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Iron Bar Holdings v. Cape – Tales of the Wild West
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GDHM Land & Mineral Owners Seminar is May 16.
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Basic Energy Services v. PPC Energy LLP – Another Case on Injection Wells in the Delaware Mountain Group
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The Disconnect Season Three
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Something Completely Different: Lord Edward Coke and the Rule of Law
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Opielas Settle Suits Against Magnolia on Allocation and PSA Wells
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Hahn v. ConocoPhillips: When is a Stipulation Enforceable?
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Two Decisions by Eastland Court of Appeals on Fraction-of-Royalty Issue
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MIT on Greenhouse Gasses
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Fasken v. Puig – Another Post-Production Cost Case
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Gill v. Hill — another chapter in due process law in Texas
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Railroad Commission Proposed New Waste Rules
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Who can enforce a pipeline burial covenant in an oil and gas lease?
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Ben F. Vaughan III — the Passing of a Giant
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Geysers of Injected Wastewater in West Texas
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Ammonite Oil & Gas v. Railroad Commission – Supreme Court opinion on MIPA
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The Osage Nation vs. the Wind Farm
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Hamilton v. ConocoPhillips – The first appellate opinion on Production Sharing Agreements
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Update on Opiela v. RRC
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First challenge to new “business courts” legislation filed in Supreme Court
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Texas Supreme Court once again rules against royalty owners in post-production costs case
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What Constitutes Production in “Paying Quantities”?
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DeVilliers Prevail in US Supreme Court
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There is still time to sign up for GDHM Landowner Seminar April 26
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Royalty on Federal Lands
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Disposal of Produced Water in the Permian Basin
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White v. Hilcorp – Heritage v. Nationsbank Again Rears its Ugly Head
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GDHM Land & Mineral Owner Seminar
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Two Cases on Royalty Fractions
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Gill v. Hill – Another Case on Due Process Requirements in a Tax Foreclosure
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Point Energy Partners Permian v. MRC Permian Company – did a force majeure event save the lease?
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Crane County salt water spill from overpressured zone used for water disposal
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GDHM Land & Mineral Owner Seminar next April
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Contrasting Philosophies of Lease Construction: Boulder County v. Crestone Peak (Colo. 2023)
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The New World of “Differentiated/Certified Gas”
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Iskandia Energy Operating vs SWEPI LP – The looming problem of contamination by salt water injection wells in the Permian
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Devillier v. State of Texas: An Important Case for Texas Landowners
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City of Dallas v. Trinity East Energy – Texas Supreme Court Refuses City’s Petition on Appeal of $33 million judgment
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World Electricity Sources in 2022
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Federal District Court Addresses Post-Production Costs in Light of Devon v. Sheppard
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Cactus Water Services v. COP Operating — Who Owns Produced Water?
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PBEX v. Dorchester — Adverse Possession of a Non-Operating Working Interest
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Carbon Contracts for Farmers and Ranchers
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Texas Leads US in Renewables
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Colors of Hydrogen
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Carbon Capture and Underground Storage
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A New Ad Valorem Tax Exemption for Minerals Owned by Charities
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Texas Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Appeal of MIPA Case
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Texas Leads in Solar and Wind Energy Projects in 2023
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“No form of energy is renewable.”
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Dr. Scott Tinker on the Future of Energy
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A Great Resource for New Mexico Oil and Gas Law
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EP Energy v. Storey Minerals – a $41 million most-favored-nations clause
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Damning Report from Environmental Integrity Project on TCEQ’s Failure to Hold Polluters Accountable
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World Energy Consumption by Source, 1900 to 2021
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Devon v. Sheppard — A Win for Royalty Owners
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Railroad Commission v. Apache – The Issue of Standing
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RBN Energy Blog Square One Series: Excellent Tutorial on Exploration and Production
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Betsy Webster v. T.J. Heard: The Story of a Secret Love, Slavery, and a Railroad Lawyer
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Van Dyke v. The Navigator Group – Double Fractions and the Presumed Grant Doctrine
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“whether or not in paying quantities”
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Davis v. JD Minerals: another fixed vs floating royalty dispute
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Year in Review: Significant Cases and Events
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Who wrote “‘Twas the Night Before Christmas”? The jury is still out
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Hahn v. ConocoPhillips — another case on fractional vs. fraction of royalty
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EnerVest v. Mayfield – another loss for royalty owners on post-production costs
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Does the Railroad Commission have to plug P-13 wells?
