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A federal judge in Pennsylvania has denied ExxonMobil Corp. subsidiary XTO Energy Inc.’s motion to dismiss what could be a class action lawsuit filed against it last year for allegedly deducting post-production costs from royalty payments in the state.

A federal judge in Pennsylvania has denied ExxonMobil Corp. subsidiary XTO Energy Inc.’s motion to dismiss what could be a class action lawsuit filed against it last year for allegedly deducting post-production costs from royalty payments in the state.

Fearing that the downturn in oil and natural gas prices has battered the finances of Chesapeake Energy Corp. and could eventually threaten an $18 million settlement with thousands of Pennsylvania landowners, two plaintiffs have filed a motion for court ordered mediation to approve the settlement swiftly.

Aruba Petroleum Inc.’s motion for a new trial in a drilling/hydraulic fracturing (fracking) nuisance case has been denied by a Texas judge and the company plans to appeal the $2.95M judgment against it.

A conservation-minded citizens group in northeastern Nevada has filed for a preliminary injunction to block a disputed Bureau of Land Management (BLM) lease sale until a more complete environmental review is done.

Exasperated with being at the center of a pitched debate over the safety of hydraulic fracturing (fracking), elected officials in Dimock Township, PA, voted unanimously Monday evening to decline an offer by the city of Binghamton, NY about 30 miles away, to deliver potable water supplies to some of the town’s residents.

A federal appeals court in Washington, DC, has rejected a motion by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to dismiss a case brought by independent producers alleging that the agency failed to go through the proper channels to regulate diesel fuel used in the hydraulic fracturing (fracking) process.

The Maine Board of Environmental Protection (MBEP) is scheduled to vote Thursday on a motion to end Calais LNG’s effort to build a $1 billion liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal, import facility and pipeline project in Calais, ME.

A federal judge in Pennsylvania last month denied a motion by Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. to dismiss a case brought by Dimock Township, PA, residents who claim that their health and property has been harmed by the producer’s natural gas activities.