Township moves to halt gas production, citing anger over royalties

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Residents in one of the most drilled-on parts of Pennsylvania want to block companies from producing natural gas, citing anger over royalty payments.

The supervisors in Wilmot Township, Bradford County plan to pass a resolution Tuesday demanding, “production be discontinued from wells where landowners are having their royalty checks diminished to nothing or nearly nothing.” Wilmot supervisor Mark Dietz is particularly worried about some residents’ threats to engage in violence or possibly tamper with gas infrastructure to disrupt production.

“People are getting really angry,” says Dietz.


https://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2016/09/06/township-moves-to-halt-gas-production-citing-anger-over-royalties/

[Buzz Clik]

1. The profit margins on natural gas have gone to zero, but the landowners want their old royalties?

I guess they can try.