Judge Stops Fracking Company From Moving Assets Overseas During Contract Dispute

Mealey's (December 6, 2021, 1:54 PM EST) -- TULSA, Okla. — A federal judge in Oklahoma on Dec. 3 granted an emergency writ of attachment and a restraining order preventing a hydraulic fracturing company based in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) from removing parts of drilling rigs from the United States during the pendency of a case brought against it by a company that contends that the fracking operator has refused to pay for repairs made to the rigs....