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

The Energy Law

MAY 5, 2023

2023), the Texas Supreme Court held that the lessee could not invoke a force majeure clause to save its oil and gas leases when it inadvertently scheduled its operations to begin after the requisite deadline. The lessee, MRC Permian Company, received four identical oil and gas leases from certain lessors in 2014.

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

The Energy Law

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

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. This decision has a significant impact on the practice of horizontal well drilling. Anadarko E&P Onshore, No. Lexis 8673 (Aug.

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

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

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