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Only gas and oil industry representatives expressed support for House Bill 4850, which would remove a sunset provision on gas and oil property tax methodology, during a public hearing on the bill. HB 4850 would remove a sunset clause set for next year on the methodology that has drawn criticism that its unfair to taxpayers.

The West Virginia House of Delegates passed a bill, House Bill 5268, that would allow enhanced oil and gas recovery for horizontal well and drilling operations. The approval of the Gas and Oil Association of West Virginia-backed legislation is one of many moves the Legislature has made this session to support the gas and oil industry.

The West Virginia House of Delegates Finance Committee advanced House Bill 4850, which would remove a sunset provision from gas and oil personal property tax. The bill, House Bill 4850, is backed by the Gas and Oil Association of West Virginia, but the methodology it would extend has drawn criticism, including from Wetzel County Assessor Scott Lemley.

West Virginia lawmakers, from U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., to the state House Energy and Manufacturing Committee, are siding with and pushing pro-gas and oil industry measures despite heavy costs to consumers and taxpayers. Manchin has opposed a White House liquefied natural gas, or LNG, pause while state lawmakers have advanced bills aimed at protecting the industry.

Most speakers during a public hearing in the WV House of Delegates Friday morning for a bill that would bar community air monitoring data in 3rd-party lawsuits voiced opposition to the legislation.

The full West Virginia House of Delegates will consider a bill, House Bill 4292, that would target nonpayment of gas and oil royalties after the House Judiciary Committee advanced the legislation. The bill would set a penalty for nonpayment of royalties under oil and natural gas leases during production from conventional vertical wells.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WV News) — The Gas and Oil Association of West Virginia, formed in 2020 through the merger of the Independent Oil and Gas Association of West Virginia and

WASHINGTON (WV News) — Work on the Mountain Valley Pipeline project is expected to restart “soon,” according to its developers, following authorization Wednesday from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.