WV Sees Rash of “Top Leases” for Shale Drilling

Lease & Royalty Payments | Statewide WV | West Virginia

June 30, 2014June 30, 2014

Landowners in West Virginia who leased their property but for whom there has not been drilling may have a new source of income. According to an article in the Wheeling Intelligencer / News-Register, some companies are now offering what's called a "top lease" to landowners without drilling. What, exactly, is a top lease?...

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