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PBOG is the Official Publication of the Permian Basin Petroleum Association and is published monthly by Zachry Publications, LP.

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Requiem for a Canadian Pipeline

December 7, 2015 by PBOG

  Industrial and political insiders sound off in response to the killing of the Keystone XL pipeline in November. by Tony Burke, Assistant Editor   On Nov. 6, President Obama rejected TransCanada Corp’s Keystone XL pipeline application. The killing of the much bandied-about pipeline was hardly done in the heat of the moment, but calculated […]

Filed Under: Featured Article, News, Online Exclusive, Pipe and Pipe Service Tagged With: Feature, featured, Keystone Pipeline, Legalities

Keep Those Names Straight

June 1, 2014 by PBOG

Many companies operate more than one entity, and oil and gas operators are no different. But what they may not realize—or simply disregard—is the fact that insufficient separation between those entities could expose all to liability to all owned entities. The Eleventh Court of Appeals of Texas recently reviewed a trial court judgment that found […]

Filed Under: Legalities Tagged With: Legalities

A Test of Allocation

May 3, 2014 by PBOG

Allocation wells have become a fairly hot topic with the Texas Railroad Commission, and Lessors. Although I have written about this previously, a refresher may be in order. The Texas Railroad Commission has been issuing permits since 1998 based on Production Sharing Agreements. These Agreements, signed by the interest owners, combine units or unpooled tracts […]

Filed Under: Legalities Tagged With: Legalities

The Benefit of the Bargain

April 23, 2014 by PBOG

On February 27th of this year, the Texas Supreme Court heard oral argument in a suit filed by landowners (“Wheeler”) against Enbridge Pipelines (East Texas), L.P. (“Enbridge”). The basis of the suit was damage to land on a right of way. The fact that there was damage was not contested. What was contested was the […]

Filed Under: Legalities Tagged With: General Counsel, Legalities

A Test of the “Right to Pool”

March 11, 2014 by PBOG

In January of last year, the Court of Appeals for the First District of Texas issued an opinion that centered on surface use by an oil and gas operator. The Court of Appeals affirmed the lower court’s judgment, which found in favor of the surface owners, Will and Loree Hegar. The operator, Key Operating & […]

Filed Under: Legalities, PBPA Tagged With: Angela Staples, From the General Counsel, Legalities, PBPA

Subsurface Trespass Considered

February 25, 2014 by PBOG

In a previous issue, we discussed the question of subsurface trespass, which was before the Texas Supreme Court in the case styled FPL Farming Ltd. v. Environmental Processing Systems, L.C. In that case, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in Beaumont held that the operator, Environmental Processing Systems, L.C., (“EPS”) was immune from subsurface trespass […]

Filed Under: Legalities Tagged With: From the General Counsel, Legalities

From the General Counsel: A Matter of Balance

December 1, 2013 by PBOG

The Eleventh Court of Appeals, located in Eastland, Texas, recently dealt with an issue I tend to avoid, if I can, in these articles: the seemingly never-ending dispute between the respective rights of surface owners and oil and gas operators. In this unique case, the operator, Southwest Royalties, Inc. (SRI), sued the surface owner, Mr. […]

Filed Under: Legalities, PBPA Tagged With: Angela Staples, From the General Counsel, Legalities, PBPA

Allocation Revisited

November 1, 2013 by PBOG

A few months ago I wrote on the Texas Railroad Commission’s issuance of permits for “Allocation Wells.” Specifically, I noted that EOG Resources, Inc., in 2012, applied for a permit to drill an Allocation Well that crossed leases in which it did not have the right to pool. The mineral owners protested the issuance of […]

Filed Under: Legalities Tagged With: Angela Staples, General Counsel, Legalities

Getting Technical

October 1, 2013 by PBOG

The devil is in the details, where some deals are concerned. Recently, a Petition for Review was filed in the Texas Supreme Court centering on an assignment terminating due to non-payment of overriding royalty interests. Specifically, the Court of Appeals for the Sixth Appellate District of Texas, Texarkana, looked at the issue of “strict compliance” […]

Filed Under: Legalities Tagged With: From the General Counsel, Legal, Legalities

From the General Counsel: The “Wash-Out” Debate

September 1, 2013 by PBOG

Lessees who pay overriding royalty interests are obliged to continue honoring those ORIs with every lease renewal or extension, without exception. Or are they? That’s now a question for the state’s Supreme Court. Do pesky overrides give you issues? The Supreme Court may soon provide a solution to that particular problem. The high Court has […]

Filed Under: Legalities, PBPA Tagged With: From the General Counsel, Legalities, PBPA

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