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Who owns rights to store oil in an underground salt cavern?
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GDHM Land & Mineral Owner Seminar November 18
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Ridgefield Permian v. Diamondback: To what interest does a tax lien on a royalty reserved in an oil and gas lease attach?
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The Disconnect Part 2
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Legal Humor
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Energy Switch, a New Documentary Series with Scott Tinker on Energy and Climate
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Should I Sell Carbon Credits? A Decision Guide for Ranchers
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John Warne Gates: Barbed Wire, Steel, Texaco, Port Arthur, and Horses
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Ownership of Pore Space – North Dakota Supreme Court Opinion Protects Surface Owners’ Rights
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Inflation Reduction Act Tackles Methane Emissions
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James V Allred and the Land Cut: Where is the Shore of the Laguna Madre?
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The Law of Fences
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Hlavinka v. HSC Pipeline Partnership – No Ordinary Condemnation Case
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Capitol Hill Hearing Technologies to Reduce Methane Emissions
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Recent Interesting Oil and Gas Cases
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Mitchell v. MAP Resources-Due Process Meets No-Extrinsic-Evidence Rule
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The Texas Railroad Commission’s Response (so far) to Winter Storm Uri
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Railroad Commission’s Appeal of Ruling on Allocation Wells to be Heard on April 27
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How Texas Can Reach Net Zero Carbon Emissions by 2050
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West Texas Earthquakes
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The Cornerstone Speech
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The Boom in Carbon Capture and Storage – Another Source of Revenue for Texas Landowners
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Foote v. Texcel – Oil and Cattle Don’t Mix
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Exxon and “Lawfare”
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Oily Stuff
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Winter Storm Uri: The causes of the massive Texas power failure detailed in UT report
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Nettye Engler Energy v. Bluestone Natural Resources: Texas Supreme Court affirms ruling against royalty owner
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Texas Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Hlavinka v. HSC Pipeline – Important Eminent Domain Issues
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Mitchell v. Map Resources — collateral attack on tax foreclosure judgment
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Texas Riverbeds and the Mineral Interest Pooling Act
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Fallout from February 2021 Freeze Continues
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New Industry Group Forms to Promote Texas Geothermal Energy
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Two Texas Federal District Courts Weigh In On Post-Production Costs
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A Global Breakdown of Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Sector
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Railroad Commission Issues Substantially Revised Rule on Critical Infrastructure
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Countries’ Per Capita Carbon Emissions
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Are we in for another Uri?
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Solar Farms vs. Oil and Gas Development
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China’s Lead in Solar Power
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Excellent OpEd by Dr. Scott Tinker on UN Climate Conference and Critique of IEA Report “Net Zero by 2050: A Roadmap for the Global Energy Sector”
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Texas Senators Grill Railroad Commission Executive Director Wei Wang About Natural Gas Industry Winterization
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Something Completely Different: Fat Bear Week
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Report Out on Christi Craddick Conflicts of Interest at Texas Railroad Commission
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Excellent Report from Deloitte on Transitioning to Renewable Energy Sources
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Railroad Commission Issues Proposed Rule to Address Gas Supply Critical Infrastructure in the Wake of Winter Storm Uri
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Mining Bitcoin a Solution to Gas Flaring?
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Two Developments in Efforts to Stem Climate Change
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Hunting Leases in Texas
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EIA Issues Report on Battery Storage in the US
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Abbott and Legislature Get Blowback on Fix of Texas Grid
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Facts About Eggs
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Christi Craddick and the February Freeze
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Something Every Texas Farmer and Rancher Should Know
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Bills Addressing Flaring in Texas Legislature
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BPX v. Strickhausen: When does acceptance of royalty constitute ratification of a pooled unit?
