We don't normally recommend books to read especially those we haven't read yet ourselves. Today we're making an exception. Last week we received an email about a new book published on Amazon by Chris Bentley, the former President and CEO of Bellatorum Resources, an investment management firm that formerly specialized in Texas oil and gas royalties
The Pennsylvania Dept. of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) has, for years, claimed that under a centuries-old law the state of PA “owns” the property under “navigable” waterways including rivers and streams (see PA DCNR Publishes Lease Agreements for Deals Under Rivers/Creeks). DCNR refuses to lease new tracks of state-owned land for oil and gas drilling
In February 2015, MDN did a deep dive into the issue of Pennsylvania leasing underneath rivers and streams to allow Marcellus/Utica Shale drilling (see PA DCNR Program Leases Under Rivers/Creeks for Marcellus Drilling). PA maintains the state owns the land underneath any river or creek that is "navigable" and therefore has the right to lease
Over the past decade or more landowners have been approached about leasing their property and/or mineral rights for shale drilling, pipelines, solar and wind farms, etc. Here's a new one to add to the list: pore rights. Pore space is the underground space where carbon dioxide that's captured from various processes can be injected and stored,
It's not often a new product announcement catches our attention. Enverus, previously known as Drillinginfo, sent MDN a product announcement for the company's first consumer-facing product. It's called MineraliQ and if you are an individual landowner or mineral rights owner, you are going to love this. MineraliQ is an online service that provides everything you