Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. XTO Energy Inc. v. Smith Production Inc., 282 S.W.3d 672 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 2009, pet. granted), holds that a non-consent election under a 1982 A.A.P.L. form JOA as to […]
Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. North Central Oil Corporation v. The Louisiana Land and Exploration Company, 22 S.W.3d 572 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] pet. filed), construes an area of mutual interest agreement within a […]
Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. Capitol Wireless, LP v. XTO Energy, Inc. held that a Participation Agreement (“PA”) was an enforceable contract to drill a test well, notwithstanding that the parties failed to include a Joint Operating Agreement […]
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 […]
