Introducing Producer's Edge: Volume 6, Issue 2
Producer’s Edge, Volume 6, Issue 2, brings you regulatory developments, and industry trends tailored for the oil and gas sector.
Producer’s Edge
TEXAS OIL AND GAS LAW BULLETIN
Producer’s Edge, Volume 6, Issue 2, brings you regulatory developments, and industry trends tailored for the oil and gas sector.
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.
The Texas Business Courts will potentially impact a wide range of cases, from high-value contract disputes to intricate corporate governance issues.
To many oil and gas lawyers the COPAS accounting procedure is sometimes an afterthought. But, in the context of JOA disputes, whether or not directly involving accounting issues, the COPAS procedure can have a critical impacts.
For oil and gas operators, few things are more frustrating than discovering you may have been overpaying royalties to a person or entity in your paydeck.
McGinnis Lochridge's Oil & Gas Newsletter: Producer's Edge keeps clients informed about Texas oil and gas case law, regulatory updates, and insightful articles relevant to the oil and gas community. In this first edition, we highlight several recent Texas oil and gas cases. We also highlight...
In June 2018, the Dallas Court of Appeals issued its memorandum opinion in Tollet v. Surface, holding that an ambiguous royalty provision in a groundwater lease, when read in light of the parties' course of dealings, allowed the lessee to make royalty payments once per month with a 90-day...
The Texas Supreme Court issued a narrow 5-4 opinion in Murphy Exploration & Production Co. — USA v. Adams on June 1, 2018, interpreting a common “offset” clause contained in a 2009 oil and gas lease. The majority held that the phrase “offset well” in that clause does not necessarily refer...
On January 18, 2017, in Ring Energy v. Trey Resources, Inc.,[1] the El Paso Court of Appeals, in a case of first impression, addressed whether a trial court outside of Travis County...
On Friday, January 6, 2017, the Texas Supreme Court issued its long-awaited opinion in Denbury Green Pipeline–Texas, LLC v. Texas Rice Land Partners, Ltd. (“Texas Rice II”), ((15-0225, 2017 WL 65470 (Tex. Jan. 6, 2017).)) holding that: 1. Denbury’s evidence of a post-construction transportation agreement with an unaffiliated...
With the beginning of a new year, there are several oil cases pending in the Texas Supreme Court relevant to the oil and gas industry. We’ll be following these cases throughout the year. Sign up as a subscriber to oilandgaslawdigest.com to receive updates on these and other cases.