( June 4, 2025, 3:23 PM EDT) -- HARRISBURG, Pa. — A split state appellate panel in Pennsylvania has issued a nonprecedential and unpublished opinion affirming a lower court’s ruling in favor of a hydraulic fracturing operator in a lease dispute, concluding that there was no genuine issue of material fact to counter the operator’s claim that it had engaged in activities sufficient to extend a drilling lease and, therefore, the leaseholder’s lawsuit failed....