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
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Who Owns the Void? Oral Arguments at SCOTX Regarding Underground Storage Rights
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.
New Business Courts: Strategic Considerations for Oil and Gas Counsel
The Texas Business Courts will potentially impact a wide range of cases, from high-value contract disputes to intricate corporate governance issues.
COPAS Accounting Procedures: Key Litigation Perspectives
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.
Royalty Recoupment: Operator's Primer for Recovering Overpayments
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.
Acknowledgment of Record Title Held Not to Defeat Adverse Possession Claim
In this leasehold adverse possession case, the Fort Worth Court of Appeals held that an acknowledgement of the record title holder’s title by an adverse possessor will not defeat an adverse possession claim if the limitations clock had already run out before the acknowledgement occurred.
Heirs Estopped From Claiming Interests Reserved in 1989 Warranty Deed
In this case, the Corpus Christi Court of Appeals held that, when grantors of a 1989 warranty deed signed division orders and accepted royalty payments consistent with treatment of...
Devise of “Personal Effects” In A Will Held Not to Include Mineral Interests
In this case, the Eastland Court of Appeals held that a devise of “personal effects” in a will did not include special mineral interests.
Texas Supreme Court Cases to Watch in 2020
The trial court’s judgment, affirmed by the San Antonio Court of Appeals, held that the plaintiffs were contingent remaindermen of certain mineral interests.
Appellate Court Dissolves an Operator’s Injunction Against Town of Flower Mound
In this case, the Fort Worth Court of Appeals held that the trial court lacked authority to grant a temporary injunction against the Town of Flower Mound enjoining the enforcement of a local ordinance that limited truck traffic to and from well sites.
Disposal Well Operator Held Not to Be an “Affected Person” With Standing to Challenge Competitor’s Application for Disposal Well Permit
This case involves a dispute as to whether a competitor saltwater disposal well operator is an “affected person” under 16 Tex. Admin. Code §3.9(5)(E) and, thus, whether such competitor has standing to challenge an application for disposal well permit.
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