Fracking Operators Say Mineral Rights Case Fails, Dispute Shale Plays’ Boundaries

( June 19, 2024, 2:30 PM EDT) -- COLUMBUS, Ohio — Hydraulic fracturing operators that dispute the boundaries of the shale formation at the heart of a mineral rights case on June 18 moved in Ohio federal court to dismiss the lawsuit on grounds that the claims against them fail because they are barred by the statute of limitations and because the defendants “never entered one tract of Plaintiff’s property” and, therefore, there can be no trespass....