Mineral- and landowners across rural Pennsylvania play a unique and important role in the safe development of clean-burning natural gas. This development process is truly a partnership. In fact, a recent Associated Press article – under the headline “Billions in gas drilling royalties transform lives” – reports this:
- Private landowners are reaping billions of dollars in royalties each year from the boom in natural gas drilling, transforming lives and livelihoods even as the windfall provides only a modest boost to the broader economy. In Pennsylvania alone, royalty payments could top $1.2 billion for 2012, according to an Associated Press analysis that looked at state tax information, production records and estimates from the National Association of Royalty Owners. For some landowners, the unexpected royalties have made a big difference.
And while much of the natural gas development process occurs in rural Pennsylvania, “literally every Pennsylvanian [is] benefiting from responsible Marcellus development.”
