PRINTER'S NO. 3719
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2502
Session of
2018
INTRODUCED BY OBERLANDER, FRITZ, RYAN, CORR, MILLARD, KAUFER,
SANKEY, EVERETT, TOOHIL AND BERNSTINE, JUNE 18, 2018
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY,
JUNE 18, 2018
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.--Where an operator has the right to
drill an oil and 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, provided the
operator reasonably allocates production from the well among the
leases or units and the traversing well is not expressly
prohibited by the terms of a lease. Nothing in this section
shall authorize any producer to drill or produce natural gas
that is not subject to a valid lease and royalty agreement with
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a landowner.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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