(March 12, 2018, 7:36 AM EDT) -- CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A federal judge in West Virginia on Feb. 14 ruled that hydraulic fracturing company was not required to produce oil and gas from the wells it acquired when the mineral rights were conveyed to it from one of the parties involved in the initial transaction, which established drilling rights and requirements (Statoil USA Onshore Properties Inc. v. Pine Resources LLC, No. 14-21169, S.D. W.Va.; 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 23936)....