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Today, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Oil and Gas Resources Management invited comments on a draft rule...


Tags: Ohio, Oil and Gas, Energy, Utica

Recently, in Shilts v. Beardmore (2018-Ohio-863), the Seventh District Court of Appeals analyzed whether a surface owner complied...


Tags: 'Utica Shale', Ohio, "2006 DMA", Dormant Mineral Act,

On February 28, 2018, the Supreme Court of Ohio announced that it has accepted an appeal of Blackstone v. Moore (2017-Ohio-1639). 


Tags: OMTA, Ohio Marketable Title Act, Ohio, MTA,

On Friday, March 9, 2018, West Virginia Governor Jim Justice signed into law a state statute permitting the leasing of oil and...


Tags: Co-Tenancy and Modernization and Majority Protecti, West Virginia, Oil and Gas Leases, Oil and Gas,

On January 30, 2018, the Supreme Court of Ohio rejected a constitutional challenge to a statutory unitization order issued by the...


Tags: Unitization, Ohio, Pooling, Oil and Gas,

Yesterday, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection halted construction of Sunoco Logistic LP's Mariner East II...


Tags: Pipeline, PA, Oil and Gas, Energy

In Talbot v. Ward (2017-Ohio-9213), Ohio's Seventh District Court of Appeals found the Duhig rule “persuasive” in interpreting a...


Tags: 'Utica Shale', Duhig rule, Ohio, Oil and Gas,

Over the last several weeks, Ohio courts issued a few decisions involving oil and gas issues that we wanted to briefly mention:


Tags: Ohio, Leases, Oil and Gas, Energy,

Last week, the United States Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals issued its decision in Eclipse Res.—Ohio, LLC v. Madzia, concerning a...


Tags: Lease, Ohio, Oil and Gas, Energy,

In March, we posted about Dundics v. Eric Petroleum Corp., a decision by Ohio’s Seventh District Court of Appeals ruling that...


Tags: landmen, Ohio, Oil and Gas, Energy,

Helping clients with their energy and environmental needs

You can expect to find news and breaking legal developments involving the crude oil and natural gas industries, alternative and renewable energy resources, and the latest environmental issues.