West Virginia Senate Bill 578 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: Introduced on February 14 2014 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-02-14 - To Energy, Industry and Mining
Pending: Senate Energy, Industry and Mining Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

The purpose of this bill is to provide for the unitization of interests in drilling units in connection with horizontal oil and gas wells. The bill makes findings. The bill declares policy. The bill sets forth application requirements. The bill establishes the standard of review. The bill provides for unit orders. The bill requires notice and timeliness. The bill provides for hearings. The bill provides a standard of review. The bill addressing oil and gas produced from horizontal wells, vertical wells and unconventional reservoirs. The bill provides for conflict resolution. The bill adds new definitions and modifies existing definitions.

Providing for unitization of interests in horizontal oil and gas wells

Sen. Jeffrey Kessler [D]	Sen. Corey Palumbo [D]	Sen. Herb Snyder [D]	Sen. Larry Edgell [D]
Sen. Mike Green [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-02-14	Senate	To Energy, Industry and Mining
2014-02-14	Senate	Introduced in Senate
2014-02-14	Senate	To Energy, Industry and Mining then Judiciary
2014-02-14	Senate	Filed for introduction

HB4558 (Similar To) 2014-02-17 - To House Energy

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
22C	9	1	Amended Code	Citation Text
22C	9	2	Amended Code	Citation Text
22C	9	3	Amended Code	Citation Text
22C	9	5	Amended Code	Citation Text
22C	9	7a	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=578&year=2014&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill
Text	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb578%20intr.htm&yr=2014&sesstype=RS&i=578