- Don’t bother to comply with the most basic and unambiguous requirements of the contract.
- Take informality for granted.
- Assume that if
Operator – Don’t Get Burned by Paying an Insolvent Contractor
MEMORANDUM
From: Legal Department
To: Accounts Payable
Re: What we learned from Shell Western E&P, Inc. v. Pel-State Bulk Plant, LLC
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Just received notice of a Texas subcontractor’s mineral lien? DO NOT continue to pay the contractor. He hasn’t paid the subcontractor. Think you owe nothing on the well on which the lien will