Internet Sources for Additional Information Include:

General Considerations for Landowners

• NY DEC: What Landowners Need to Know
• NY Farm Bureau: Gas & Oil Leases: Know What You are Signing 
• Sample of Misleading Claims by Landmen
• Deceptive Practices
• Cornell: What to Consider before Signing a Natural Gas Agreement/Extraction Lease
• Sample Limited Lease for Seismic Testing
• Lease FAQs
• Drilling for Oil and Gas
• Pipeline Construction Guidelines
• NY DEC Mineral Resource Maps
• New York's Oil and Gas Database
• Pipeline Information for Landowners
• NY DEC: Landowners' Guide to Compulsory Integration
• Cornell Cooperative Extension:  Gas Exploration and Leasing on Private Land:  Tips and Guidance for Landowners
• NYS DEC - Well Spacing Unit - Notices of intent to issue well permits
• Discussion by Broader View Weekly - impact of drilling on forest communities
  
• Gas Rights and Right-of-way leasing pointers for Forest owners  Cornell Cooperative Extenstion Brett Chedzoy 1/12/09 presentation
  
• Wyoming Boomtown - Social and Economic Impacts of Natural Gas Drilling  Jeffrey Jacquet, 1/12/09 presentation (Courtesy Cornell Cooperative Extension)
  
• Office of the Attorney General NYS - caution on potential pitfalls of oil and gas leases
• Photo gallery of drilling operations
• New York State Water Resources Institute Blog:  Environmental Impacts of Gas Well Drilling
  

Marcellus Shale

• Marcellus Shale (geology.com)
• Various Articles re: Southern Tier and Gas Potential
• Huge natural gas deposit stirs talk of boom in Southern Tier
• Marcellus Shale - Appalachian Basin Natural Gas Play
• The Marcellus Shale Formation - The Rush to Big Natural Gas Profits
• The Marcellus Formation - Natural Gas "Super Giant" Ready to be
• Range Provides Marcellus Shale Update (Business Wire) - 07/14/2008
• Another Shale Making Seismic Waves

Millennium Pipeline

• Overview
• Maps
• Steuben County Map
• Marketing Presentation (Power Point)

Additional Internet Resources

• http://www.pagaslease.com/calculator_natural_gas_royalty_form.php#guesstimate
• http://naturalgaslease.pbwiki.com/Royalty+Calculator
• Natural Gas Royalty Calculator
  
• Penn State Website on Natural Gas Exploration and Leasing
• Natural Gas Leasing Forum For Landowners
• PA Bureau of Oil and Gas Management
• Gas Lease Articles webpage
• The Pickens Plan: Alternatives to Gasoline (Includes a discussion on Natural Gas) 
  

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