Gas drilling impacts residents' rights - Centre Daily Times

The recent Marcellus Shale gas boom in Pennsylvania has residents wondering how the drilling and transmission of the gas will impact their land ownership.

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Two groups of people will be affected — those who buy lands which have been leased for oil and gas, and the owners of the surface in which another party owns the subsurface, or oil and gas interest. Both of these groups are particularly anxious, and with good reason. Ownership or control of the subsurface oil and gas can have significant consequences to the owners of the surface.

Gas drilling impacts residents' rights - Centre Daily Times