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Force Majeure Clause Fails to Protect Oil and Gas Lessee From Mistakenly-Scheduled Deadline

The Energy Law

The lessee, MRC Permian Company, received four identical oil and gas leases from certain lessors in 2014. In compliance with that obligation, MRC created a drilling schedule listing June 2, 2017 as the spud date of a new well based on its belief that the deadline to spud that well was June 19, 2017. MRC Permian Company , — S.W.3d

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Texas Court of Appeals Rules on Permission Needed for Off-Lease Horizontal Drilling

The Energy Law

04-14-00903-CV , 2014 Tex. The Agreement allowed Anadarko to place a drilling rig on the surface and to drill through the earth to form wells that open and bottom in the CWMA. Texas precedent established that the mineral interest owner may not exclude others from drilling through its estate. Lexis 8673 (Aug.

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Fifth Circuit Identifies Potential Conflict with Supreme Court on Jones Act Seaman Test

The Energy Law

Smart Fabricators of Texas (“SmartFab”) fabricates steel and repairs oil and gas drilling equipment. Its employees work at its shop and yard and occasionally on jacked-up drilling rigs, often docked to inland piers. Sanchez was never an Enterprise employee or a member of the rig’s crew. quoting Flagg v. Stryker Corp. ,

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Fifth Circuit Identifies Potential Conflict with Supreme Court on Jones Act Seaman Test

The Energy Law

Smart Fabricators of Texas (“SmartFab”) fabricates steel and repairs oil and gas drilling equipment. Its employees work at its shop and yard and occasionally on jacked-up drilling rigs, often docked to inland piers. Sanchez was never an Enterprise employee or a member of the rig’s crew. quoting Flagg v. Stryker Corp. ,

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