Angela Neville

June 18, 2015 | Texas Lawyer

The high court ruled that Chesapeake had improperly deducted postproduction costs from the mineral estate owners' natural gas royalties.

By Angela Neville

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June 18, 2015 | Texas Lawyer

The high court ruled that Chesapeake had improperly deducted postproduction costs from the mineral estate owners' natural gas royalties.

By Angela Neville

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June 17, 2015 | Texas Lawyer

The Texas Supreme Court ruled that the relevant excluded-assets provisions in the 1996 purchase and sale agreement between Plains Exploration & Production and Torch Energy are unambiguous.

By Angela Neville

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June 17, 2015 | Texas Lawyer

The Texas Supreme Court ruled that the relevant excluded-assets provisions in the 1996 purchase and sale agreement between Plains Exploration & Production and Torch Energy are unambiguous.

By Angela Neville

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June 16, 2015 | Texas Lawyer

Successful bidders, including Houston-based Schlumberger, in a 2007 auction of Bakken Shale oil and gas rights conducted by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) and related to tribal land, recently won in an appeal before the Eighth Circuit. The law firm of Baker Botts represented the leaseholders in the appeal.

By Angela Neville

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June 15, 2015 | Texas Lawyer

Round Rock businessman William Allen Risinger was recently indicted and arrested in Austin on allegations that he collected approximately $4.5 million from an oil and gas Ponzi scheme that he operated.

By Angela Neville

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June 15, 2015 | Texas Lawyer

The Fifth Circuit's recent ruling concerns a tragic event in 2010 in which a fire at a Texas oil well owned by Endeavor Energy Resources killed two men employed by Basic Energy Services.

By Angela Neville

3 minute read

June 15, 2015 | Texas Lawyer

Round Rock businessman William Allen Risinger was recently indicted and arrested in Austin on allegations that he collected approximately $4.5 million from an oil and gas Ponzi scheme that he operated.

By Angela Neville

4 minute read

June 15, 2015 | Texas Lawyer

The Fifth Circuit's recent ruling concerns a tragic event in 2010 in which a fire at a Texas oil well owned by Endeavor Energy Resources killed two men employed by Basic Energy Services.

By Angela Neville

3 minute read

June 15, 2015 | Texas Lawyer

Houston-based Enbridge Energy's pipeline ruptured in 2010, resulting in the accidental release of 800,000 gallons of oil into the Talmadge Creek and Kalamazoo River in Michigan. The incident was one of the largest inland oil spills in U.S. history. Fast-forward almost five years later, and the company has finally entered into a $62 million settlement with the parties affected by the huge spill.

By Angela Neville

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