What should we make of the Oklahoma Supreme Court’s order sending a suit alleging injuries from an earthquake back to the trial court? Did the court unleash the lions, tigers and bears of the litigation world … or not? At this point, the answer is, not much for an injection well operator to worry about
Who Needs A Master Service Agreement?
You do, whether you are a vendor or an operator. Matador Production Company vs. Weatherford Artificial Lift Systems, Inc. is a treatise on what can go wrong with a frac job: Failure of pumps, worker inexperience, failure of the “delayed release gel breaker”, failure to clean gel hoses, failure to pump enough gel and proppant
Fracking, Trigger Warnings, and a Safe Room
First, an apology. I have brought shame to my own self and this blog for failing to invoke trigger warnings about activities I will mention again, after the appropriate trigger warning. (I had no idea there were so many.)
Trigger Warning
This post will refer to activities in oil and gas production as they
Lipsky Revisited – Details and Debate
I often wonder if anybody actually reads our modest, quasi-weekly offerings. They do! And they respond! To criticize! I earn my keep being “critiqued” by impatient judges, aggressive opposing counsel and, occasionally, less-than-happy clients, so – challenge accepted.
“Critique” One:
Lipsky was not Range’s lessor, therefor I know nothing about the case. Surely, this person
How Are the Texas Anti-SLAPP Statute and Jade Helm 15 Alike?
May a court “draw rational inferences from circumstantial evidence” when determining if a plaintiff has met its burden in a suit in which the defendant has invoked the Texas Citizens Participation Act . That was the question in In re Lipsky.
What is The Anti-SLAPP Statute?
The
A Scourge Worse than Fracking!
Allen Gilmer of DrillingInfo.com warns us about a threat to the nation’s health and safety that makes hydraulic fracturing look like a kindergarten cupcake party (if there were still such a thing). What’s worse is this scourge is not limited to communities where there is oil and gas production. The young seem to be most
Meanwhile in Texas … Who Should Decide About Fracking?
Who should decide when, where, how, and even if, hydraulic fracturing should occur?
The locals: “You hypocrites Our good public servants in Austin want ‘local control’ when its against Washington, but deny us the same right. We know better than you about what’s best for our community. To hell with catastrophic litigation exposure and
Frackers v. Anti’s – Scoring update
The box scores after election day showed frackers 4, anti’s 4. Courtesy of a gubernatorial grand-slam by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, hydraulic fracturing is now banned throughout the entire state of New York.
In this ballgame within a ballgame, it’s
Yoko and Shawn, the likes of Moveon.org , and wealthy Manhattanites: 1
Mineral owners, asthmatics
Election Scoreboard: Frackers 4, Anti’s 4
Hydraulic fracturing bans had eight at-bats last Tuesday. Here are the results.
Denton, Texas
See the Ballot Question in a recent entry.
YES 58.64%
NO 41.36%
Athens, Ohio
“To establish a community bill of rights for residents and natural communities of Athens and to protect those rights by prohibiting shale gas and oil extraction and
What’s Going On in Denton, Texas?
As you probably know, the Denton City Council denied a petition signed by several thousand citizens to ban hydraulic fracturing within the city limits. The denial sent the question to the November 4 general election ballot. Here is the proposition, its legalese in full bloom:
SHALL AN ORDINANCE BE ENACTED PROHIBITING, WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS