When a gas company wants to use the surface of a Pennsylvania landowner’s property, the company may present a document called a Surface Use Agreement. This agreement may involve a well pad, access road, water line, pipeline, impoundment, above-ground facility, meter station, valve site, staging area, or other surface operation. In many cases, the surface… Read more »
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All Things Marcellus® – Future Gas (12/20/15)
0 – 15 Minutes
Doug discusses well pad and well site agreements as surface use agreements which supersede the terms of an oil and gas lease. Doug explains the need for liability protection and indemnification language in future contracts and surface use agreements. Doug offers examples of how landowners can be sued and lose indemnification and hold harmless protection by failing to put necessary language in the future surface use agreement.
All Things Marcellus® GEM 104 and KZFM
Air Date: December 20, 2015
