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Texas Court Decides Who Owns Produced Water from Hydraulic Fracturing in Texas

Texas Oil & Gas Attorney

The El Paso Court of Appeals , in the recent case of Cactus Water Services LLC v. COG Operating LLC , was faced with the issue of who owns the water produced by a hydraulic fracturing operation: the oil and gas company operating the well or the surface owner and the company the surface owner leased its water rights to?

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Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Weighs in on Hydraulic Fracturing and Subsurface Trespass

The Energy Law

In January of this year, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania tackled an issue that has been confronted by few other courts—whether the rule of capture precludes a claim for subsurface trespass due to hydraulic fracturing. [1] Southwestern operated several wells on the leased tract, several of which were hydraulically fractured.

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Environmental Groups File Suit to Compel EPA to Review and Revise Oil and Gas Waste Regulations

The Energy Law

According to the complaint, the harm allegedly includes the “potential carcinogenic effects of hydraulic fracturing flowback water” and the “increasing earthquakes” allegedly linked to injection wells used for oil and gas wastewater disposal. McCarthy , Case No. The lawsuit is styled as Environmental Integrity Project, et al.

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Five Lessons Learned from Executing Shale Drilling Transactions

The Energy Law

In these transactions, the Drilling Party pays for or “carries” all or a substantial portion of the Lease Party’s share of the costs of drilling and completing one or more wells on the leases (“Earning Wells”). Many carry provisions end when the Earning Well is completed as a well is capable of producing hydrocarbons.

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COVID-19 PIVOT: Virtual Well On Paper Workshops

Drillers

We thrive in environments that we completely understand and are familiar with. This is particularly the case since it seems that the oldest-and-wisest are often the first to be released and the last to be re-hired At the same time, many changes happen over generations. We can consider Planck’s principle.