Resources

 

Brief Summaries of Challenges Facing Leased Landholders in New York State

Lease Termination

 

Force Majeure and Lease Termination:

Video of Gas Lease Workshop, Auburn, May 2011 

Video of A Gas Lease Workshop for Current, Potential, and Expiring Leases, Sidney, March 2012 – Click here to find video of a workshop co-sponsored by Fleased

Force Majeure Long Answer  - An explanation of the reasons why claims by the gas company of force majeure may be invalid.

Force Majeure Template Letter  - A sample response to gas company letter claiming lease extension under force majeure.

Lease Termination Packet  - Packet of information and template letter regarding termination procedures for gas leases that are ending.

 

Real Estate Issues: 

Gas and Oil Leases as they relate to Residential Lending  - A discussion of the impact of gas and/or oil leases on residential mortgage lending, prepared by the Tompkins County Council Of Governments (TCCOG) Task Force on Gas Drilling Assessment and Land Valuation Subcommittee. 

Homeowners and Leases: Boon or Bust?  - Article by Elisabeth Radow, published in the New York State Bar Association Journal (Nov/Dec 2011 issue)

 

Lawsuits:

Class Action / Mass Action  - Brief description of what Class Action and Mass Action lawsuits are

Fraud Case in PA  - Federal judge lets fraud claim proceed in PA

Tioga County landholders’ suit – News article about a landholders’ suit challenging gas companies’ practice of extending leases through “force majeure” claims

 

Comments on the draft SGEIS: 

Draft SGEISLink to the draft  Supplemental Generic Environmental Impact Statement on the website of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation

Fleased SGEIS comments  - Click here to read Fleased’s comments on the SGEIS. The public comment period closed on January 11, 2012.

 

Media Coverage of Gas Leases:

Signing Drilling Leases, and Now Having Regrets – Article by Mireya Navarro, published in The New York Times, 9/22/11

Drilling Down: Learning Too Late of the Perils in Gas Well Leases – Article by Ian Urbina and Jo Craven McGinty, published in The New York Times, 12/1/11

Gas leasing in Western Maryland spurs calls for reform – Article by Timothy B. Wheeler, published in The Baltimore Sun, 12/31/11

 

Additional resources: 

Drilling Doublespeak: Gas Drillers Disclose Risks to Shareholders – But Not to Landowners  - Report published by the Environmental Working Group in December 2011 

Gas Drilling & Compulsory Integration: What Are Your Rights? – Click here to find video and handouts from an information session about compulsory integration, held on November 14th, 2011 at the Dryden Fire Hall, Dryden, NY

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