Pollution exclusions bar coverage under the insurance policies issued to NGL Water Solutions Permian LLC, the insurers said in a complaint filed Feb. 13 in the US District Court for the Western District of Texas.
The underlying suit alleged NGL injected more than 100 million barrels of wastewater into four saltwater disposal wells in Loving County, Texas, and that the wastewater escaped from permitted areas, affecting nearby oil and gas formations. The plaintiff in that case ...