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Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Weighs in on Hydraulic Fracturing and Subsurface Trespass

The Energy Law

In January of this year, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania tackled an issue that has been confronted by few other courts—whether the rule of capture precludes a claim for subsurface trespass due to hydraulic fracturing. [1] Southwestern operated several wells on the leased tract, several of which were hydraulically fractured.

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Why predictions of “peak oil” are always wrong: The mirage of “peak oil” in America

Oil & Gas 360º

But in 2008, the shale revolution took off! Thanks to human ingenuity, new drilling technologies like horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing unlocked vast reserves once thought inaccessible. King Hubbert, who famously predicted in 1956 that U.S. oil production would peak in the early 1970s. He was right—for a time.

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