Mealey's (February 2, 2021, 1:20 PM EST) -- DENVER — A panel of the 10th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Feb. 1 ruled that a district court did not abuse its discretion when it held that the state of Colorado and a state oil and gas agency has a compelling interest in allowing hydraulic fracturing companies to target the minerals of nonconsenting mineral owners through a practice referred to as “forced pooling.”...