( March 5, 2025, 11:11 AM EST) -- HARRISBURG, Pa. — An appeals panel in Pennsylvania has affirmed a trial court’s ruling in a hydraulic fracturing drilling dispute, finding that the original lease related to land to be used for oil and gas exploration continued to be operative despite gaps in activity on the site in question over a series of years. As a result, the rights claim asserted by a second drilling company related to the property did not apply, the panel said....