The History Of The Pennsylvania Oil Boom And Petroleum Industry

Probably because people realized that there was money to be made in drilling for oil.

How does it work with oil, gas, and mineral rights in regards to selling property?

I am trying to sell vacant land and I have someone asking whether the OGM’s come with the property.

To be frank, is there a reason that they wouldn’t come with the property?

I can tell you that in Texas when a seller sells a home or vacant property the standard contract calls for the buyer to receive all rights that the seller has- even if they are not named. If later on solar or air rights become valuable then they would have also passed. But years ago several landowners sold all or most of their mineral rights and since the seller does not own them the buyer would not receive them.

Tracking down who owns mineral rights in Texas involves a separate search than a title insurance policy or title search. It involves a guy called a "land man". They search thru the records and determine who owns what. Our title companies here have specifically said they will not guarantee who owns any mineral rights. Your state may have a different setup.

Some people here when they sell their property they keep the mineral rights (and maybe have to sell the property a little cheaper to offset it).

Liberals weres the outrage? Is it OK for liberal senators to cozy up with big business. Are these senators ignoring your wishes and only pandering to you while selling out to "evil" Corporations?

senators including
DSCC Chairman Robert Menendez
Michigan’s Carl Levin and Debbie Stabenow
Bob Casey of Pennsylvania
Claire McCaskill of Missouri
Kay Hagan of North Carolina
Mark Begich of Alaska

and even left-leaning Bernie Sanders of Vermont.

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0210/Dem_senators_spent_weekend_with_bank_energy_tobacco_lobbyists.html?showall

You must be one of the people who think that a lobbyist’s job is to buy votes. It may happen sometimes, but that isn’t politics as usual, no matter what you have been led to believe. EVERY bill in congress was written by and influenced by lobbyists. It only makes sense that people deciding the future of energy in the country would want to hear what the people who control the energy companies would have to say. It would only be wrong if they didn’t listen to what the environmentalists and other energy producers have to say as well before making a decision. (If you remember–that’s what the outrage was about when Bush met with these guys and called it an energy summit.)

Tenant moved out because of failing paying the rent owed and because a hearing had been scheduled to recover the property. The property is heated by Oil and the tank is required to be at least 1/4 full when tenant vacates the property (Tenant responsible for heat according to Rental Agreement), The tenant called and left me a message stating that they moved out and left the keys on the back porch. In-between the time they moved out and when I was able to do a walk-thru of the property, the water pipes burst because of the freezing cold temperatures. Since the water wasn’t shut off, water was every where and flooded the basement and parts of the first floor. I have no doubt that they are legally liable for the damages caused because of them. The question is:

Since we already have a "Recovery Of Real Property Hearing" scheduled, would it be possible to add a rough estimate of the cost of damages to the property at the time of the "Recovery" hearing? Or will this have to be a separate filing using a different procedure and form?

Also, this damage was just discovered today and the hearing is this coming Monday morning. I highly doubt that will allow me enough time to have professionals look at the damage and provide me with actual estimates. So will my own rough "non-professional" estimates suffice for the "Recovery" hearing on Monday?

What should I do? I’m guessing that as much as $10,000 worth of damage may have been done!
Thanks to the 2 who have already provided answers to my question, but I still would like some more information/details.

1: What is meant by "adjournment"
2: What is the name of the form or form number that I would need to fill out to file this suit with the courts?
Ex: AOPC 310B-05
Less than 6 days have past since the tenants moved out and the damage was discovered.

We talked to the insurance company and we are fully covered for the damages incurred.

As for the tenants being responsible or not, they are. If they would have abided by the lease agreement and made sure that there was at least 1/4 tank of oil in the tank, there’s no way it would have run dry in the short amount of time.

No, your estimates are incompetent as proof (that is a legal phrase, not an insult). Go to the hearing and ask for an adjournment.

Well, I was on ebay, this lady had a listing of a walmart gift card, she supposibly had an extra card worth $500 and was selling for $270. I emailed her outside ebay and set up payment through greendot moneypak. I sent her the code for the reloadable code, which I regret and then was waiting for her to email me back. Within 8 hours or that moment she closed down her ebay account. She said she was going to email me back right away. 2 days later she said she sent it and gave me a phoney tracking #, obvioustly it didnt work and I have no way of getting in contact with her. She scammed me and now I want to hunt her down to get my money back. Here is her contact info, name VICKKI CULVER – AS OF 2003 AGE 34. CITY AS OF 2003: OIL CITY, PENNSYLVANIA. PHONE NUMBER AS OF 2003-(814) 676-2010 ADDRESS AS OF 2003-406 4TH STREET If anybody knows her or can lead me to track her down, I would appreciate that. Or any ideas that can help me find current info about her so I can get my $ she stole

Best thing to do is call the police, believe it or not. Since she scammed you: you can also report her to the FBI. If she has children, social services may do a spot check to make certain that a mother that engages in criminal activity doesn’t otherwise endanger her children’s welfare.
Payback’s a…well, you know: just go the legal way ’round: you can take her to court, as well.

