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489 Fleet Oil & Gas, Ltd v. EOG Res., 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.   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 […] More...

478 XH, LLC v. Cabot Oil & Gas Corp.

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 […] More...

165 Fasken Land and Minerals, Ltd. v. Occidental Permian Ltd.

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 […] More...

422 Sonerra Res. Corp. v. Helmerich & Payne Intern. Drilling Co.

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 […] More...

059 Dresser Industries, Inc. v. Page Petroleum, Inc.

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 […] More...

149 Primrose Operating Company, Inc. v. Jones

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 […] More...

162 Mission Resources, Inc. v. Garza Energy Trust

Richard F. Brown   Mission Resources, Inc. v. Garza Energy Trust [166 S.W.3d 301 (Tex. App. – Corpus Christi 2005, pet. filed)] imposes $10,000,000 in punitive damages in a case involving subsurface trespass, bad faith pooling, and breach of the implied covenants to develop and to protect against drainage. The case arose in South Texas […] More...

368 Aurora Petroleum, Inc. v. Cholla Petroleum Inc.

CASE NOTE Richard F. Brown   The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you.   Aurora Petroleum, Inc. v. Cholla Petroleum, Inc., , No. 07-10-0035-CV, 2011 WL 652843 (Tex. App.—Amarillo Feb. 23, 2011, no pet.) (mem. op.) held a farmout agreement to […] More...

469 Springer Ranch, Ltd. v. Jones

Richard F. Brown   The following is not a legal opinion.  You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you.   Springer Ranch, Ltd. v. Jones, 421 S.W.3d 273 (Tex. App.—San Antonio 2013, no pet.) held that royalties from present and future horizontal wells must be allocated based on the […] More...