Several interesting aspects.  A couple landmen divulging the tactics used.  CHK going back after prices came down.  The author does play up the poor, elderly farmer aspect a little heavy but get past that and it doesn't paint a very flattering picture.   Encana comes out of it looking good though.

TRAVERSE CITY, Michigan  — Late in the summer of 2010, hundreds of farmers in northern Michigan were fuming.

All had signed leases with local brokers permitting drillers to tap natural gas and oil beneath their land. All were demanding thousands of dollars in bonuses they had been promised in exchange. But none knew for certain whom to go after.

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