Archives
- 2013.05.13: Shale Reserves - Revolution or Ponzi Scheme?
- 2013.05.06: Oil Pipeline Bill Dead in Texas Legislature?
- 2013.04.29: Decoupling Oil and Gas
- 2013.04.22: Big Boom in the Cline Shale
- 2013.04.15: Who Owns Recycled Water?
- 2013.04.08: News in the Oil Patch
- 2013.04.01: House Bill 325 to Amend Open Beaches Act
- 2013.03.25: More on Production Allocation Wells
- 2013.03.18: Water Used for Fracing Exceeds Oil Produced in Texas
- 2013.03.11: University of Texas Study of Barnett Shale
- 2013.03.04: EPA New Figures on Grenhouse Gas Emissions from Petroleum Industry
- 2013.02.25: Update: Donnell case, Allocation Wells
- 2013.02.18: Continued Controversy About Frac Fluids
- 2013.02.11: Texas Supreme Court Set to Again Address Accommodation Doctrine
- 2013.02.04: Landfarming - What is it, and should I allow it on my land?
- 2013.01.26: FrackNation - a Review
- 2013.01.22: Texas Wesleyan Energy Symposium March 21-22
- 2013.01.21: UT's Bureau of Economic Geology Issues Updated Draft Report on Water Use
- 2013.01.21: Energy in the News
- 2013.01.21: Another NASA Satellite Photo - of the Bakken
- 2013.01.14: Possible Listing of Lesser Prairie Chicken May Impact Oil & Gas Exploration and Wind Power
- 2013.01.14: More About Allocation Wells
- 2013.01.11: Gregg Robertson - Father of the Eagle Ford
- 2013.01.11: New Website of Texas Groundwater Protection Committee Provides Valuable Resources
- 2013.01.10: Two Interesting Graphs from EIA
- 2013.01.10: Taylor and Ellis Introduce Forced Pooling Bill in Texas Legislature
- 2012.12.26: Two Good Energy Websites
- 2012.12.15: George Mitchell - The Man Who Figured Out Fracing
- 2012.12.14: NASA Night Photo of Eagle Ford Shale Play
- 2012.12.07: University of Texas Withdraws Study on Hydraulic Fracturing
- 2012.12.04: Switch - Documentary on Energy
- 2012.11.17: Sunset Advisory Commission Issues Report on Texas Railroad Commission
- 2012.11.10: Herein of "Production Sharing Agreements" and "Allocation Wells"
- 2012.11.03: Keystone Construction, Shale Jobs and the Election, Wind Energy Credits, Shale Technology, and Range Resources' Battles
- 2012.10.29: "Energy Independence"?
- 2012.10.16: Guar, XL Pipeline Protests, and Hart on the Eagleford
- 2012.10.10: More Studies of Barnett Shale Activities' Impact on Air Quality
- 2012.10.02: Reuters Pursues Chesapeake Again
- 2012.09.27: Two Interesting Graphs from EIA
- 2012.09.26: Another Chapter in Jimmy McAllen's Long-Running Case Against Forest Oil
- 2012.09.18: Congressmen Weigh In on Proposed BLM Rules on Hydraulic Fracturing
- 2012.09.12: 5th Circuit Affirms $20 million Judgment Against Chesapeake
- 2012.09.06: Texas Supreme Court Reverses Two Jury Verdicts for Landowners in Condemnation Cases
- 2012.08.29: New Railroad Commission Rules
- 2012.07.26: New Energy Documentary by Scott Tinker
- 2012.07.23: Overview of Shale Development in US and Texas
- 2012.07.11: Another Duke Study of Risks of Hydraulic Fracturing
- 2012.07.02: Vacation in Carrizo Springs!
- 2012.06.27: Good Reading/Watching
- 2012.06.22: Goodbye to Aubrey McClendon?
- 2012.06.21: Another Hydraulic Fracturing Study
- 2012.06.11: Lease Ratifications
- 2012.05.31: News Around the Oil Patch
- 2012.05.23: MIT Study of Relationship Between Oil and Gas Prices
- 2012.05.08: Groundwater Districts' Regulation of Water Supply Wells - What Landowners Should Know
- 2012.04.30: EPA Region 6 Administrator Al Armendariz Resigned
- 2012.04.25: Exxon, XTO and Shale Plays
- 2012.04.10: Report Card on HB 2259 - Inactive Wells
- 2012.04.03: News from the Oil Patch
- 2012.03.12: EIA Creates New Toy for Energy Geeks
- 2012.03.11: Rolling Stone Picks Fight with Aubrey McClendon
- 2012.03.03: Texas Supreme Court Affirms its Decision in Denbury Pipeline Case
- 2012.02.24: Texas Supreme Court (finally) Decides EAA v. Day - a Victory for Landowners?
- 2012.02.17: Texas Debate over Pipeline Condemnation Rights Now Affecting Keystone Pipeline
- 2012.02.06: Water 101
- 2012.01.31: Texas Wesleyan Law Review Energy Symposium March 29-30
- 2012.01.27: Texas Railroad Commission Proposes Rules for Penalty Assessments
- 2012.01.27: NASA on Global Warming
- 2012.01.26: EIA Annual Energy Outlook 2012
- 2012.01.25: Gas Price Drop In the News
- 2012.01.16: Industry News
- 2011.12.30: Year in Review
- 2011.12.20: Demand for Groundwater in the Eagle Ford Shale
- 2011.12.16: Another Royalty Owner Bites the Dust
- 2011.12.07: Dealing With Landmen
- 2011.11.29: LaSalle Pipeline v. Donnell Lands - a Case to Watch
- 2011.11.15: Drilling in the Eagle Ford Shale
- 2011.10.28: News from the Oil Patch
- 2011.10.25: Mineral Owners Lose Another Big Judgment based on Limitations
- 2011.10.15: Chief Justice John Hemphill - Judge of the Long Knife
- 2011.10.10: Chesapeake's Aubrey McClendon
- 2011.09.29: State of Texas v. Cemex - the meaning of "minerals"
- 2011.09.19: Fight Over King Ranch Heir's Estate - In re Estate of Belton Kleberg Johnson
- 2011.09.05: Texas Railroad Commission Staff Proposes Draft Rule for Disclosure of Frac Chemicals
- 2011.08.27: Three Important Texas Supreme Court Opinions Issued
- 2011.08.19: Supreme Court Overrules Motions for Rehearing in BP v. Marshall
- 2011.07.28: EPA Issues Proposed Rules to Reduce Emissions from Well Drilling and Production
- 2011.07.27: New York Issues Revised Study of Fracing in the Marcellus
- 2011.07.13: Recent News: EPA Fracing Study, Report on Eagle Ford, Frac Water Recycling, Range v. EPA,
- 2011.06.29: New York Times Articles on Shale Plays Create a Stir
- 2011.06.23: Oil and Gas-Related Legislation from the 82nd Texas Legislative Session
- 2011.06.17: Motions for Rehearing in BP America v. Marshall Blasts Supreme Court
- 2011.06.16: New MIT Study, "The Future of Natural Gas," Touts the Future of Natural Gas Shale Development
- 2011.06.01: Discussion and Debate Increase on Environmental Hazards of Fracking
- 2011.05.14: Texas Supreme Court Again Reverses Jury Verdict Favoring Royalty Owners
- 2011.05.11: Duke University Researchers Find Correlation Between Marcellus Shale Drilling and Methane-Contaminated Drinking Water
- 2011.04.30: DIVISION ORDERS: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
- 2011.04.11: Hydraulic Fracturing Controversy Makes Discover Magazine
- 2011.03.28: News Around the Oil Patch
- 2011.03.17: Texas Supreme Court Rules Against Citizens Complaining of Injection Well
- 2011.03.10: More About Hydraulic Fracturing in the News
- 2011.02.22: Class Action to Force Companies to Reimburse Royalty Owners for Severance Tax Refunds - Coll v. Abaco
- 2011.02.17: Range Resources RRC Closing Statement In Parker County Water Well Contamination Investigation
- 2011.02.08: Hydraulic Fracturing Makes the Oscars
- 2011.01.28: The Importance of Audit Rights in Oil and Gas Leases: Shell v. Ross
- 2011.01.24: Railroad Commission Holds Hearing on EPA Allegations Against Range Resources
- 2011.01.07: Railroad Commissioners Defend Themselves Before Texas Sunset Advisory Commission
- 2010.12.31: Plaintiffs' Attorney Windle Turley Enters Fray on Barnett Shale Groundwater Contamination
- 2010.12.29: Range Letter to EPA Denies Responsibility for Parker County Pollution
- 2010.12.28: Brownlow Article on Eagle Ford Shale Play and the Carrizo Aquifer
- 2010.12.23: Update on EPA Order Against Range Resources, Parker County
- 2010.12.17: News Around the Oil Patch
- 2010.12.10: James Fallows on the Future of Coal
- 2010.12.07: EPA Orders Range Resources to Investigate Drinking Water Contamination in Parker County
- 2010.11.27: Texas Sunset Commission Makes Recommendations on Review of Railroad Commission
- 2010.11.17: Oil Patch News
- 2010.11.03: Arthur Berman Does It Again
- 2010.10.15: Chesapeake Sued in Oklahoma For Underpayment of Royalties in Barnett Shale Wells
- 2010.10.01: More On the Frac'ing Controversy
- 2010.09.18: Water Fight in the Texas Panhandle
- 2010.09.08: Texas Supreme Court Asked to Re-examine NGPL v. Pool
- 2010.08.30: Industry News
- 2010.08.13: MIT Releases Study on Future of Natural Gas
- 2010.08.04: Rig Counts In Major Texas Shale Plays
- 2010.07.23: New Report Provides Objective View of Debate Over Hydraulic Fracturing
- 2010.07.06: EOG Proposes New Temporary Field Rules for Oil Wells in Eagle Ford Shale
- 2010.06.30: Use of Fresh Water for Fracture Treatment of Horizontal Wells in Shale Plays
- 2010.06.29: John Hanger, Secretary of Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, Comments on Movie Gasland
- 2010.06.25: EOG Withdraws Application for Temporary Field Rules in Eagle Ford Shale
- 2010.06.22: Three Documentaries About Drilling in Shale Plays
- 2010.06.18: TCEQ Chairman Defends Barnett Shale Air Quality
- 2010.06.10: EOG Resources Proposes Temporary Consolidated Field Rules for Eagle Ford Shale
- 2010.06.10: Pennsylvania Suspends EOG's Right to Drill Wells after Blowout
- 2010.05.19: Texas Report Shows No Evidence of Health Problems in Town of Dish
- 2010.05.14: Movie 'Gasland' Stirs More Controversy About Hydraulic Fracturing
- 2010.05.07: News of "Super Extended Laterals" in Woodford Shale, and ConocoPhillips' First Well in Eagle Ford Shale
- 2010.05.03: ExxonMobil Proxy Statement Addresses Chemicals Used in Hydraulic Fracturing
- 2010.04.23: Oil Field Pollution in South Texas
- 2010.04.23: Gatti vs. State of Louisiana - a Challenge to Multiple-Well Pooling Orders in Louisiana
- 2010.04.09: BLM Agrees to Consider Effect of Oil and Gas Leasing in Montana on Greenhouse Gas Emissions
- 2010.04.05: EIA to Change Methodology for Estimating U.S. Gas Supply
- 2010.03.31: Strauss Charges Texas Legislature to Look at Local Ordinances Governing Surface Use in Barnett Shale
- 2010.03.14: Devon Appeals Temporary Field Rules for Carthage (Haynesville Shale) Field
- 2010.03.01: Chesapeake Shale Plays
- 2010.02.08: More Contoversy Over Hydraulic Fracturing
- 2010.01.22: Dish Mayor Calvin Tilman Testifies at Railroad Commission
- 2010.01.15: Interesting Comparison of Wellhead and Residential Gas Prices Across States
- 2010.01.08: Exxon Mobil's Proposed Acquisition of XTO Energy Revives Questions about Hydraulic Fracturing
- 2009.12.31: Tiny Town of Dish, Texas Stirs Up Hornet's Nest Over Air Pollution in Barnett Shale
- 2009.12.24: Texas Railroad Commission Adopts New Temporary Field Rules for Carthage (Haynesville Shale) Field
- 2009.12.18: TCEQ Answers Rep. Lon Burnam's Questions on Investigations of Air Quality
- 2009.12.17: Congressmen from Producing States Weigh in on Safety of Hydrauling Fracturing
- 2009.12.15: International Energy Agency Climate-Change Policy Scenario
- 2009.12.07: Pooled Units and Unleased Mineral Interests
- 2009.11.30: Mineral Rights Forum new networking site for mineral owners
- 2009.11.16: A Great Video Showing Drilling and Completion of a Horizontal Well
- 2009.11.11: Shale Gas - an American Revolution?
