You won’t get what you don’t ask for. That’s a given. But so is, You can’t always get what you want. That’s the end of most lawsuits for one side or the other.
Take Wade Oil & Gas, Inc. v. Telesis Operating Company, Inc., et al, for example. Wade, an
Co-author Alexandra A. CrawleyIn Walton v. City of Midland, the surface owner of a 35 acre tract within the city limits of Midland, Texas, contended that a provision in a city permit for an oil or gas well was a regulatory taking because it required the lessee to drill a water well on
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h, how a simple Favored-Nations clause in an oil and gas lease can get complicated, with large financial consequences! In BP America Production Company v. Zaffirini, BP paid Solis a $1,300 per acre bonus for a lease covering 30% of the mineral estate and agreed that if paid a more favorable
Co-author Andrew Neal
Non-operators have had a lot in common with Br’er Rabbit ever since 2006, when the Texas Supreme Court surprised the industry in Seagull Energy E & P, Inc. v. Eland Energy, Inc. Their tar baby is the ruling that, absent a release from the operator a working interest under a JOA who
There is a “Rorschach” way to examine your thinking about the controversy over fossil fuels and global warming.
Psychologists use the Rorschach test to examine a person’s personality characteristics and emotional functioning. It’s been employed to detect underlying thought disorder, especially disorganized thinking as evidenced by disorganized speech. Try this on yourself.
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Vestiges of the early Haynesville Shale land rush remain.
Imagine: The lease is about to expire. Lessee (Mecom) offers lessor (Henderson) $90 per acre for an extension, telling him, “I could extend for two more years without consent so I’m giving you free money.” He explains his intention to drill more Cotton
Ever the schoolyard bully, the EPA has been pushing its agenda against the will of the states, at least until the principal intervenes.
A minority (that’s the Republicans) report by the U. S. Senate Committee on the Environment & Public Works asserts that the EPA is in violation of “cooperative federalism”, in which the EPA
The Bureau of Land Management released a new Instructional Memorandum 2013-151, clarifying the re-evaluation of bonds required for operations on federal lands. The purpose was to clearly define the terms and conditions now set out in the regulation governing the subject: 43 CFR § 3104.5(b). Here is a brief summary of
Even if you aren’t the actual plaintiff in a lawsuit you can still be personally liable for breach of a covenant not to sue. It’s easy! Sign a release in your individual capacity, cause an entity you control to bring a lawsuit, and then financially support the suit. And you can share the liability with
As another college football weekend approaches, let’s talk whiskey. All work and no play might save Jack’s liver from decaying into a bile-filled mass of diseased tissue, but the oil man needs a break from the burden of termination clauses, stolen trade secrets, and – as revealed by Yoko and Shawn – desecration of Mother