowners’ Insurance ..........................................................IV-27 Contents-3
Page 1 and 2: Oil and Gas at Your Door? A Landown
Page 3 and 4: About the Oil & Gas Accountability
Page 5: Table of Contents Introduction What
Page 9 and 10: Introduction Oil and gas developmen
Page 11 and 12: For the oil we need, unless we choo
Page 13 and 14: With the recent boom in extraction
Page 15 and 16: Do you own the minerals associated
Page 17 and 18: Chapter I Oil and Gas Development a
Page 19 and 20: TERMS AND CONCEPTS When natural gas
Page 21 and 22: STAGES OF OIL & GAS DEVELOPMENT In
Page 23 and 24: STAGES OF OIL & GAS DEVELOPMENT •
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IMPACTS ASSOCIATED WITH OIL AND GAS
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ALTERNATIVE TECHNOLOGIES AND PRACTI
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ALTERNATIVE TECHNOLOGIES AND PRACTI
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STAGES OF OIL & GAS DEVELOPMENT The
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STAGES OF OIL & GAS DEVELOPMENT to
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STAGES OF OIL & GAS DEVELOPMENT FIG
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Chapter II Legal and Regulatory Iss
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Who Owns the Minerals Beneath Your
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WHO OWNS THE MINERALS BENEATH YOUR
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MINERAL VS SURFACE RIGHTS er, can b
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MINERAL VS SURFACE RIGHTS • In th
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REGULATIONS AND SURFACE OWNER PROTE
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Exploration Before a company can en
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Other Protections Statutes and regu
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face owner to participate in this o
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Chapter III Tips for Landowners WHA
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SURFACE USE AGREEMENTS Surface Use
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SURFACE USE AGREEMENTS Powder River
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SURFACE USE AGREEMENTS operations t
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SURFACE USE AGREEMENTS ment payment
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SURFACE USE AGREEMENTS Reported Com
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SURFACE USE AGREEMENTS Examples of
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SURFACE USE AGREEMENTS ed by this A
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SURFACE USE AGREEMENTS 12. Dry Hole
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SURFACE USE AGREEMENTS 25. Firearms
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SURFACE USE AGREEMENTS in whole or
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LEASING Annual Reclamation Requirem
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LEASING • Within the mineral leas
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LEASING • Requiring landowner app
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OTHER ACTIVITIES TO CONSIDER Push f
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OTHER ACTIVITIES TO CONSIDER analys
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FILE LAWSUITS amendment also requir
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FILE LAWSUITS Landowners are Winnin
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Chapter IV Landowner Stories As has
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1. CBM DESTROYS RETIREMENT DREAM By
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has never been a loss of vegetation
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Board came. They accused her of pou
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4. COUNTY OFFICIALS SAY RESIDENTS I
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First, why we did not sign a surfac
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Here is part of a description of on
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cases the agents called and visited
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10. ONE RANCH FAMILY’S STRUGGLE W
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shrubs are now roads, drill pads or
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County and the drilling company to
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opment in their backyards. This is
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After reading Colborn’s memo, I t
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17. WYOMING LANDOWNERS FACE CONDEMN
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involved in a private property issu
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Sources of Information Resources on
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Sources of Information Petroleum Te
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Sources of Information East of Huaj
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Sources of Information NONPROFIT OR
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Sources of Information Native Actio
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Sources of Information STATE REGULA
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Glossary of Oil and Gas Terms A aba
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chain of title Recorded transfers (
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egress The act of getting out or le
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H heavy oil Hydrocarbons composed o
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mineral estate The ownership of min
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petroleum A substance occurring nat
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einjection The introduction of prod
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sour gas Natural gas containing sig
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venting release of gases to atmosph
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Endnotes 1 Thomas, K. 2001. Produce
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57 U.S. EPA. October, 2000. p. 38.
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121 Griffiths, Mary and Marr-Laing,
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187 Kuuskraa, Vello A. (Advanced Re
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236 Otsego County Planning Commissi
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287 USGS. 1997. See endnote 284. 28
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354 Trujillo, Shirena. August 27, 2
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Oklahoma: Oklahoma Statutes. 52-4-3
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470 Scheider, Keith. “Ax the $Bil
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Index I-31, I-33, I-60, I-63 conven
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Index mitigation I-31, IV-20 monito
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