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Many oil and gas leases contain what is commonly known as a “free gas” clause. Such clauses typically entitle the landowner to “use” 250,000 to 400,000 cubic feet of gas per year from any wells developed on their property.
National Pipeline Mapping System (NPMS): This is a GIS database that contains the locations and selected attributes of natural gas transmission lines and hazardous liquid trunk lines in the United States. All pipeline operators are required to review and update their information in NPMS once a year.
The Kentucky Geological Survey's interactive map provides a large amount of information on Kentucky's geology and natural resources in interactive map form, including: Surface geology. Coal, oil, and gas resources. Water wells and springs. Hazards - sinkholes and landslides.
The NPMS web site is searchable by zip code or by county and state, and can display a printable county map. The site also provides the public a resource with which to obtain a list of operators and their contact information by county or state.
More than a dozen Kentucky counties (see map) were within the possible path of the proposed Bluegrass Pipeline that would carry natural gas liquids from the fracking fields of Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Ohio to processing plants and export terminals along the Gulf Coast.
With the Dakota Access Pipeline back in the news as the project gets back underway, we thought we would take a look at a case in which landowners in Kentucky successfully fought against eminent domain actions due to a pipeline.
26 sty 2015 · The Tennessee Gas Pipeline has carried natural gas across the state for 70 years, but a company is proposing a switch to natural gas liquids has worried some landowners. That's raising concern from Kentuckians who live along or near the 200 miles of the pipeline's stretch through the state—they know the risks of a natural gas pipeline.
