Pa. Landowner Complains that Range Resources Drilling Under Expired Lease

HARRISBURG, Pa. - A Pennsylvania landowner has moved for a preliminary injunction to halt shale gas drilling by Range Resources under what the landowner claims is an expired lease. Williamson Trail Resources, LP v. Range Resources - Appalachia, LLC, No. 4:11-CV-1492 (M.D. Pa.).

Williamson Trail Resources LP moved for the injunction on Aug. 16, saying Range's lease of more than 5,000 acres expired by its own terms on June 22.

Williamson initially filed for an injunction in the Lycoming County (Pa.) Court of Common Pleas, but Range removed the action to the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of …