As America’s thirst for petroleum and natural
gas grows, energy companies are scouring the West for new sites to
drill. Now, there’s a new guidebook and Web site,
Oil and Gas at Your Door, that gives landowners
a preparedness primer for the day that an oil and gas company man
comes knocking.
Produced by the Oil and Gas
Accountability Project, a citizens’ alliance, the guidebook
presents a clear and realistic picture of the options landowners
have when faced with development on their property.
Because many landowners own only the surface portion of their land,
it’s unlikely they can stop drilling. However, landowners
concerned with how an oil or gas rig will affect their property
aren’t helpless. The guidebook suggests four steps: 1)
Don’t panic; 2) Get educated; 3) Find allies; 4) Understand
which government agencies are involved.
For a copy of
Oil and Gas at Your Door, contact: the Oil and
Gas Accountability Project, P.O. Box 1102, Durango, CO 81301. Or
call 970-259-3353, fax 970-259-7514, or visit www.ogap.org.
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline How to deal with oil and gas development.
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