Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. On motion for reconsideration, EnerQuest EnerQuest Oil & Gas, LLC v. Plains Exploration & Prod. Co., No. SA-12-CV-542-DAE, 2014 WL 1652599 (W.D. Tex. Apr. 24, 2014) again reviewed whether […]
Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. PEC Minerals LP v. Chevron USA Inc., 737 F. Supp. 2d 643 (E.D. Tex. 2010), held that production anywhere on a lease continued the lease in force and effect as […]
Richard F. Brown Bargsley v. Pryor Petroleum Corp., 196 S.W.3d 823 (Tex. App.—Eastland 2006, pet. denied), strictly construes a sixty-day clause limited to “drilling” and holds that other operations will not preserve the lease. The lease clause provided: If, at the expiration of the primary term of this lease, oil or gas is not […]
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. Lone Star Gas Company v. Mexia Oil & Gas, 833 S.W.2d 199 (Tex. App.–Dallas 1992, no writ), concerns the obligation of the purchaser of a lease subject to 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. Cole v. Anadarko Petroleum Corp. , 331 S.W.3d 30 (Tex. App.—Eastland 2010, pet. denied), held that the surface lease for the site of a water injection plant terminated 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. EnerQuest Oil & Gas, LLC v. Plains Exploration & Prod. Co., 981 F.Supp.2d 575 (W.D. Tex. 2013) held that surface facilities are not necessary for a well to be […]
Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. In Villareal v. Grant Geophysical, Inc., 136 S.W.3d 265 (Tex. App.—San Antonio 2004, pet. denied), the San Antonio Court of Appeals determined Texas law requires actual physical entry or […]
