Texas - Oil & Gas

摘要

MCS Minerals, Ltd. v. Plains Exploration & Production Co., No. 05-12-01309-CV, 2014 WL 223074 (Tex. App.-Dallas Jan. 21,2014, no pet. h.) (mem. op.), involved a dispute between MCS Minerals, Ltd. (MCS) and other non-operating working interest owners under a 1960 operating agreement and Plains Exploration & Production Co. (Plains), the operator of the jointly owned oil and gas lease. Their disagreement was over the meaning of a particular paragraph of the accounting procedure attached as an exhibit to the agreement. The printed portion of the paragraph authorized the operator to charge the non-operators a pro rata portion of the costs of maintaining and operating a district office and camps, allocating those on an equitable basis among the properties served.