Mealey's (May 4, 2022, 1:48 PM EDT) -- DENVER — A panel of the 10th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on May 2 affirmed a lower court’s ruling and held that the U.S. government’s order for a hydraulic fracturing operator to pay an additional $1,820,652.66 in carbon dioxide (CO2) royalty payments on federal gas leases was proper based on evidence, federal law and precedent....