Wayne County Landowners Sign Natural Gas Lease and Protect 210 Acre Farm
Our clients own a working farm, and were interested in signing a natural gas lease, but wanted to protect a large area of the property from any development activity. We retained a surveyor and working with the landowners, identified a “no surface activity” area to protect their home, barns and livestock. After retaining Steve Saunders to negotiate the monetary and non-monetary terms of a lease with Chesapeake Appalachia LLC, the clients received nearly four times the bonus money they were originally offered and an increase in the natural gas royalty payment.