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Texas NPRI Not Diminished by Pooling Ratification

By Charles Sartain on January 18, 2023
Posted in Land Titles, Lease Disputes, Pooling

Co-author Brittany Blakey

The takeaway from Hahn v. ConocoPhillips Company is that in Texas a NPRI holder may not diminish his rights by ratifying pooling of an oil and gas lease unless there are provisions explicitly purporting to do so.

 Kenneth and brother George each owned ½ of the surface estate of a tract and…

What Can I Get From My Lessee if I Ask the Court For It?

By Charles Sartain on March 2, 2015
Posted in Lease Disputes

pleadingCo-author Sandra L. Mazan

It s been said that if you don’t ask for what you want you’ll get what you deserve.  Mr. Hooks took that truism to heart.

Hooks v. Samson is about more than the discovery rule (See last week). Here are the other claims at issue:

Most Favored Nations Clause…

What‘s in a Name? Is Texas House Bill 100 Really Forced “Pooling”?

By Charles Sartain on January 30, 2013
Posted in Pooling and Unitization

Co-author Travis Booher

“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet”. (This situation is more like the star-crossed lovers of this famous passage than you might think; let’s hope this session’s Act III doesn’t end the same way.)

We’ve been called to task because of…

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