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Wrap-up of bills in Texas Legislature of interest to Texas land and mineral owners
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Texas Solar Energy Boom
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Winners and Losers from Historic Winter Storm
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Travis County Court Holds Railroad Commission Has No Authority to Issue Permits for Allocation and Production Sharing Wells
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Collateral Attacks on Tax Foreclosure Sales vs. Due Process — Two Cases from El Paso Court of Appeals
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Texas Legislature’s Overhaul of ERCOT Board Would Replace Experts With Political Appointees
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Key Laws Texas Landowners Need to Know
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Sundown Energy v. HJSA No. 3 Limited Partnership: Another Poorly Drafted Retained Acreage Clause
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Warren Buffett group lobbying Texas lawmakers for deal to build $8 billion worth of power plants for emergency use (from Texas Tribune)
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BlueStone v. Randle — A Win for Royalty Owners on Post-Production Costs
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Endeavor v. Energen: What does a court do if a lease retained acreage clause is ambiguous?
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What Happened to the Texas Electric Grid?
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Due Process and the No-Extrinsic-Evidence Rule: Challenges to Default Judgments When Service Was By Publication
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Solar Consumption per Capita by Country
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Toxic substance or water supply? Lawmakers to weigh whether wastewater from oil fields could replenish the state’s aquifers
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The Periodic Table of Commodity Returns
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Lyle v. Midway Solar: Solar farm meets accommodation doctrine
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After Five Years of Litigation, Texas Supreme Court Concludes that Lease’s Continuous Development Clause is Ambiguous
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Another Case on Post-Production Costs
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The Passing of a Judicial Giant
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Something Completely Different
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Another Bankruptcy Court Weighs In On Rejection of Gas Contracts
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Mineral Title Dispute Before Texas Supreme Court
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Updated:
Exxon and Trump
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Democracy in America
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GDHM Land & Mineral Owner Webinars
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An Update: Dinosaur Fossils as “Minerals”
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Debate, Argument and the Rule of Law
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Consent-to-assign Provisions in Oil and Gas Leases – Mayo Foundation v. BP America
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EIA Data on US Energy Flow 2019
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Corpus Christi Court of Appeals Opines on Post-Production Costs
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Supreme Court agrees to hear BPX v. Strickhausen
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The Global Energy Mix
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Solar Energy in Texas and the Chadbourne Ranch
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Texas Reconstruction and the Semicolon Court
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Post-Production Costs Podcast
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Another Chapter in Jimmy McAllen’s Fight with Forest Oil
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TexNet is adding an earthquake monitoring station in Odessa
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The Saga of the Dune Sagebrush Lizard Continues
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Here’s An Interesting Graph on Shale Plays
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Chesapeake Bankruptcy – The Rise and Fall of a 21st Century Wildcatter
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Switch On – a New Documentary about Energy From Dr. Scott Tinker and the Switch Energy Alliance
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Pipeline Loses Condemnation Appeal – Hlavinka v. HSC Pipeline
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Recovery of the Oil Market
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Fifth Circuit Upholds Takings Claim Against Groundwater District
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Texas Supreme Court Acts on Two Significant Oil and Gas Cases
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Bush v. Lone Oak Club – Texas Supreme Court Once Again Dives Into the Arcane Law of Water Boundaries
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Texas Supreme Court Weighs In On Application of Rule Against Perpetuities to Overriding Royalty Reservations
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Solar, Wind, Oil and Coal
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Texas’ “Competitive” Retail Electricity Market
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The State of Crude Oil Inventory
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Sitton Drops Motion to Prorate
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Texas Railroad Commission: Commissioner Sitton’s proposed proration order to be considered May 5; Commissioner Christian opposed
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Proration at the Railroad Commission: Sitton’s motion to conditionally order Texas operators to reduce their oil production by 20% is tabled.
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To Prorate or Not to Prorate?
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Two New Studies from UT Austin on Shale Waste Water
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Who Is Responsible for the Oil Glut?
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Parsley and Pioneer Formally Ask RRC to Prorate Production.
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Royalty Owners’ Rights in Bankruptcy
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Thoughts on Social Distancing
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A Little History of Gas Flaring in Texas
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Oil in the Time of Pandemic
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A Review of World Oil Production and Consumption
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The Changing Dynamics of Mineral Sales
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The Future of Alternative Energy
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Boomtown!
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Follow Me With an RSS Feed
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Can a Gathering Agreement Survive the Bankruptcy of the Producer?
