A study led by Binghamton University and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) claims it has uncovered that energy companies pressure landowners into allowing hydraulic fracturing (fracking) on their properties, “often resorting to persistent and personalized tactics.” In other words, those nasty frackers bully poor landowners into signing leases. We have no doubt there…
Read More...On May 23, the Ohio Dept. of Natural Resources (ODNR) issued a pooling order to Encino Energy that combines a number of properties into a single unit for drilling wells. The total of the surface land pooled is 1,081.076 acres, located in Stock Township, Harrison County, Ohio. There are 121 (!) properties or pieces of…
Read More...Hopefully, we’re now at the conclusion of an effort to overturn a bill passed in early 2022 by the West Virginia legislature, Senate Bill (SB) 694, which finally brought forced pooling for shale wells to the Mountain State after eight years of trying (see WV House Passes Forced Pooling Bill, Done Deal When Gov Signs)….
Read More...Another twist in the effort to overturn a bill passed earlier this year by the West Virginia legislature, Senate Bill… Continue reading The post WV Appeals Lawsuit re Forced Pooling Law to Higher Fed Court first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.
Read More...A lawsuit brought by two West Virginia landowners seeking to overturn the state’s newly enacted forced pooling (i.e. unitization) law… Continue reading The post WV Landowner Lawsuit to Block Forced Pooling Law Dealt Another Blow first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.
Read More...Back in March, MDN told you about a bill passed by the West Virginia legislature, Senate Bill (SB) 694, which… Continue reading The post Lawsuit to Block West Virginia’s New Forced Pooling Law Tossed Out first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.
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