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Three Recent Arguments in Texas Supreme Court: Offset Clauses, the Rule Against Perpetuities, and the Duhig Rule

Last Tuesday the Texas Supreme Court heard arguments in three cases on oil-and-gas-related topics. Murphy Oil v. Adams, No. 16-0505: Our firm represents the Herbsts in this case.  Murphy owns a lease on their lands in Atascosa County, shown in blue below. While the Herbst Lease was in its primary…

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Flaring in the Permian

My clients regularly complain of flares from wells on their property. Most leases don’t require royalty payments on flared gas, so their royalty is going up in smoke. Flares often don’t function properly, resulting in emissions of toxic gases. Flares make noise. The Environmental Defense Fund recently released an excellent…

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House and Senate Interim Charges Issued

Senator Dan Patrick and Speaker Joe Strauss have issued their list of interim charges for the next legislative session – issues that committees must study during the interim between sessions. Those interim charges may be found here: SenateInterimCharges_2017_Round_1_FINAL House-interim-charges-85th Charges that may be of interest to Texas land and mineral…

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