Gasholes sue to stop a man from putting a water well on his own property

It's funny how RWers are all for private property rights until something like this comes up.

"Heaster says he'd been waiting five years for EQT to decide whether it would drill, and he couldn't wait any longer."

We've had our surface torn up and cattle killed.

Thirty+ years ago my dad set up a radio where he could hear the oil companies radio transmissions

The oil companies would wait until it looked like it was going to rain and then pump sludge into our creek. They would also put sludge in trucks and drive around with the pet cock open dumping it on the roads until it was empty so they wouldn't have to pay to properly dispose of it. $$$$$ reign!

We'd run out jump in the airplane fly over and get pictures, but in Oklahoma and Texas no one will do shit to the oil companies. They are the national diety.

They save a bundle by poisoning the masses. As long as we continue to put profits for the few ahead of the well being of the many this will continue.

Finally, the local ranchers brought it to a vote and stopped the practice.

Diesel Flashback:

Nasty stuff.....

I volunteered for shit burning. I got a truck to go to the fuel depot and shit burning only took about 15 minutes. Then I'd disappear with the truck on some mythical mission. Essentially I had the rest of the day off. After grinding it out in the field, shit burning was light work.

where the oil contractor used oil contaminated with dioxin, turning the place into an EPA Superfund Site:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Times_Beach,_Missouri

Oh my gosh, that's perfect, especially in this case. They're just like Monsanto with their stupid proprietary seeds.

--Heaster has embraced the opportunities created by the booming gas industry in north-central West Virginia.

About 40 percent of his farm has been disturbed already, he said, and he has productive relationships with six gas companies that have drilled or plan to drill a total of 35 wells.

But Heaster said he doesn't like how EQT treats him, routinely coming onto his land without warning or explanation. Other companies are more courteous and cooperative, he said.

"Those gas line people, they tell you what they're going to do. They sit down with you, and they offer you a fair price," he said. With EQT, "from the time they set foot on the property to the time they leave, it's a fight."--

Read more here: http://www.star-telegram.com/2013/09/26/5196346/eqt-sues-over-water-wells-on-planned.html#storylink=cpy

That's how the headline should read.

Who the hell does this company think it is?

the courts likely to rule in its favor? At least the USSC?