Ohio Court of Appeal Addresses Whether Gathering and Transportation Are Separate and Distinct Post-Production Activities

As we approach the 20th anniversary of the Marcellus Shale play, one issue remains constant: the ongoing debate over the deduction of post-production costs. Landowners all across Pennsylvania have spent countless hours negotiating royalty clauses that they believed prohibited or, in some cases, limited such deductions. Despite those efforts, drillers keep deducting post-production costs regardless of the actual language in the parties’ oil and gas lease....
By: Houston Harbaugh, P.C.

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