Austin represents Texas operators and non-operators in complex issues and disputes. He seeks practical solutions to avoid litigation, but adopts aggressive courtroom strategies when necessary.
In this case, the Texas Supreme Court affirmed the Railroad Commission’s rejection of 16 applications to force pool a narrow winding tract of riverbed minerals with neighboring horizontal wells pursuant to the Texas Mineral Interest Pooling Act (“MIPA”).
Purchase and sale transactions often progress through several stages of instruments, like layers of an onion, before they reach the final definitive purchase agreement, and perhaps even more layers before they reach the final assignment and post-closing items.
In this recent case (Patch Energy LLC v. Indio Minerals LLC, No. 11-22-00280-CV, 2024 WL 4845955 [Tex. App.—Eastland Nov. 21, 2024, no pet. h.]), competing mineral purchasers claimed superior title to a royalty interest in Midland County, Texas that had been reserved in a 1930 mineral conveyance.
Producer’s Edge, Volume 6, Issue 2, brings you regulatory developments, and industry trends tailored for the oil and gas sector.
We're excited to announce the launch of ProducersEdge.law, our new consolidated digital platform that brings together the best of McGinnis Lochridge's oil and gas law publications. This new website combines the content you've come to trust from both our print newsletter (Producers Edge)...
The Texas Supreme Court heard oral arguments last week in a case that could substantially clarify, or even fundamentally reshape, the characterization and ownership of underground storage rights in Texas.
