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By 2008 the Marcellus Formation had become the focus of shale gas development, starting in Pennsylvania. Leasing agents aggressively sought out acreages to lease mineral rights in Pennsylvania. [21] The price for leasing rose from $300 per acre in February to $2,100 in April, 2008. [22]
This delay rental could be $1 or more per acre. In some cases, no drilling occurs and the lease simply expires. The duration of the lease may be extended when drilling or production starts. This enters into the period of time known as the secondary term, which applies for as long as oil and gas is produced in paying quantities. [14]
The lease expires after the primary term, unless drilling or oil and gas production has started on the lease. If production is established, the lease will remain in effect past the primary term, as long as the lease continuously produces oil or gas. The lease can however, be revived by virtue of delay rentals.
In the oil and gas industry, a farmout agreement is an agreement entered into by the owner of one or more mineral leases, called the "farmor", and another company who wishes to obtain a percentage of ownership of that lease or leases in exchange for providing services, called the "farmee." The typical service described in farmout agreements is ...
The truth of the matter is the natural gas industry in Pennsylvania is already taxed multiple times over. Not only are the companies subject to the state’s regular business and corporate taxes ...
Sodium and sulphur lessee's have the right to renew the lease terms at the end of the first 20-year period and every 10-year period after that. [4] Coal and oil shale leases are generally for 20 year periods, while oil and natural gas leases are generally for 10 year periods. [5]
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