- 2009.11.11: Obama Appoints Al Amendariz as New Region 6 EPA Administrator
- 2009.11.04: EIA Issues State Rankings in Energy Production and Consumption
- 2009.10.29: EIA Says U.S. Natural Gas Reserves Highest Ever
- 2009.10.23: America's Natural Gas Alliance Supports Kerry-Boxer Energy Bill
- 2009.10.14: Accepting Drafts in Payment for Lease Bonus - A Ticking Time Bomb?
- 2009.10.07: Great New Website from Energy Information Administration Explains Energy in Layman's Terms
- 2009.09.28: Two Energy Executives Call for Disclosure of Chemicals Used in Fracturing
- 2009.09.25: House Bill 2259 Imposes Additional Requirements on Operators of Inactive Wells
- 2009.09.18: Record Gas In Storage Depresses Gas Prices
- 2009.09.14: Law Firms Form Coalition to Sue Companies for Reneging on Leases in Barnett Shale
- 2009.09.11: Delaware Bankruptcy Court Rules Against Texas Producers (and Royalty Owners)
- 2009.08.19: Energy News
- 2009.08.11: Texas GLO Commissioner Jerry Patterson Weighs in on Exxon v. Emerald
- 2009.07.31: The Relinquishment Act - an Interesting Chapter in Texas History
- 2009.07.24: What Landowners Should Know About Groundwater Rights in Texas
- 2009.07.16: More News on Promotion of Natural Gas-Powered Vehicles
- 2009.07.08: Questar Corp. CEO Keith Rattie on U.S. Energy Policy
- 2009.07.03: Gas Measurement 101
- 2009.06.29: Environmental Groups Divided Over Support of Waxman-Markey Bill
- 2009.06.26: Lots of Energy Behind Use of Natural Gas as Vehicle Fuel
- 2009.06.17: Bill to Regulate Hydraulic Fracturing of Wells Introduced in Congress
- 2009.06.11: Texas Supreme Court asked to take up duty of holder of executive rights in Lesley v. Veterans Land Board
- 2009.06.04: Air Pollution Caused by Barnett Shale Drilling
- 2009.05.29: Continuous Operations Clauses in Oil and Gas Leases
- 2009.05.22: Expanded Use of Mineral Interest Pooling Act?
- 2009.05.18: A Good Resource for Facts Regarding U.S. Energy Policy
- 2009.05.07: Momentum Increasing for Use of Natural Gas in Vehicles
- 2009.05.04: Look for Severance Tax Refunds on Shale Wells
- 2009.04.27: The Meaning of "Other Minerals."
- 2009.04.24: Sources and Users of Energy in the U.S.
- 2009.04.21: Texas Railroad Commission orders Chesapeake Energy to plug back illegally-drilled Barnett Shale well
- 2009.04.20: Congress preserves oil and gas industry tax provisions
- 2009.04.17: Natural Gas Market News
- 2009.04.17: Range Resources Announces Giant Barnett Shale Well
- 2009.04.15: How do seismic surveys work?
- 2009.04.14: Obama's Proposal to Repeal Energy Industry Tax Breaks
- 2009.04.13: NAT GAS Act Introduced in House
- 2009.04.09: Chesapeake Energy Master Drilling Plan Approved by Fort Worth City Council
- 2009.04.06: Texas Supreme Court Record on Royalty Owner Cases
- 2009.04.02: Wind Energy in Texas
- 2009.03.31: Exxon v. Emerald
- 2009.03.23: Use of Bank Drafts for Bonus Payment in Oil and Gas Leasing
- 2009.03.18: Oil and Gas Lease Termination Clauses
- 2009.03.13: What happens to a pooled lease when the lease terminates?
- 2009.03.02: Surface Damages for Oil and Gas Activities in Texas
- 2009.02.27: Ruminations on Unconventional Resource Plays
- 2009.02.23: Post-Production Costs in Texas-Part III: Yturria v. Kerr-McGee
- 2009.02.16: Post-Production Costs in Texas - Part II
- 2009.02.09: Deductibility of Post-Production Costs in Texas Oil and Gas Leases
