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The Legal Intelligencer

Royalty Litigation Over Post-Production Costs Continues Post-'Kilmer'

One of the key issues faced by courts in mineral-producing states is whether a lessor (the owner of the oil and gas property interest) should bear its proportionate share of post-production costs, including costs to gather, market, treat, separate and transport gas to market, as part of the royalty.
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Texas Lawyer

Suit Claims Landowners' Injuries From Blast Due to Fracking

Cody Murray and members of his family, who were injured in a severe water well explosion in August 2014, recently filed a lawsuit in Dallas County alleging that two oil and gas companies' drilling and extraction activities near their home in Jack County, Texas, caused the explosion.
4 minute read

The Recorder

Idaho Power Company v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

By | September 04, 2015
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Texas Lawyer

Westport to Enter Into $351M Merger With Fuel Systems

Canadian-based Westport Innovations' pending merger with Fuel Systems Solutions, which is headquartered in New York, will create a premier alternative fuel vehicle and engine company.
4 minute read

Law.com

Judge Orders SEC to Stop Dawdling on Disclosure Rule

A Boston federal judge ordered the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to speed up rulemaking that will require energy companies to disclose their payments to governments in exchange for commercial development of natural resources.
3 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Court Denies Lawyer Disqualification Effort

Waco's 10th Court of Appeals recently denied a group of litigants' effort to have College Station lawyer Gaines West, his firm and another lawyer disqualified for allegedly switching sides to represent an opponent.
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Railroad Commissioner Outlines Energy Policy Trends

Texas railroad commissioner Christi Craddick recently spoke at the State Bar of Texas Public Utility Law Section's annual meeting and seminar in Austin about emerging policy initiatives impacting the Texas oil and gas sector.
3 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Baker Botts Hires Three Lateral Partners in Asia

Three lawyers leave Jones Day's Hong Kong office to join Baker Botts' Hong Kong office.
1 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Could Crude Oil Exports Become a Reality?

Why all the attention? In a word: shale. The shale revolution, driven largely by rapid technological advances in hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling techniques over the past decade, has increased U.S. oil production to record levels.
5 minute read

Texas Lawyer

10 Tips for Negotiating Pipelines Deals for Landowners

The following includes a list of factors every landowner and his or her attorney should consider when negotiating with a pipeline company.
5 minute read

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