Natural Gas Companies

A justice on West Virginia’s highest court has issued a blistering rebuke to the other four jurists who ruled that natural gas companies can deduct post-production costs from the royalties paid to landowners for mineral rights. Justice Robin Jean Davis’ dissent, released Monday, says there’s no basis in law for the court even to grant a rehearing to Pittsburgh-based EQT Production Co. or reverse the court’s November ruling against deductions.