Producer’s Edge
TEXAS OIL AND GAS LAW BULLETIN
Assignments of oil and gas leases often consist of broad and abstract granting clause in the body, which then points to an exhibit for a listing of the specific interests being assigned, and it is not uncommon for...
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.
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.
El Paso Court of Appeals tells lessee that he cannot establish constructive production sufficient to hold a lease without bearing the risk and liabilities of exploration and production.
The legacy doctrine recognizes that during the “era” in which the deed in question was executed, “‘1/8’ was widely used as a term of art to refer to the total mineral estate.”
The United States Fifth Circuit recently delivered a victory for parties both Debtors in bankruptcy and purchaser of property from the Debtors’ estate by affirming that...
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The current answer to this question is no. In R.R. Comm’n of Tex. v. Opiela, the Austin Court of Appeals concluded that PSA/allocation wells are not the same as pooling under Texas law.
