PRINTER'S NO. 832
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
694
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY YAW, K. WARD, YUDICHAK, FONTANA, MARTIN, REGAN AND
BROWNE, MAY 31, 2019
REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY, MAY 31, 2019
AN ACT
Amending Title 58 (Oil and Gas) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in development, further providing for well permits.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 3211 of Title 58 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subsection to read:
ยง 3211. Well permits.
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(n) Cross unit drilling.--
(1) If an operator has the right to drill an oil or gas
well on separate leases or units, the operator may drill and
produce a well that traverses, by horizontal drilling, more
than one lease or unit, if:
(i) the operator reasonably allocates production
from the well among the leases or units related to each
lessor's acreage in the unit; and
(ii) the traversing well is not expressly prohibited
by the terms of a lease.
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(2) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to
authorize an operator to drill an oil or gas well that is not
subject to a valid lease or royalty agreement.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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