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Texas Supreme Court Upholds Railroad Commission’s Regulation of Commingled Oil and/or Gas Drilling and Production

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03-0364, 2007 WL 1299163 (Tex. May 4, 2007), the Texas Supreme Court affirmed a decision by the Austin Court of Appeals upholding the Railroad Commission of Texas’ authority to regulate both drilling and production of commingled oil and/or gas deposits and to treat commingled deposits as one reservoir. Railroad Comm’n, No.

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Acquisitive Prescription and Predial Servitudes

The Energy Law

Provost , 2007-1519 (La. One of the defendants filed a reconventional demand, alleging that he had exercised for over thirty years a right-of-way over the bridge to gain access to his sugarcane field. In Davis v. 4/2/08), — So. 2d –, the Louisiana Court of Appeal for the Third Circuit reinforced an earlier holding that 1977 La.

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Louisiana First Circuit Reaffirms Prescription and Subsequent Purchaser Principles

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for alleged damage to its property arising out of Chevron’s and its predecessor’s oil and gas operations in the Sardine Point Field from 1959 through 1991. Although Lexington Land had these assessments in 2005, it did not file suit until December 2007 following a pipeline rupture on the property.

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Louisiana First Circuit Reaffirms Prescription and Subsequent Purchaser Principles

The Energy Law

for alleged damage to its property arising out of Chevron’s and its predecessor’s oil and gas operations in the Sardine Point Field from 1959 through 1991. Although Lexington Land had these assessments in 2005, it did not file suit until December 2007 following a pipeline rupture on the property.

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Louisiana First Circuit Reaffirms Prescription and Subsequent Purchaser Principles

The Energy Law

for alleged damage to its property arising out of Chevron’s and its predecessor’s oil and gas operations in the Sardine Point Field from 1959 through 1991. Although Lexington Land had these assessments in 2005, it did not file suit until December 2007 following a pipeline rupture on the property.

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Louisiana Second Circuit Provides Clarity on Production in Paying Quantities and Affirms Lease Cancellation Under Mineral Code Article 140 for Failure to Pay Royalties

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4] In 2007, Fossil Operating, Inc. between May 2007 and February 2010. [20] 24] Defendants’ expert testified that the property was outside the core Haynesville Field and, therefore, less valuable. [25] (“Tauren”) and contained a three year primary term as well as a horizontal and vertical Pugh clause. [3] 035 cents per mcf. [18]

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