Oil and Gas Leases and the Dormant Minerals Act

Vorys partners Jon Airey and John Keller presented at the OSBA’s Oil and Gas Leases and the Dormant Minerals Act seminar on August 27.

Mr. Airey and Mr. Keller discussed:

• Ohio & gas in Appalachia
• Oil and gas leases (a conveyance or a contract?)
• Dealing with existing leases
• Overview of oil and gas activity in Ohio
• Regulation of the industry
• Conflicts with coal industry
• Unitization/Pooling
• Water
• Major revision of Ohio’s regulation of oil and gas activity – Sub. S.B. 315
• Midstream aspects of oil and gas shale development