not include coal bed methane.
"Natural gas liquids." Hydrocarbons including ethane,
propane, butane, isobutane and pentane that are separated from
natural gas as liquids through the process of absorption,
condensation, adsorption, cooling in gas separators, gas
processing or cycling plants.
"Person." A corporation, partnership, limited liability
company, business trust, other association, government entity
other than the Commonwealth, estate, trust, foundation or
natural person.
"Post-production costs." Include all of the following:
(1) Losses of produced volumes, whether by use as fuel,
line loss, flaring, venting or otherwise.
(2) Costs actually incurred by the lessee from and after
the wellhead to the point of sale, including, without
limitation, gathering, dehydration, compression, treatment,
processing, marketing and transportation costs incurred in
connection with the sale of such production.
"Producer." A person or its subsidiary, affiliate or holding
company that engages in the business of severing natural gas for
sale, profit or commercial use from an unconventional gas well
in this Commonwealth. The term does not include a producer that
severs natural gas from a site used to store natural gas that
did not originate from the site.
"Reporting period." A calendar month in which a producer
sells natural gas.
"Sales meter." A meter at the point where natural gas is
sold or transported to a purchaser or the market.
"Secretary." The Secretary of the Department of Revenue of
the Commonwealth.
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