Judge Rules Individual Lease Interpretations Apply In Mineral Rights Dispute

(October 5, 2023, 7:27 AM EDT) -- CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — A federal judge in West Virginia has denied an attempt to consolidate multiple cases brought by mineral rights holders against a hydraulic fracturing operator, ruling that “individual oil and gas lease interpretations are required” to determine whether the controlling law has been satisfied in each of the separate cases....