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

The Energy Law Blog

19, 2015), Anadarko leased the mineral estate under the Chaparral Wildlife Management Area (CWMA), and entered into a Surface Use and Subsurface Easement Agreement (Agreement) with the adjacent surface estate owners. Texas precedent established that the mineral interest owner may not exclude others from drilling through its estate.