Additional Information
MSU Extension Materials
MSU Extension’s Oil and Gas program features material written and currated by oil and gas leasing experts. Below is a list of material developed by MSU Extension. You can also find info on Easements and Rights of Way, view the Oil and Gas newsletter or find Helpful info from other sources.
- What a landowner needs to know about the sales of mineral rights
- Compulsory Pooling and the Landowner that has not signed an Oil and Gas Lease
- Land Ownership Affects Oil and Gas Leasing Rights
- Oil, Gas and Mineral Rights brochure from MSU Extension and Michigan Farm Bureau
- Landowner Information for Oil & Gas Leasing
- Oil and Gas Expert Resource for Private Landowners
- Landowner Guidelines for Evaluating Oil and Gas Production Contracts
- Oil & Gas Lease Addendum
- Oil & Gas Income Tax Considerations for Farm & Forest Land
- Oil and Gas Contracts - Issues for Landowners - Dr. David Schweikhardt, MSU
- The Economic Impact of Replacing Coal with Natural Gas for Electricity Production - MSU Product Center for Agriculture and Natural Resources
Additional Sources
While MSU Extension has developed a wealth of material on oil and gas leasing and other associated issues as part of its Oil and Gas program, outside organizations and community partners have also developed material landowners and others might find helpful.
- Notice of Intent to Retain Mineral Rights
- Dormant Minerals Act - May 2012 article from Traverse City Business News
- Oil and Gas Industry Producers 88 Lease
- Division order - NADOA
- Oil & Gas Pre-Drill Water Well Testing - Michigan Department of Environmental Quality
- Oil and Gas Development in High Population Areas - Michigan Department of Environmental Quality
- A Landowner’s Guide to Hydraulic Fracturing - Harvard Law School
- Michigan DEQ list of labs certified to conduct water quality background testing
- Lease used by the State of Michigan when leasing state-owned mineral rights
- Balancing the Economic Benefits with the Environmental Impacts of Shale Energy Development webinar
- Understanding and Negotiating the Oil and Gas Lease - Cantafio Law
- Check List for Oil & Gas Mineral Leases by Michigan Farm Bureau
- Penn State Cooperative Extension Natural Gas website
- Cornell Natural Gas Development Resource Center
- Michigan Department of Environmental Quality Office of Oil, Gas and Minerals
- Michigan Oil and Gas Association (O&G Industry News)
- FracFocus - A website provide factual information concerning hydraulic fracturing and groundwater protection. Managed by the Ground Water Protection Council and Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission.
- Hydraulic Fracturing Page - US Environmental Protection Agency
- Oil and gas leasing issues - Susan Topp, Attorney