In This Issue:

- Pa. Litigation Update

- Lease Contests in the W.Va. Shale Gas Plays

- Shell Taking Bids for Beaver Co., Pa. Ethane Cracker Plant

- DEP & Landfill Owners Not Alarmed by Marcellus Waste at Landfills

- Excerpt from Pa. Litigation Update:

This summer was anything but a sleepy period for decisions from Pennsylvania courts on issues important to the oil and gas industry. Here are summaries of four cases issued in July and August - one from the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, one from a federal trial court, and two from the Pennsylvania Superior Court - that will impact operations in the oil and gas industry throughout the Commonwealth...