Jury: Ohio Leaseholders Did Not Reserve Their Rights To Point Pleasant Shale Play

(March 5, 2024, 2:50 PM EST) -- COLUMBUS, Ohio — A federal jury in Ohio has ruled that leaseholders who sued hydraulic fracturing companies in a royalty dispute did not reserve their rights below a shale play known as the Point Pleasant formation, which is a specific area beneath the Utica Shale Play....