Texas Court of Appeals Rules on Permission Needed for Off-Lease Horizontal Drilling
The Energy Law Blog
SEPTEMBER 2, 2015
The Fourth Court of Appeals recently held that surface owners control the matrix of the underlying earth; thus, a surface owner can give permission to drill through the subsurface to an adjacent lease. Anadarko E&P Onshore, No. In Lightning Oil Co. 04-14-00903-CV , 2014 Tex. Lexis 8673 (Aug. Lexis 8673 (Aug.
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