# "Petroleum Oil & Natural Gas" but "No Minerals" Question
**URL:** https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/petroleum-oil-natural-gas-but-no-minerals-question/22417
**Category:** Law & Legal
**Created:** [December 6, 2011, 8:06pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/petroleum-oil-natural-gas-but-no-minerals-question/22417 "2011-12-06T20:06:51Z")
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### Author:  [@lowflyer](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/lowflyer)
#### Post date: [December 6, 2011, 8:06pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/petroleum-oil-natural-gas-but-no-minerals-question/22417/1 "2011-12-06T20:06:51Z")
In Pennsylvania, if someone has only an interest in the “petroleum oil & natural gas” under a property as stated in a deed, but no mention of “minerals”, do they have the right to drill into minerals (which wouldn’t be owned by them) and extract oil & gas?
Wouldn’t this be a concern for the Marcellus and the Utica shales? They are rock formations.
Also, what does PA consider a mineral?
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### Author:  [@system](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 15, 2018, 4:05am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/petroleum-oil-natural-gas-but-no-minerals-question/22417/2 "2018-08-15T04:05:47Z")