Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Pennsylvania landowners are, as we recently pointed out, in a civil war with the Marcellus industry over the issue of royalties (see Deep Dive: PA Royalties Civil War Between Landowners & Drillers). Landowners want House Bill (HB) 1391 passed--a bill guaranteeing landowners will receive a minimum 12.5% royalty payment regardless of post-production costs. Drillers, being represented by the Marcellus Shale Coalition, are pushing back by saying landowners must live under the contracts they've signed. It's complicated--read our previous articles about it here. With a short time left in this legislative session, landowners continue to press their case with lawmakers. The latest in the skirmish is that landowners have set up a table in the Capitol Rotunda in Harrisburg to lobby (i.e. pressure) lawmakers into taking action on the bill...
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