BEFORE THE VIRGINIA GAS AND OIL BOARD APPLICANT: Keyrock Energy, LLC

BEFORE THE 

VIRGINIA GAS AND 

OIL BOARD

APPLICANT:  

Keyrock Energy, LLC

DIVISION OF GAS AND OIL DOCKET NO: 

VGOB 24-0220-4280-01

RELIEF SOUGHT: 

Amendment to Pooling 

Order M-26-1, Paragraph 9.2, Docket No. 

VGOB 24-0220-4280-01

LOCATION: See “Exhibit A"

UNIT NUMBER: 

Keyrock M-26-1 in 

Dickenson County, Virginia

         

 HEARING DATE: 

January 21, 2025

PLACE:

Virginia Dept. of Energy

3405 Mountain Empire Rd.

Big Stone Gap, VA 24219

 TIME: 10:00 a.m.

RESPONDENTS: UNKNOWN

NOTICE OF HEARING

    COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA: To all persons owning or claiming an interest in oil and gas, coalbed methane gas, coal, or other minerals and to all other persons who have or claim to have an interest in the coalbed methane underlying and within the Keyrock Energy, LLC Unit Keyrock M-26-1 and the lands described on “Exhibit A" to the Application, which is attached to this Notice, in the Kenady District of Dickenson County, Virginia (hereinafter "Subject Lands") and adjacent lands, and in particular to the following persons, their known and unknown heirs, executors, administrators, devisees, assigns and successors, both immediate and remote:

    NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Applicant is requesting that the Virginia Gas and Oil Board (hereinafter "Board") modify an order previously issued by this Board that created a sealed gob unit and pooling all the rights, interests, and estates of the above-named persons pursuant to Virginia Code Ann. § 45.2-1600, et seq., in regard to the drilling, development, and production of coalbed methane gas from said drilling Unit Keyrock M-26-1 containing approximately 815.81 +/- acres, for the mined-out Lower Banner Coal Seam.  Applicant requests that the Board issue an order providing as follows:

    a) Amendment of Paragraph 9.2 of that certain Pooling Order (“Order”) issued for Keyrock M-26-1, Docket No. VGOB 24-0220-4280, to read as follows:  "9.2  Shut-in Payments: If production has ceased from the proposed well within the pooled boundary, Lessee shall tender to Lessor a shut-in royalty on the first day of the month following the initial cessation of production, a payment of $1,000.00. Lessee shall continue to tender to Lessor shut-in payments in the amount of $1,000.00 per month until the well is plugged or production resumes. The Shut-in Payment is to be pro-rated by percent ownership within the pool. At no point will the total amount of Shut-in Payments exceed $1,000.00 for any calendar month."

     b)  Granting such other relief as is merited by the evidence and is just and equitable, whether or not such relief has been specifically requested herein.

    NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this cause has been set for hearing and the taking of evidence before the Board at 10:00 AM, on January 21, 2025, at the offices of the Virginia Department of Energy at 3405 Mountain Empire Road, Big Stone Gap, VA 24219, and that notice will be published as required by law and the rules of the Board.

    NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that you may attend this hearing, with or without an attorney, and offer evidence or state any comments you have. For further information or a copy of the application and exhibits, contact the Virginia Gas and Oil Board, State Oil and Gas Inspector, Virginia Department of Energy, Division of Gas and Oil, 3405 Mountain Empire Road, Big Stone Gap, Virginia 24219, or the Applicant at the address shown below.

Dated:  December 11, 2024

Keyrock Energy, LLC

Applicant

By:        

  Morgan Pate, Geologist

  Keyrock Energy, LLC 

  207 East Main St., 

Suite 2-D

  PO Box 2223

  Johnson City, TN 37605

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