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 […]
Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. Lamont v. Vaquillas Energy Lopeno Ltd., LLP, 421 S.W.3d 198 (Tex. App.—San Antonio 2013, pet. filed) held that the improper use of a seismic map obtained by proper means […]
Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. Dimock v. Kadane1 holds that the parties to an A.A.P.L. Form 610 Model Form Operating Agreement (1956) impliedly waive their right to compel partition. Joint owners of undivided mineral interests have […]
Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. Paradigm Oil, Inc. v. Retamco Operating Inc., 330 S.W.3d 342 (Tex. App.—San Antonio 2010, pet. granted) (Fraud based on concealment of payout); Paradigm Oil, Inc. v. Retamco Operating, Inc., […]
Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. Transamerican Natural Gas Corp. v. Finkelstein 933 S.W.2d 591, 1996 WL 40010 (Tex. A.P.—San Antonio, August 14, 1996, ) addressed the right of an overriding royalty owner to share […]
