Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. TEPCO, L.L.C. v. Reef Exploration, L.P., 485 S.W.3d 557 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 2016, no pet.). (Subsequent operations under JOA) held that the Wellbore Charges for reworking a well for completion […]
Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. Anadarko Petroleum Corporation v. TRO-X, L.P., No. 08-15-00158-CV, 2016 WL 1073046 (Tex. App.—El Paso Mar. 18, 2016, pet. filed) (Top leases) recognized a presumption that a lessor’s execution of a new lease terminated […]
Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. Anderson Energy Corp. v. Dominion Oklahoma Texas Expl. & Prod., Inc., 469 S.W.3d 280 (Tex. App.—San Antonio 2015, no pet.), held that the Contract Area under a JOA was not limited […]
Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. Cresson SWD Services, L.P. v. Basic Energy Services, L.P. held that a jury can determine it is not a breach of an agreement to not complete the agreed upon work on […]
Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. Albert v. Dunlap Exploration, Inc. held that a horizontal Pugh clause in a lease did not apply to gas wells drilled on a pooled unit pooled as to all depths and […]
Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. Roland Oil Co. v. R.R. Com’n of Texas held that an operator did not establish a good faith claim to a continuing right to operate a lease under the rules of […]
Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. Hooks v. Samson Lone Star, Limited Partnership held that although reasonable diligence should lead to discovery of information in the records of the Texas Railroad Commission (“TRC”), fraudulent filings in the […]