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ConocoPhillips v. Ramirez – Devise of “all right, title and interest in and to Ranch ‘Las Piedras” did not include decedent’s mineral estate
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Bluestone v. Randle – Another Case to Watch – Post-Production Costs
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Significant Oil & Gas Cases in 2019, and Pending Cases to Watch in 2020
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End of a Decade: Rise of the Permian
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More Focus on Environmental Consequences of Methane Emissions
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Lyle v. Midway Solar – Solar Farm Meets Accommodation Doctrine
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Record Settlement in Citizens’ Suit against Formosa Plastics for Contamination in Texas Waters
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The Economics of Flaring
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Fight Over Flaring in the Eagle Ford
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Two Fun Resources
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How Fracking Works
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The Railroad Commission and the Coal Industry
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Arkansas Case On Post-Production Costs
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Study Concludes Some Earthquakes in West Texas Likely Caused by Fracing
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When is a contract provision a liquidated damages clause, and when is a liquidated damages clause an unenforceable penalty?
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Cimarex v. Anadarko – Is a lease held by production if the lessee does not participate in the well and there is no operating agreement?
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Produced Water Supersystems
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Texas Supreme Court Opines on Consent-to-Assign Provision
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Chesapeake v. Bell – Another Decision Construing an Express Drainage Offset Clause
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Unit-Line Allocation Wells
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Energy – the Big Picture
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North Dakota Supreme Court Decides for Royalty Owner on Post-Production Costs
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ConocoPhillips v. Ramirez – What is the effect of an oil and gas lease signed by the owner of a life estate?
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Flaring in the Permian
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Solar Leases
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Administrative Hearings in Texas: Three Recent Cases
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Trial v. Dragon – The Duhig Doctrine and Estoppel by Deed
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How to Identify and Resolve Your Oil and Gas Royalty Underpayments
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Juneteenth
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What Happens to Unclaimed Royalties?
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Burlington v. Texas Crude – another Supreme Court Case on Post-Production Costs
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Death of Eminent Domain Bill and Other Legislative Maneuvers
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The TPLT Proxy War
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Texas Railroad Commission Sued to Force Regulation of Pipeline Route
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Increased Gas Flaring in the Permian
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Players in the Permian
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Strickhausen v. Petrohawk – Ratification of Pooled Units
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Texas Outfitters v. Nicholson and the Duty of the Holder of the Executive Right
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The Law of Hydraulic Fracturing
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Net Royalty Acres Defined
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San Antonio Court of Appeals interprets an express offset clause in an oil and gas lease
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Herein of mineral interests, royalty interests, working interests and overriding royalty interests
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Great post by Tiffany Dowell on Eminent Domain
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Gas Flaring in the Permian
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Big Oil and Climate Change
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Exxon and Chevron in the Permian
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Eminent Domain and the Right to Survey
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The Geopolitics of Oil
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EIA Working During Shutdown
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A Tsunami of Crude Exports?
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Endeavor v. Discovery Operating on rehearing
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Takeaway Capacity in the Permian and Reflections on Judicial Elections in light of Murphy v. Adams
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9th Circuit Court of Appeals holds that dinosaur fossils are “minerals” under Montana law
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The cost of electricity
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Miller on Negotiating Oil and Gas Leases
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Murphy v. Adams – What is an “offset well”?
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Huddleston on Shale Plays in Texas
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Vote for Me!
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Seeligson v. Devon – Plaintiffs (Almost) Get Class Certification
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Dr. Scott Tinker’s New Project
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Rational Decision-making in the Post-Rational World
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Devon v. Apache – Royalty and the Non-Consenting Co-Tenant
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Oil and Gas News
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Three Supreme Court Cases to Watch
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5th Annual GDHM Land & Mineral Owner Seminar November 9
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TLMA Members Meeting
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News from the Railroad Commission
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“Royalty Lease” – Lessor Beware
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The EPA and the Rule of Law
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The Relation Between Lease Contracts and Forced Pooling Statutes
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Lindemann Properties v. Campbell – the Scope of Easements
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Can Surface Owner force Lessee to Buy his Groundwater?
