Judge Dismisses Breach Of Contract Case, Says Fracking Well Did Not Violate Lease

(September 5, 2024, 12:22 PM EDT) -- OKLAHOMA CITY — A federal judge in Oklahoma has dismissed with prejudice a case brought by a mineral owner who contended that a hydraulic fracturing operator “willfully and intentionally” breached the lease between the parties, ruling that the plaintiff did not plausibly allege that the drilling of a particular well, referred to as the Katie Well, was done in violation of the lease....