Texas - Oil & Gas

摘要

Mineral Lessee's Consent Not Required for Drilling Through Subsurface Under Agreement with Surface Owner In its much-anticipated decision in Lightning Oil Co. v. Anadarko E&P Onshore, LLC, 520 S.W.3d 39 (Tex. 2017), the Texas Supreme Court held that Lightning Oil Co. (Lightning), the oil and gas lessee of land on the Briscoe Ranch in Dimmit and LaSalle Counties, Texas, could not enjoin Anadarko E&P Onshore, LLC (Anadarko) from drilling through Lightning's mineral leasehold estate to reach and produce from Anadarko's adjacent oil and gas lease.