We bought the house last march, and it is the first house we own, so we’re still getting used to what the winter bill should look like, but since october it has averaged to about 80$ a month. In the summer it was about 35& or less since we don’t use anything to cool down but our windows. We live in Central Pennsylvania and have oil heat. My question is, is the furnace to blame for this spike in our energy bill now in the winter? I understand the fact that the water heater is also working more now in the winter, but I just want to hear from other pepole I guess. Is this spike in our electric bill normal? Thank you for your answers.
I am not using space heaters or bathroom heaters. I cook most of the meals at home and use washer/dryer to do about 5-7 loads a week.

Your furnace has a big fan in it that draws a BIG slug of power each time it starts up. Once running the current draw drops way back. Whether you burn gas or oil doesn’t make any difference in the electric bill. In fact you get more heat from oil than gas so the fan should run less. Some folks run the fan all the time so that start-up power draw doesn’t take place. You could turn everything off in the house, go outside and observe the power meter, is it still turning?? If so you missed something. Observe how fast it is spinning, then start turning things back on. Does any one thing cause it to spin fast, if so that one is drawing a lot of current. While doing this make sure the furnace is off, then turn it on (fan on) and watch for that spike in meter spin. You could do all of this with current meters but you should get a good feel as to what is drawing the current. Don’t forget to turn on the dryer, run the hot water so it comes one, etc. Have fun….. And yes, the furnace is to blame for the spike……

We bought the house last march, and it is the first house we own, so we’re still getting used to what the winter bill should look like, but since october it has averaged to about 80$ a month. In the summer it was about 35& or less since we don’t use anything to cool down but our windows. We live in Central Pennsylvania and have oil heat. My question is, is the furnace to blame for this spike in our energy bill now in the winter? I understand the fact that the water heater is also working more now in the winter, but I just want to hear from other pepole I guess. Is this spike in our electric bill normal? Thank you for your answers.
I am not using space heaters or bathroom heaters. I cook most of the meals at home and use washer/dryer to do about 5-7 loads a week.

Your furnace has a big fan in it that draws a BIG slug of power each time it starts up. Once running the current draw drops way back. Whether you burn gas or oil doesn’t make any difference in the electric bill. In fact you get more heat from oil than gas so the fan should run less. Some folks run the fan all the time so that start-up power draw doesn’t take place. You could turn everything off in the house, go outside and observe the power meter, is it still turning?? If so you missed something. Observe how fast it is spinning, then start turning things back on. Does any one thing cause it to spin fast, if so that one is drawing a lot of current. While doing this make sure the furnace is off, then turn it on (fan on) and watch for that spike in meter spin. You could do all of this with current meters but you should get a good feel as to what is drawing the current. Don’t forget to turn on the dryer, run the hot water so it comes one, etc. Have fun….. And yes, the furnace is to blame for the spike……

We bought the house last march, and it is the first house we own, so we’re still getting used to what the winter bill should look like, but since october it has averaged to about 80$ a month. In the summer it was about 35& or less since we don’t use anything to cool down but our windows. We live in Central Pennsylvania and have oil heat. My question is, is the furnace to blame for this spike in our energy bill now in the winter? I understand the fact that the water heater is also working more now in the winter, but I just want to hear from other pepole I guess. Is this spike in our electric bill normal? Thank you for your answers.
I am not using space heaters or bathroom heaters. I cook most of the meals at home and use washer/dryer to do about 5-7 loads a week.

Your furnace has a big fan in it that draws a BIG slug of power each time it starts up. Once running the current draw drops way back. Whether you burn gas or oil doesn’t make any difference in the electric bill. In fact you get more heat from oil than gas so the fan should run less. Some folks run the fan all the time so that start-up power draw doesn’t take place. You could turn everything off in the house, go outside and observe the power meter, is it still turning?? If so you missed something. Observe how fast it is spinning, then start turning things back on. Does any one thing cause it to spin fast, if so that one is drawing a lot of current. While doing this make sure the furnace is off, then turn it on (fan on) and watch for that spike in meter spin. You could do all of this with current meters but you should get a good feel as to what is drawing the current. Don’t forget to turn on the dryer, run the hot water so it comes one, etc. Have fun….. And yes, the furnace is to blame for the spike……

My dad wants to drill on oil rich land from Marcellus Shale. Where is the best place to drill? If you have any maps that would be appreciated.

P.S. Hes been mostly looking in Pennsylvania but if there is better places to drill that would be very great. Can you say the city name. Please, thanks.

There’s a map on this link. But basically, if you drill just about anywhere in West Virginia, the western third of Pennsylvania, or the southern third of New York (state), and drill far enough, you’ll hit the Marcellus formation. But if you’re dad’s looking for oil, he’s going to be disappointed. The shale formation is a harbor for natural gas, not oil. Right now, the natural gas industry is in the tank. No one is bothering to buy land anymore, because even for the huge companies, the profit just isn’t worth it. I’m sure that they’ll hold on to what land they have until prices go back up, but for your dad, unless you guys have the money to buy land and sit on it – I’d try something else.

I’m in pennsylvania and obviously 15 and I want to get a job at self owned garage would they hire me to do odd jobs like sweep up clean up oil ect. would I be able to work here and do stuff like sweep and what not or do I have to be 16-18

My freind age 15 works at a auto garage, his job is light repair and moving the cars/trucks + some cleaning, but thats in Canada.