Judge: 2 Fracking Claims Valid, 1 Dismissed Based On Express Lease Language

Mealey's (March 22, 2019, 2:05 PM EDT) -- MUSKOGEE, Okla. — A federal judge in Oklahoma on March 21 issued three separate opinions in one case pertaining to hydraulic fracturing lease disputes with three different groups of leaseholders.  In two of the opinions, the judge denied fracking companies’ motions to dismiss; in the third, the judge dismissed the leaseholders’ claim (Dorsey J. Reirdon v. Cimarex Energy Company, et al., No. 16-445, E.D Okla., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 46984)....