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SB 1108 Gas and Oil Act.

Introduced by: William C. Wampler, Jr. | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

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Virginia Gas and Oil Act. Provides that (i) appeals of orders and decisions of the Gas and Oil Board shall be heard de novo whenever a gas owner or operator or storage field operator is a party to the appeal; (ii) appeals of permits which were objected to by gas storage field operators shall stay the permit in certain circumstances, and (iii) the signed consent from nearby coal operators required for coalbed methane gas well permits shall be deemed to be granted for any tract where title to the coal is held by multiple owners if the applicant has obtained consent to stimulate from the co-tenants holding majority interest in the tract and none of the coal co-tenants has leased the tract for coal development. The bill also adds a well spacing requirement that applies to gas storage fields certificated by the State Corporation Commission prior to January 1, 1997, and adds gas storage field operators to the list of persons to whom notice must be given concerning applications for the establishment of field rules or drilling units or pooling orders for conventional or coalbed methane wells.


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