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Force Majeure Clause Fails to Protect Oil and Gas Lessee From Mistakenly-Scheduled Deadline

The Energy Law

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. The lessee, MRC Permian Company, received four identical oil and gas leases from certain lessors in 2014.

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Upstream Midstream Downstream – What is the Difference?

Aresco

Upstream Midstream Downstream are terms commonly used in the oil and gas industry to describe different stages of the production and distribution process. Each sector has distinct activities and focuses on specific aspects of the overall oil and gas supply chain. What is oil and gas upstream midstream downstream?

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Rig floor components and drill string handling tools

Rig Skills

Oil and gas rotary drilling rig have several tools at rig floor for handling drill string various components. Rig floor is a platform which provide work space for crew member for tripping drill pipe into or out of wellbore. It must kept open on rig floor to be used in well control situation.

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

The Energy Law

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. Anadarko E&P Onshore, No. 04-14-00903-CV , 2014 Tex. Lexis 8673 (Aug. Lexis 8673 (Aug.

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Fifth Circuit Identifies Potential Conflict with Supreme Court on Jones Act Seaman Test

The Energy Law

3d 550, a three-judge panel of the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal held on August 14, 2020, that seaman status under the Jones Act may apply to an injured welder on a jack-up oil rig adjacent to an inland pier. Smart Fabricators of Texas (“SmartFab”) fabricates steel and repairs oil and gas drilling equipment.

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Fifth Circuit Identifies Potential Conflict with Supreme Court on Jones Act Seaman Test

The Energy Law

3d 550, a three-judge panel of the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal held on August 14, 2020, that seaman status under the Jones Act may apply to an injured welder on a jack-up oil rig adjacent to an inland pier. Smart Fabricators of Texas (“SmartFab”) fabricates steel and repairs oil and gas drilling equipment.

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Louisiana Second Circuit Addresses: (1) Creation of Mineral Servitudes Via Notarial Acts of Correction; (2) Obstacles Suspending the Prescription of Nonuse from Running Against Mineral Servitudes; and (3) Payment of Court Costs in Concursus Actions

The Energy Law

Flat River Farms, L.L.C. , the Louisiana Second Circuit addressed issues affecting the creation and preservation of mineral servitudes and payment of court costs in a concursus action. [1] 1] In the case, an operator initiated a concursus action seeking to resolve ownership interest in minerals underlying property on which it was operating.

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