welcome to the instructional video for
using the Virginia Gas escrow unit
viewer this tools intended as a resource
for landowners to quickly and easily
locate their property on demand and
determine if a gas unit has been
established which may have escrow funds
have been set aside under the terms of
the Virginia gas and oil Act
access to the pages granted after
clicking the OK button on the disclaimer
statement
a link to the website at Virginia Gas
gold board is located in the upper right
hand corner of the screen
this site contains minutes and
transcripts of Virginia gas and all
board meetings as well as contact
information Redeemer means division of
gas and oil
there are a number of ways for
landowners to search for property on the
viewer by Associated gas well Name by
property address
the Virginia gas law board docket number
or by manually navigating the map
first let's search using the property
address use the locator address search
box on the left to type the address of
your property the more address
information you provide such as city
state and zip code the more likely it is
the map will recognize your desired
location
when you click the locate button the map
attempts to match the address to list
the possibilities and zooms of the top
candidate scroll through until you see
your address and click the zoom the map
to that location
you can also search by using the name of
the gas well if you have that
information available
to make guess Wells visible on the
viewer
check the box on the layer list window
every gas well Virginia has a signposted
with the name of the operator an
identifying number of the gas well
be careful not to confuse the permit
number which may also be listed on the
sign with a well name or number in this
example you will use
vc-704074 to type into the search box
please note that this is a different
search box than the one used for
addresses in our first example
next we will search by using Virginia
Gas moldboard docket number
finally if you wish to manually locate a
property on the map you can do so by
using the map navigation tools the
default background shows Arrow imagery
but this could be changed to a different
base map to assist in navigation
the button and you have to write at the
screen has several options to choose
from
use the navigation tools on the far left
of the screen you can zoom in and out
and pan in any direction to locate your
property
if you wish to adjust the transparency
of the escrow unit
this can be done using the layer list
click the small downward pointing
triangle inside the Box just to the
right and layered entitled units with
escrow phones
click on transparency and adjust the
slider as needed
using this feature in combination with
arrow imagery base map and the
navigation tools
should enable you to locate your
property
the light green shapes indicate
established units which escrow monies
have been deposited
you can click on the units for more
information
clicking on an escrow unit will outline
it in blue and display a pop-up window
this window contains the Virginia Gas
snowboard docket number that created the
unit the name of the unit the type of
gas being extracted and the company
who's making deposits in the escrow
account for that unit the last line is a
company contact to call if you wish to
inquire or make a claim as a property
owner within that unit
the pop-up also contains an underlying
link to the DME escrow estimator tool
click the link to open the tool in your
browser
the eform Center opens to the escrow
unit you clicked on the map type in the
number of Acres owned within the
boundary of the escrow unit to display a
report that includes the amount of money
in escrow based on the number of Acres
you own
this concludes the instructable
demonstration of escrow map viewer and
eforms escrow estimator websites thank
you