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Get Out From Under My Land! Hydraulic Fracturing, Forced Pooling Or Unitization, And The Role Of The Dissenting Landowner, Heidi Gorovitz Robertson
Get Out From Under My Land! Hydraulic Fracturing, Forced Pooling Or Unitization, And The Role Of The Dissenting Landowner, Heidi Gorovitz Robertson
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This article addresses the legal circumstances arising when a state agency authorizes oil and gas production operations beneath a landowner’s land against that landowner’s wishes. One might assume that, if a landowner wants to preserve his or her land from oil and gas development, the landowner could simply refuse to allow drilling to occur beneath the land. However, neighbors may want to develop the oil and gas resources beneath their own land. To satisfy the neighbors’ wishes, an oil and gas producer must assemble mineral production rights on or beneath enough contiguous land to satisfy state spacing and acreage requirements …
Citizens, Town Councils, And Landowners: The Complex Web Of Rights And Decision-Making In Shale Oil And Gas Development, Heidi Gorovitz Robertson
Citizens, Town Councils, And Landowners: The Complex Web Of Rights And Decision-Making In Shale Oil And Gas Development, Heidi Gorovitz Robertson
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Robertson's piece focuses on the role of local governments operating within a larger legal system and how they might control or influence shale oil and gas activities within their communities.