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Natural Gas Exploration
A Landowner’s Guide to Leasing Land in Pennsylvania
 
Natural Gas Exploration—A Landowner’s Guide to Leasing Land in Pennsylvania
If you are a property owner in northern or southwesternPennsylvania, you’ve probably heardthe phrases “natural gas exploration,”“Marcellus shale,” or “gas lease” onthe news or from your neighbors.Maybe a gas company representativeor landman has visited your home,asking you to sign a lease that grants permission to explore or drill for natural gas on your land. . All of thetalk and activity surrounding naturalgas reserves in Pennsylvania can be exciting as well as confusing for landowners.This guide is meant to be a toolfor property owners, covering the basics of what you need to know,answering some common questionsabout natural gas exploration inPennsylvania, and directing youwhere to go for further information.The guide outlines what the gasresource is, how and why landownersare likely to be contacted, how a gaslease works, and what to consider when making decisions about gasleasing. When you understand thegas exploration and leasing process,you can make better decisions for your land and your family.Although natural gas has beenextracted from undergroundsources in Pennsylvania since theearly 1800s, new technologies—in particular, horizontal drilling andhydraulic fracturing—are making gasextraction from deep reserves moreeconomically feasible. Increasingdemand for cleaner domesticenergy will bring about continuingexploration. The gas industry isseeking points of access to high-volume reservoirs of natural gas,called “plays,” that lie far below thehills and valleys of Pennsylvania. Natural gas exploration andextraction is a potentially valuableeconomic stimulus to ruralcommunities in Pennsylvania. Aslandowners are compensated for the use of the resource and as thegas industry develops the regionaldrilling infrastructure, economic
gains can be signicant and everyonecan benet.
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