tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2993321373300794743.post430644154594415174..comments2023-10-04T09:04:40.798-04:00Comments on The Marcellus Effect: Proposed legislation would benefit landowners forced into drilling unitsSue Heavenrichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00550259613381458435noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2993321373300794743.post-50009626732331646332010-05-13T12:51:42.995-04:002010-05-13T12:51:42.995-04:00People that don't want drilling on their land ...People that don't want drilling on their land don't want their land taken from them at all. No matter what you pay me I will fight compulsory integration. No one can say that this isn't eminent domain, no matter what the price. CI should not be allowed, period.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12527072893963328555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2993321373300794743.post-41615961254914877772010-05-12T23:27:13.988-04:002010-05-12T23:27:13.988-04:00Broome County wants to ban waste disposal from dri...Broome County wants to ban waste disposal from drilling and hydrofracking while at the same time "benefiting" from gas drilling. If you want drilling, then deal with the waste, because those of us in neighboring counties don't want it. Also, I understand that Broome County legislature thinks that weight limits will take care of the road problem. Someone is not doing their homework. But that is not surprising for a gullible legislature that eats up an industry "study" which shows all the gain with none of the pain. Its only human not to want to hear the bad news, leave alone take responsibility for the mess you create. The tax payers are going to be taken for a ride and left stranded over road repair costs (unless the legislature wakes up). Meanwhile, people in Broome worry about royalties.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2993321373300794743.post-23037799104379453482010-05-12T11:12:41.871-04:002010-05-12T11:12:41.871-04:00While I sympathize with the outrage over the curre...While I sympathize with the outrage over the current lowest possible royalty, I don't think the highest would work. There would be no reason for anyone to lease their land. Why risk getting less than your neighbors who wait for compulsory integration? The average, based on acreage, might work.Joel Gagnonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2993321373300794743.post-65533530447224307982010-05-11T23:29:52.676-04:002010-05-11T23:29:52.676-04:00My family's land in under a conservation easem...My family's land in under a conservation easement. The value of our land is lied to conservation and preservation, not mineral extraction. Compulsory integration is nothing more than a taking using a questionable legal construct rather than the power of eminent domain. With conventional wells, when oil or gas in a pocket is extracted from the surface, reserves may be drawn from neighboring properties. Hence the need to define a drilling unit and compensate the neighbors for gas or oil under their land. Not so with shale gas. The companies would be siting pads adjacent to our land in order to drill horizontally under it, fracture the shale and extract the gas. There is nothing incidental about it. So what is the compensation for the loss of value of the land as a preserve?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com