PA Representative Wants Pooling Provisions Repealed
As reported by the Pittsburgh Business Times, Pennsylvania Representative Michele Brooks (R-Crawford) issued a memorandum on August 12, 2013 to all House members regarding her intent to introduce two pieces of legislation regarding pooling in the near future. She stated that the legislation would repeal the pooling provisions of the Oil and Gas Conservation Law (Act 359 of 1961) and Section 2.1 of the Oil and Gas Lease Act (Act 60 of 1979 as amended by Act 66 of 2013). Section 2.1 of the Oil and Gas Lease Act authorizes an oil and gas operator to combine contiguous leased acreage for more efficient development unless any such lease expressly prohibits unitization or pooling. Representative Brooks did not indicate when she will introduce the legislation.