A bill allowing for oil and gas development on lands where the majority, rather than all, of landowners consented passed the West Virginia legislature and was signed by Governor Jim Justice on Friday, March 9.
House Bill 4268 would permit oil and gas development to occur in cases where there are seven or more royalty owners and at least 75 percent of the undivided interest owners of the oil and gas consent to to development. The bill “shall apply to all lands located in this state, however owned,” with a few exceptions.
Read more in the Monday, March 12, edition of The West Virginia Daily News.
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