COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA
VIRGINIA GAS AND OIL BOARD HEARING
FEBRUARY 20, 2024
Pursuant to Sections 45.2-1609.C and 45.2-1624.B of the Code of Virginia, the Virginia Gas and Oil Board will hold its scheduled monthly hearing commencing at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, February 20, 2024. Location: Virginia Energy 3405 Mountain Empire Road, Big Stone Gap, VA 24219. Those who wish to join the meeting online, please contact the Gas and Oil office at 276-393-5507, prior to the day of the hearing. If you wish to call-in to the meeting, you may do so by dialing 1-434-230-0065, Conference ID: 753948247#.
1. The Board will review/approve the remote attendance resolution(s) for any board member (s) that will be attending the meeting remotely.
2. The Board will receive public comments.
3. The First Bank and Trust Company, Escrow Agent for the Virginia Gas and Oil Board, will appear to address the Board on the Quarterly/End of Year Report.
4. A petition from Keyrock Energy, LLC, for creation of a sealed gob drilling unit and pooling. Unit Honey Camp No. 1. Docket Number VGOB 23-1219-4279.
5. A petition from Keyrock Energy, LLC, for creation of a sealed gob drilling unit and pooling. Unit Keyrock M-26-1. Docket Number VGOB 24-0220-4280.
6. A petition from Pocahontas Gas, LLC, for (1) the disbursement of escrowed funds heretofore deposited with the Board’s Escrow Agent, attributable to Tract 1E, as depicted upon the annexed table; and (2) authorization to begin paying royalties directly to the parties to the Royalty Split Agreement between Daisy Burke (now owned by Joel and Brenda Burke, prior owner payments to the Daisy Burke Heirs) and Hurt-McGuire Land Trust (now McGuire-Hurt Heirs Trust). Unit W35. Docket Number VGOB 98-0324-0627-13.
7. A petition from Pocahontas Gas, LLC, for (1) the disbursement of escrowed funds heretofore deposited with the Board’s Escrow Agent, attributable to a portion of Tracts 2A, 2B, 2C, & 2D, 2F, 2G, 2H, 2I, 2J, 2K, 2L, a portion of 2M, a portion of 2N, 2O, & 2S, and 2T, as depicted upon the annexed table; and (2) authorization to begin paying royalties directly to Shirley Lee Pennington, Janice Sue Wingate, Richard Wade McNeil, James Garland McNeil, Jr., Bertha Reanette Fuller, Clair Terry, Brenda Hamilton, Paula Nickles, Terry Guiler, David Bruce, Leashia Bruce, Cindy Bruce, Raymond Bruce, Thomas Bruce, Jacqueline Notgrass, James Day McNeil, Larry David McNeil, Frederick McNeil, Paula Adkins, Susan E. Holland, Linda Anderson, Marianne Davenport, Robert V. Davenport, Ronald Eugene Fuller, Gary Fuller, Vernona Wheeler, Patricia Fuller, Janice Fuller, Charles E. Ditty, Sr., Jackson L. Matney, Freda June Jones, Geraldine Ingle, Elizabeth Callahan, Josephine Lantz, Ciara E. McNeil, Emily A. McNeil, Linda McNeil, Leah Karuri, Richard W. McNeil, II, Arthur Compton, Helen Hart, Marie McCright, Randy Compton, Lucinda C. Leighton, Mark Compton, Sue Farmer Ward, Gregory Wheatley, Sandra Smith, Susan J. Sherman, Richard Norman Wheatley, William Wheatley, Jr., Carolyn Swiney, Sheila Lewis, Allene Hazlet, Bertha Faye Reed, Anna L. Ellenburg, James Moses Qualls, Gregory Miles, Phillip Miles, Patricia Kinkead, Joyce Sizemore, Debra Bryan, Alice J. Hammonds, Sandra Kay Hutchinson, Sharon Hutchinson, Debra Gates, Kim Roesemann, Nancy Prince, Anita Poe, Brooks Collins, Gloria J. Kersey, Ina R. Scott, Angela Grose, Tina Collins, Brenda Collins, Linda Triplett, Michael D. Miles, Mark Miles, Martin B. Miles, Robert Craig McNeil, Andy Paul McNeil, Rebecca Lynn Adkins, Robin Michelle Knipp, Randall E. McNeil, Kimberly McNeil Kish, Cheryle Jean Harmon, John Nelson Williams, Sharon Miller, James David Williams, George E. Miller, Linda R. Hall, Rhonda Duchesne, Charles H. Wellman, Jr., Belma Kelley, Mary E. Staten, William J. Williams, Clarence Patrick McNeil, Saundra Patton, Shelby Maxwell, McGuire-Hurt Heirs Trust, Pocahontas Gas LLC, Commonwealth of VA Dept of Transportation, Michael Shannon, Robert D. & Adrienne Maxwell, and Patricia Lynn Campbell; (3) Dismissal of Coal Owner(s): McGuire Hurt Heirs Trust (FKA Hurt-McGuire Land Trust). Unit R49. Docket Number VGOB 09-0317-2487-03.
8. A petition from Pocahontas Gas, LLC, for refund of escrow payments heretofore deposited with the Board’s Escrow Agent; Reimburse overpayment of funds deposited with the Board’s Escrow Agent in error attributable to Unit VP8SGU3 to Pocahontas Gas LLC. Docket Number VGOB 06-0321-1598-04.
9. A petition from EnerVest Operating, LLC, for pooling. Unit VC-538372. Docket Number VGOB 23-0815-4269.
10. The Board will receive an update of Board and Division activities from the staff.
11. The Board will review the November 2023 minutes for approval.
12. The Board will have a closed session meeting as directed by the Assistant Attorney General Jackson Brown.
Information concerning the above docket items can be viewed electronically at: https://www.energy.virginia.gov/DgoInquiry/frmmain.aspx?ctl=68. All questions concerning the agenda should be directed to the Gas and Oil Team by telephoning 276-415-9700.
Anyone needing special accommodations due to a disability for the February 2024 hearing should contact the Virginia Department of Energy in advance of the hearing at 276-415-9700 or by calling the Virginia Relay Center TTY/TDD at 1-800-828-1120 or 1140 by February 13, 2024.
The deadline for filing of petitions to the Board for the March 2024 hearing is 5 p.m., Friday, February, 16 with the March hearing scheduled for Tuesday, March 19, 2024 at the Virginia Energy Big Stone Gap office, 3405 Mountain Empire Road, Big Stone Gap, VA 24219.
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