Let’s take a look at what President Trump has done for the oil industry in his first year (This is not about decorum, dossiers, tweets, or Oprah’s inauguration.) As in the past, I refer to sources whose opinions and insights are more knowledgeable than mine.
No More “Sue and Settle”
Continue Reading Trump and the Oil Patch One Year In
Once again we look back at the continuing cavalcade of crooks, criminals, miscreants and, to put it kindly, morons the less intellectually gifted, who met justice face-to-face in 2017. This year’s class includes a preacher, a controller, an engineer, a landman, and two lawyers!
Continue Reading 2017’s Bad Guys in Energy
Noble Energy Inc. v. ConocoPhillips Company, a 6-to-3 Texas Supreme Court decision, is a reminder of two things:
Continue Reading Texas Supreme Court Dabbles in Bankruptcy Law
Rozel Operating v. Crown Point Holdings, LLC, et al., reminds one of the need to understand and apply the meaning of terms used in a statute one is attempting to enforce. And imaginative theories don’t work without evidence to support them.
Continue Reading How Not to Secure an Oil Well Lien in Louisiana
Let’s look back at a cavalcade of crooks, criminals and miscreants who met up with justice in 2016. We do it to be reminded of the others who will be lurking in the 2017 shadows.
Perp: David Kent, founder of Oilpro.com
Offense: Wire fraud by computer hacking.
How: Created a “backdoor entry” into the computer
Co-author Brooke Sizer