Court Says Ohio Doesn't Owe Injection Well Operator Money

No payout for fracking waste company that caused earthquakes, Ohio court says

This story was originally published by Signal Ohio. The Ohio Supreme Court unanimously rejected a lawsuit Wednesday from a fracking waste disposal company seeking millions from the state after its operations caused two earthquakes in Trumbull County, not far from an aging dam.  As a result of the tremors – a comparatively modest 1.7 and 2.1 magnitude – the Ohio Department of Natural Resources in 2014 suspended injections into the company’s two w…

Ohio won’t have to pay oil and gas company for shutting down its injection wells, court rules

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Ohio Supreme Court unanimously ruled Wednesday that the state does not owe a Trumbull County oil and gas company compensation for the closure of two of its wells after minor earthquakes were recorded nearby.

Court says Ohio doesn't owe injection well operator money

The Ohio Supreme Court issued a ruling Wednesday that will save the State of Ohio millions of dollars in compensation to an injection well operator.

OH Supreme Court Rules Against AWMS Injection Well Compensation - Marcellus Drilling News

We’ve been tracking a story that we consider an ongoing tragedy for more than a decade. American Water Management Services (AWMS) owns a wastewater injection well in Trumbull County, Ohio, that supposedly caused a low-level earthquake (that nobody could feel) in 2014. Actually, there are two injection wells located at the site, both operated by...

Ohio Supreme Court Rules Injection Well Owner Won’t be Compensated for Shutdown

WARREN, Ohio – The Supreme Court of Ohio on Wednesday ruled that the owner of a local injection well is not entitled to compensation from the state after its operations were shut down more than 10 years ago. The 7-0 opinion reverses an earlier ruling by the 11th District Court of Appeals, which found the […] The post Ohio Supreme Court Rules Injection Well Owner Won’t be Compensated for Shutdown appeared first on Business Journal Daily | The You…