When JOA’s Pass to Subsequent Purchasers The Joint Operating Agreement—not always the simplest contract to interpret—can spawn additional issues when “heirs, successors, and assigns” enter the picture. In late June of this year, TransTexas Gas Corp. (Sandridge Onshore, LLC, is now TransTexas’ successor in interest) filed a petition for review in the Texas Supreme […]
From the Chairman of the Board
This organization’s influence extends beyond its geographic boundaries, and beyond its day-to-day obligations, as well. You ever jump out of the frying pan into the fire? This being my last article as Chairman of the Permian Basin Petroleum Association, I was thinking that in passing the position of Chairman on to Mark Merritt there would […]
From the President
November marks the emergence of two issues requiring close scrutiny: Rule 13 and the Lesser Prairie Chicken Late last month, several PBPA board members and I traveled to Austin to testify on the Railroad Commission’s proposed changes to Rule 13, which addresses new casing, cementing and completion requirements. The Rule has not been updated […]
News Reviews
Plains All-America Pipeline has completed or is completing several new pipeline projects in the Permian Basin designed to help producers in midstream operations. The pipelines serve the Bone Spring, Spraberry, and Wolfberry areas in nine counties at a cost to build of $135 million. “These projects provide additional pipeline gathering capacity in areas with significant […]
From the General Counsel
JOAs and Liability In April of this year, I wrote about a case that was currently before the Texas Supreme Court titled “Wendell Reeder v. Wood County Energy, LLC, et al.” In that case, the operator, Reeder, argued that the 1989 Model Form Joint Operating Agreement’s exculpatory clause prevented him from being held liable for […]
From the President
Here we go again. By now, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will have proposed listing the Lesser Prairie Chicken as either Threatened or Endangered. This is another result of the legal settlement between the USFW and the Centers for Biological Diversity and the WildEarth Guardians, which brought us the Dunes Sagebrush Lizard listing proposal. […]
News Reviews
Offshore operator reports show that personnel were evacuated from 21 production platforms (3.5 percent of the manned platforms in the Gulf) and 2 rigs (2.6 percent) during Hurricane Isaac in late August, according to the Oil and Gas Journal. About 1.3 million b/d of production was offline at the height of the storm. The Journal […]
From the Chairman of the Board
The Permian Basin Petroleum Association was honored this week to host Texas Speaker of the House Joe Straus as our featured monthly luncheon guest. The PBPA luncheon was preceded by a reception for Speaker Straus in the new offices of Concho Resources. In both events Speaker Straus emphasized the tremendous impact the Permian Basin is […]
Fishing: An Industry, and an Art
The business of “fishing” a well bore requires skill, technology—both new and tried-and-true—and a mechanical aptitude as well. Like everything else, this trade keeps changing, too. Fish: Anything left in a wellbore. Fishing: To attempt to retrieve a fish from a wellbore. The Oilfield Glossary compiled by Schlumberger explains a complicated industry process in a […]
Heat Wave
OSHA-mandated flame retardant clothing (FRC) is an apparel trend that hasn’t caught fire—not among the hands who must wear it even during scorching summertime heat—but help is on the way. Take a typical summer day in West Texas when the thermometer hits a high of 100 degrees (and sometimes higher) and where shade trees are […]
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