This entry was also written by Michael Joy and Robert Jochen.
Article 34.1 of the Pennsylvania Oil and Gas Lease Act was enacted July 9, 2013, and has received heavy scrutiny since its enactment based on the misperception that it permits unfettered, “forced pooling” by oil and gas developers.
In an article written by Michael Joy, Robert Jochen and Steven Chadwick in the July 29th, 2014 edition of The Legal lntelligencer, the authors address this misconception and consider the second part of the statute that has received little public attention, that of apportionment.
The full text of the article can be found online at www.thelegalintelligencer.com