Unpacking Proximate Cause in SWD Failure
Producer's Edge
DECEMBER 30, 2024
A recent SWD failure case dives into critical questions of proximate cause and explores whether the reasonable prudent operator defense may shield against surface damage claims. The well at issue (the SWD5) was originally drilled for oil and gas production in 1957, but it was converted into a saltwater-disposal well around 2007.
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