Vermont Statutes
Chapter 14 - Natural Gas and Oil Conservation
§ 535. State reservation of oil, gas, and minerals

§ 535. State reservation of oil, gas, and minerals
Each agricultural, timber, or other lease of any surface interest in state lands, and each mineral lease not for oil and gas purposes, shall reserve to the State all oil, gas, and other minerals not intended to be leased, and the right to drill and operate oil and gas wells on the premises and the easement, use, and right of way to enter upon and fully enjoy the rights reserved in this section. (Added 1981, No. 240 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. April 28, 1982.)

Structure Vermont Statutes

Vermont Statutes

Title 29 - Public Property and Supplies

Chapter 14 - Natural Gas and Oil Conservation

§ 501. Title of chapter

§ 502. Purposes

§ 503. Definitions

§ 504. Composition of the Board

§ 505. Authority of the Board

§ 511. Hearings conducted by examiners

§ 512. Hearings conducted by the Board

§ 513. Subpoena

§ 514. Appeal

§ 515. Personnel

§ 516. Governmental cooperation

§ 517. Standards for rulemaking

§ 521. Waste prohibited

§ 522. Drilling units

§ 523. Pooling

§ 524. Antitrust immunity for voluntary units

§ 525. Field-wide unitization

§ 526. Ratable takes required

§ 531. Management of State oil and gas resources

§ 532. State oil and gas leases authorized

§ 533. Notice of intention to lease State lands

§ 534. Gas produced from State lands

§ 535. State reservation of oil, gas, and minerals

§ 541. Drilling permits

§ 542. Drilling reports

§ 543. Reports of oil and gas operations

§ 544. Abandonment of wells

§ 545. Conveyance and acquisition of oil and gas interests

§ 551. Illegal oil, gas, and product

§ 552. Illegal oil, gas, or product declared contraband

§ 553. Disclosure of confidential information prohibited

§ 554. Penalties

§ 555. Enforcement

§ 561. Release of oil and gas leases

§ 562. Subdivision of land subject to an oil and gas lease

§ 563. Abandonment of oil and gas interests; preservation

§ 564. Surface use value appraisal of agriculture and forestlands

§ 565. Governor authorized to join in interstate compact

§ 566. Construction

§ 571. Hydraulic fracturing; prohibition