A collection of web pages, documents, and other stuff to help you find your way through the gas leasing morass.

Educational Videos

Penn State University’s Pennsylvania Gas Rush – almost an hour of solid education from a panel of experts. Very informative.

See what a drilling operation really looks like:

Gas Companies

Looking to contact a gas company? Here’s a collection of them, with contact info.

Contract Terms

Everyone agrees that the most important thing is to get the terms of your lease contract right.

The industry people use a lot of abbreviations and jargon. Look up anything you don’t recognize in this Gas Lease Glossary of Terms.

Read through the Gas and Oil Lease Contract Checklist.

If you’re ready for something more in-depth,the West Virginia Surface Owner’s Rights Organization has a document “Natural Gas Lease Forms and Addendum”. Go to this page, and download from the last link at the bottom of the page. (Or direct download from this link)

Here’s a source for sample lease addendums, including

Other Sources for Information

The leasing low-down

This looks like a great introduction for a landowner just starting to figure out what’s going on.

Most landowners, including us, want to work a deal, because of the money. We also want to be treated fairly, and protect our property and its future value. …

Here are points for landowners to consider regarding o&g leases.

Gas Leasing in the Southern Tier

The interest and exploration of the natural gas play in the Southern Tier continues to expand. We have assembled these links to assist landowners get knowledgeable about this issue and make wise decisions regarding gas leases.

Natural Gas Lease Forum for Landowners

As the name PAGasLease.com suggests, this site focuses primarily on Pennsylvania issues, but there is a good deal of other content as well.

Our goal is to make it easier for landowners considering natural gas leasing to network together and acquire relevant information about the benefits and pitfalls of leasing land for natural gas and oil.

New York State DEC’s “Information about gas well drilling in the Marcellus Shale“

The Marcellus Shale formation contains natural gas and these potentially sizeable gas resources have attracted an enormous amount of attention recently. Energy companies and land-management companies have been pursuing leases with landowners around the state. Questions have been raised about possible environmental and community impacts. Most concerns are related to water use and management and the composition of the fluids used for fracturing the shale. Other questions relate to private leasing issues, which are not regulated by the Department although information about leasing is available on our website.