The Times Tribune natural gas blog is listed as a resource at http://conserveland.org/pp/naturalgas. The site belongs to the Pennsylvania Land Trust Association.
Also, a hearing is scheduled for Sept. 16 in Scranton in federal court. The hearing stems from a lawsuit filed by Susquehanna County landowners against Cabot Oil and Gas
Corp. The landowners hope to nullify their contracts with Cabot.
According to court documents, the landowners claim in part that Cabot land men told them that they would never get more than what was being offered at the time. The landowners signed leases for, $25, $50 or $100 an acre.
The landowners are also claiming their contracts are void because the agreements with Cabot violate a state law that stipulates landowners are supposed to receive at least a 1/8 royalty.
--By Josh Mrozinski
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