Panel: Fracking Operator Validly Pooled Portions Of Lease, So No Violation

Mealey's (March 10, 2023, 12:11 PM EST) -- CINCINNATI — A panel of the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on March 9 issued a mandate enforcing its unpublished opinion that a hydraulic fracturing operator validly pooled portions of the leasehold into a drilling unit and conducted operations that extended the lease in question such that it did not violate the lease by continuing operations, contrary to the claims of the leaseholders....