Mineral Owners: Fracking Companies Trespassed In Drilling Below Utica Shale

Mealey's (July 10, 2020, 1:32 PM EDT) -- COLUMBUS, Ohio — A group of mineral owners on July 8 moved in Ohio federal court seeking summary judgment on claims that hydraulic fracturing companies have trespassed and under state law do not have the right to extract oil and gas from the geological formations that lie below the base of the Utica Shale (J&R Passmore LLC, et al. v. Rice Drilling D LLC, et al., No. 18-1587, S.D. Ohio)....