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. MRC did not notice its error until approximately two weeks after May 21, 2017, at which point it had not yet spudded the new well.

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The Energy Law

APRIL 30, 2020

In Cannisnia Plantation , the Louisiana Second Circuit faced the issue of whether a mineral servitude owner conducted good faith operations sufficient to interrupt the prescription of non-use of a mineral servitude. A well was spud on March 28, 2006. Cannisnia Plantation, LLC v.

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The Energy Law

AUGUST 10, 2017

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”). The Five Lessons 1. Take advantage of the geology.

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The Energy Law

MARCH 30, 2017

In Petro-Chem Operating Co., 1] In the case, an operator initiated a concursus action seeking to resolve ownership interest in minerals underlying property on which it was operating. Flat River Farms, L.L.C. , Flat River Farms, L.L.C. , 12] In its analysis, the Court first looked to the pertinent language of La.

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The Energy Law

JULY 20, 2018

and (2) Does the contract provide or do the parties expect that a vessel will play a substantial role in the completion of the contract? Turning to the second test, the court noted that the specific work order for the P&A job called for the use of three vessels — a supply barge, a tug, and the spud barge OB 808.

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