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. In Lightning Oil Co. This decision has a significant impact on the practice of horizontal well drilling. Lightning Oil Co.
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