Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. Fleet Oil & Gas, Ltd. v. EOG Resources, Inc., held that the attorney’s fee provision under a 1989 MFOA attached as an exhibit to a participation agreement did not […]
Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. XH, LLC v. Cabot Oil & Gas Corp., No. 12-12-00338-CV, 2014 WL 2505541 (Tex. App.—Tyler May 30, 2014, no pet.)(mem. op.), held that the parties’ express provision governing priority of interpretation […]
Richard F. Brown Trenolone v. Cook Exploration Company, 166 S.W.3d 495 (Tex. App.—Texarkana 2005, no writ), examined the rights of the surface owner and the mineral lessee in an abandoned pipeline. In 1961, Cities Service acquired a pipeline right-of-way easement under what eventually became Trenolone’s residential neighborhood. The easement provided: This right-of-way agreement may […]
Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. Transocean Offshore Deepwater Drilling, Inc. v. ENI U.S. Operating Co., Inc., 957 F.Supp.2d 836 (S.D. Tex. 2013) applied admiralty law to interpret the risk of loss provisions in an […]
Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. Sonerra Resources Corporation v. Helmerich & Payne Intern. Drilling Co., No. 01-11-00459-CV, 2012 WL 3776428 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] Aug. 30, 2012, pet. denied) (mem. op.), held that under […]
Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of some significance to you. Dresser Industries, Inc. v. Page Petroleum, Inc., 853 S.W. 2d 505 (Tex. 1993) reviews the effectiveness of contractual language releasing in advance oil well service companies from liability for […]
Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. Primrose Operating Company, Inc. v. Jones1 holds that the standard form drilling contract used by the parties did not provide that all operations conducted after the well exceeded the footage […]
