LANDOWNERS with Marcellus natural gas leases are getting increasingly agitated over being shorted on lease royalties. After the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources disclosed it had recovered $1.3 million in shorted royaltiesearlier this year, that anger intensified.In mid-October, close to 700 people attended a meeting in Bradford County, Pa., where they were urged to contact state legislative leaders about a bill aimed at ensuring gas companies pay fair royalties. The county is one of the most drilled parts of Pennsylvania. "It's what I call 'the great royalty rip-off,'" said Bradford Commissioner Daryl Miller.
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