Davenport v. EOG Resources, Inc. is an appeal of a temporary injunction. The title tells you the result.
Davenport owned four tracts comprising 5,000 acres in Webb County that were originally part of a larger tract burdened by the 1967 Garner oil and gas lease. EOG has operated the lease since 1999 and its chief
Co-author Rusty TuckerIn Mayo Found. For Med. Educ. & Research v. BP Am. Prod. Co. a United States District Court considered the circumstances under which a lessor can withold its consent to assign an oil and gas lease.
The provision
A lease from Barbara Lips* to Alpar Resources included Section 157 and other lands. Paragraph 7 reserved to Lips an absolute veto right over any assignment of Alpar’s interest in the Lease.
An amendment to the lease replaced the original Paragraph 7 with this less-restrictive clause:
“The rights and obligations of the Lessee hereunder are not assignable or transferable in any respect by it, except upon the written approval of [Mayo], which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld.”
Continue Reading Texas Court Evaluates Consent to Assign an Oil and Gas Lease
In Town of Flower Mound v. Eagle Ridge Operating LLC, an operator’s injunction against enforcement of a local ordinance was dissolved. EagleRidge operates gas wells in the Flower Mound. A Town ordinance prohibits work on gas wells (other than drilling) at times other than between 7 a.m. and 7 a.m. Monday through Friday and certain times on Saturday.
EagleRidge tried to avoid enforcement of the ordinance by:
Continue Reading Gas Well Operator’s Injunction Against Texas Town is Dissolved
We begin with an existential question:
“The philosophy behind all of the model form agreements is that aggressive drilling under the JOA should be promoted and rewarded.
Agree or disagree?
That was an issue in Talisman Energy v. Matrix Petroleum. It was not resolved, but the decision is worth your attention because the court enjoined