( August 7, 2024, 2:36 PM EDT) -- BATON ROUGE, La. — A state appeals panel in Louisiana on Aug. 7 affirmed a lower court’s ruling which dismissed with prejudice a claim brought by an oil and gas production company against Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (HESI) seeking damages for injury to a well that the production company said was caused by a coring gun provided by HESI which had been used in well operations....