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Operator Wins JOA Fight

By Charles Sartain on June 17, 2014
Posted in Contract Disputes, Operating Agreements

MDU Barnett Ltd. P’ship v. Chesapeake Exploration Ltd. P’ship is at least three things:

  • The culmination of an unhappy relationship between an operator and non-operators.
  • What happens when joint owners’ interests are not aligned.
  • Predictable, given Texas law and the relationship of parties under the model form JOA.

In 2005 Chesapeake and Conglomerate Gas entered…

Operator Not Liable for Breach of JOA – Louisiana Version (Kind of)

By Charles Sartain on November 15, 2012
Posted in Operating Agreements

It’s deju vu all over again in Chesapeake Operating, Inc. v. Sanchez Oil & Gas Corp. More accurately, it is a variation of Reeder v. Wood County Energy, LLC, et al. applied to Louisiana operations. For the impact of the exculpatory clause protecting the operator from liability in the 1989 Model Form JOA, see …

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