Judge Won’t Dismiss OH Case re EQT, Gulfport Tapping Pt Pleasant
We happened across a lawsuit we didn't know about, involving an issue we've seen before. A landowner in Belmont County, Ohio, filed a lawsuit in June 2024 alleging that Gulfport Energy, in a joint development agreement with EQT (the lease owner), drilled three wells under the landowner's property that tapped into the Point Pleasant formation, which sits immediately below the Utica. The landowner said the lease only allows drilling in the Utica and Marcellus and NOT in the Point Pleasant.To view this content, log into your member account. (Not a member? Join Today!)