Addressing Your Leasing Concerns
Twin Tiers Landowners Coalition (TTLC), Inc., employs professional consultants to advise landowners on natural gas leasing issues.
Landowner coalitions have formed throughout New York and Pennsylvania to aggregate acreage to obtain a better deal from natural gas companies anxious to explore and develop the Marcellus and Utica shales.
Our approach is to put together a professional team with extensive oil and gas leasing knowledge and numerous contacts in both government and industry. Our mission is to market lands to secure the best possible deal at no cost to our landowners.
The initial leasing plans are for lands in Tioga County, PA, and Steuben County, NY and surrounding areas.
Please explore our site and compare our approach and professional team. Then join us!
ATTENTION: PENNSYLVANIA LANDOWNER MEMBERS
EXCITING NEWS! WE HAVE RECEIVED INTEREST IN OUR TIOGA COUNTY AND SURROUNDING PA ACREAGE.
WITH THIS NEW DEVELOPMENT, WE WILL BE ASKING OUR MEMBERS TO COMPLETE A LANDOWNER CONSENT FORM THAT ACCOMPLISHES TWO THINGS:
1. LETS US KNOW THE LANDOWNER COALITION ACREAGE THAT IS AVAILABLE FOR LEASE
2. CONFIRMS TO THE INTERESTED COMPANY THAT WE HAVE LANDOWNER'S CONSENT TO MARKET THE PROPERTY.
LANDOWNERS ARE UNDER NO OBLIGATION (BY SIGNING THE CONSENT FORM) TO ACCEPT ANY OR ALL OFFERS.
WE WILL BE CONTACTING YOU IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE.
THANKS,
MIKE WHITE
PHIL KNAPP
TWIN TIERS LANDOWNERS COALITION
ATTENTION: TIOGA COUNTY LANDOWNERS
April 29, 2011
The following email was sent to our members on or about April 20:
"Folks,
We recognize that we are somewhat late in keeping you up to date on our efforts. It is difficult to keep to a timeframe, and that is why we are reluctant to set hard and fast dates. We apologize for the delays.
Over the weekend, we sent the email below to about 30 interested parties that may be interested in our acreage:
'The Twin Tiers Landowners Coalition (www.twintlc.com) has almost 10,000 acres available in Tioga County and more than 2,000 acres in other PA counties for a total of more than 12,000 acres. The total acreage available free and clear of existing leases is over 10,500 acres as of May 15.
Including acreage currently leased, eighty-six parcels are over 30 acres totaling approximately 10,450 acres and averaging over 121 acres. Forty-two parcels are over 100 acres totaling over 7,800 acres and averaging over 187 acres.
Attached is a summary of Coalition Acreage in Tioga by town as well as other acreage in other counties. Also attached is a summary of lease terms that will be included in our lease.
Our plan is to conduct a competitive lease sale in the next month or so. However, we will consider offers in advance of the lease sale. If you are interested in making an offer, you must do so by May 7.
We believe that we have aggregated a significant amount of existing acreage available in Tioga County. It is likely that our sale will be the last time that this much acreage is made available at one time.
We look forward to hearing from you. If you have questions, call or email me at the contact information below.
Best Regards,
Greg'
As you can see, we have taken a new approach in trying to market the acreage. We are giving a chance to companies to make an offer before we move forward on a competitive lease sale. To date, we have received no indication of an offer, although it is much too early to expect one. This email and the attachments (Summary of Tioga acreage by Town, and Lease Terms) will be posted on the website in the next few days. The Lease Terms are essentially the same as the last proposed lease sale.
If we receive a legitimate offer, we will most definitely pursue it and let you know. At this point, we will not schedule a lease sale until past the May 7 date. We will be issuing a press release shortly about our above plan in case there are others interested, although we doubt it.
Let’s hope we can get a legitimate offer for our lands. We are doing everything we can through our contacts to market the lands.
The TTLC Team"
NOTE TO LANDOWNERS: IF YOU HAVE SIGNED A LEASE OR DO NOT WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE LEASE SALE, PLEASE LET US KNOW IMMEDIATELY.
IF YOU ARE A GAS COMPANY INTERESTED IN OUR ACREAGE AND WE HAVE NOT CONTACTED YOU, PLEASE EMAIL US IMMEDIATELY AS WELL.
ATTENTION: TIOGA COUNTY LANDOWNERS
February 16, 2011
We are in the beginning stages of a lease sale for Tioga County and surrounds, likely to be held in late April or early May.
To date, we have over 11,000 acres with 9,700 acres unencumbered after May 15.
More details to follow. If you know of landowners that may be interested, now is the time for them to join.