A natural-gas exploration company does not have standing to appeal a trial court's order compelling it to disclose proprietary ingredients of chemicals used on a drill site, the state Superior Court has ruled.

A split three-judge panel of the court April 14 quashed Range Resources-Appalachia Inc.'s appeal of an order requesting the company to provide more detailed information regarding chemicals used at a drill site in Washington County. The order came during a discovery dispute in the personal injury case Haney v. Range Resources-Appalachia.

Although the company argued protection of the proprietary information was important enough to merit an appeal at the discovery phase, Judge John T. Bender, who wrote the court's majority opinion, said Range Resources lacked standing to merit a collateral review of the issue.