Ross Pifer, the Director of the Penn State Agricultural Law Resource and Reference Center at the Dickinson College of Law, addresses the myriad of legal aspects involved in deep gas drilling issues for those who choose to lease land, for neighbors and citizens who don't own land or gas rights but whose properties are leased for drilling, and for farmers, landowners, and citizens who may be impacted by the drilling in other ways.
Understanding Legal Issues Related to Marcellus Shale by Ross H. Pifer
1. Understanding Legal Issues Related to Marcellus Shale Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture Marcellus Shale Choices: Information to Action Series August 2011 Agricultural Law Resource and Reference Center Professor Ross H. Pifer
24. Marcellus – acreage locations NY PA WV Legend APC / Mitsui Atlas COG CHK Chief / Enerplus CNX / CXG East Resources EnerVest EOG Epsilon EQT EXCO Hess / NFX NFG (Seneca) PDC Range Rex / Williams Samson Stone SWN TLM UPL XOM / XTO NJ OH MD DE Columbia Dauphin Perry Huntingdon Forest Northumberland Jefferson Warren Cameron Bedford Wayne Lackawanna Susquehanna Pike Potter Allegheny Washington Fayette Lebanon Lycoming Clearfield Somerset Westmoreland Elk Tioga Armstrong Centre Clinton Garrett Monongalia McKean Bradford Tioga Indiana Sullivan Mercer Butler Lawrence Greene Wetzel Marshall Doddridge DC Adams Berks Bucks Carbon Clarion Crawford Mifflin Beaver Chester Cumberland Erie Fulton Lehigh Luzerne Montour Philadelphia Snyder Cambria Delaware Franklin Lancaster Monroe Schuylkill Wyoming Montgomery Northampton Venango York Juniata Union Chemung Steuben Brooke Hancock Harrison Marion Ohio Preston Tyler Erie Taylor Berkeley Grant Hampshire Hardy Jefferson Lewis Mineral Morgan Pleasants Ritchie Tucker Wirt Wood Barbour Allegany Broome Cattaraugus Chautauqua Chenango Cortland Delaware Erie Livingston Otsego Schoharie Schuyler Sullivan Tompkins Ulster Wyoming Yates Blair Carbon Fulton Luzerne Monroe Montour Schuylkill Snyder Union Source: Credit Suisse, company filings, company presentations and Wall Street research . Antero Carrizo REXX Drilling Range Res. (RRC) 13 Rigs (6 spudder) IPs up to 26 MMcfe / d EQT: 30-Day Rates 15.8 MMcfe / d 14.3 MMcfe / d CXG: 30-Day Rates 1.6 MMcfe / d 0.8 MMcfe / d CHK: 3 rigs ATLS Drilled 17 Horizontals IPs: 3 - 10 MMcfe/d 170+ Verticals Avg IP: 2.2 MMcfe/d REXX Drilling Recent well: 3.3 MMcfe/d (14-day) XCO Drilling EOG / NFG JV: 2 rigs running NFG Drilling UPL: 2 rigs running IPs Avg: 7.5 MMcf / d Range: 3-4-10.4 MMcf / d TLM: 6 rigs running IPs: 2.3-6.0 MMcfe / d (30-day ) NFG (Seneca) 3 IPs: 5–10 MMcf / d 7 wells drilled APC: 3 rigs running RRC: 2 wells 13.5 MMcfe / d (7-day ) SWN Drilling CHK: 14 rigs Epsilon (EPS) CHK Farm-out CHK: 8.7 MMcfe / d CHK: 8.7 MMcfe / d CHK: 8.7 MMcfe / d COG: 5 rigs running Recent IPs: 2.6-16.1 MMcf / d CRZO vert activity ECA
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26. Change in Rights, Royalties & Patents- State Personal Income Tax Collections, by County Level Marcellus Drilling Activity, 2007-08 Source: PA Department of Revenue ‘Statistical Supplements for the Tax Compendium, Tim Kelsey - PSU Counties by Number of Marcellus Wells Between 2007 and 2008
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State sales tax revenue goes entirely to the state. Except in the Pittsburgh area, there is no local or regional sales tax with revenues going to local governments.
Rights, Royalty & Patent income includes Royalties & lease payments that landowners receive. The Dept of Revenue considers the county of origin where the taxpayer lives who files the return– NOT where the royalties necessarily are generated. So the increases of income in non-Marcellus counties includes leasing and royalty payments from Marcellus that are going to taxpayers who live in those counties but who own leased land in Marcellus counties. This is NOT subject to the local earned income tax