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Battle of the Nueces
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Nueces County vs. San Patricio County: Texas’ Jarndyce v. Jarndyce
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Diverting Flared Gas for Atmospheric Water Harvesting
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Water Wars in the Permian?
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Texas Supreme Court Decides Another Fraction-of-Royalty Case
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Happy 4th
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Railroad Commission Jurisdiction Over Groundwater Contamination
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Supreme Court to Weigh In On Duty of Holder of Executive Rights
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Another Retained Acreage Clause Case Arrives in Supreme Court
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Two Charts
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NARO Texas Convention July 18-20 in San Antonio
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Royalty Owners and Cotenancy: Devon Energy Production Co. v. Apache Corporation
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Reservations vs. Exceptions
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EIA US Energy Flow
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Texas Anti-SLAPP Statute Used in Oil & Gas Lease Dispute
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Texas Supreme Court Opines on Retained Acreage Clauses
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Superior Court of Pennsylvania Disagrees with Texas Supreme Court on Whether Rule of Capture Applies to Hydraulic Fracturing
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MD America’s Remarkable Use of Allocation Wells
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When Does No Warranty Mean No Warranty?
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ConocoPhillips v. Koopmann: does a reserved term royalty interest violate the Rule Against Perpetuities?
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The Kildays’ Adventure in Cambodia
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Challenge to Devon Allocation Well
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Has the Oil Market Fundamentally Changed?
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Liquidated Damages and Penalties
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Production Sharing Agreements
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Retained Acreage Clauses
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The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
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Hooks v. Samson – The Last Chapter
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Pecos County is Center of Solar Power Boom
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Mega Pads
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Art Berman on the Permian
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Should I Sell My Minerals?
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Lawrence Wright, “The Dark Bounty of Texas Oil”
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My Favorite Holiday Card
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Checklist for Negotiating an Oil and Gas Lease
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Three Recent Arguments in Texas Supreme Court: Offset Clauses, the Rule Against Perpetuities, and the Duhig Rule
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Mont Clair, Reeves County
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Dragon v. Trial: the Duhig Rule Reigns
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A Saga of Texas Land and Oil Law, by Edgar Freeman Smith
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Flaring in the Permian
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No. 500
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Cases to Watch in Texas Supreme Court
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House and Senate Interim Charges Issued
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Publius
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UT Earthquake Website Up and Running
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H.L. Hunt Estate Fee Dispute Lands in Texas Supreme Court
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Courts Reject Trump Administration Efforts to Delay Implementation of Obama Methane Emission Rules
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Texas Supreme Court Denies Motion for Rehearing in BP America Production Co. v. Red Deer Resources, LLC
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Supreme Court Considers Two Cases on Retained Acreage Clauses
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Permian Basin Well Density
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New Challenge to Pipeline Eminent Domain Powers
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U.S.-Mexico Energy Trade
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Texas Outfitters v. Nicholson – the Duty of the Holder of the Executive Right to Lease
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Shrinking Sands
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Monitoring Lease Compliance
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Double-Pooling? Samson Exploration v. T.S. Reed Properties, Inc.
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New Report Criticizes TCEQ Enforcement Policies
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Texas and Pacific Railway and Texas Pacific Land Trust – a History of Railroads in Texas
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Denbury-Texas Rice Fight Continues
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End of the Road for DISH
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85th Legislature – Legislation of Interest to Land and Mineral Owners
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TAMEST Report on Impacts of Shale Development in Texas
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Beware the Blanket Conveyance Clause in a Mineral Deed
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Oil and the Navy
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In Honor of Memorial Day
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BP America v. Red Deer Resources – the Shut-in Royalty Clause
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Railroad Commission: Follow Pennsylvania’s Lead
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Lightning Oil v. Anadarko – Supreme Court Rules on Subsurface Trespass Claim
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Post-Production Costs after Hyder
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Petrodollars in the Texas Legislature
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Another Great Graph from EIA
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Fourth Annual GDHM Land and Mineral Owner Seminar May 12
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What Constitutes “Reworking Operations” under an Oil and Gas Lease?
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Black Sunday
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Great Permian Graphic
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The Rise of Solar Power
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Judge Strikes Down Dimock Verdict
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EIA Report on Energy Production and Consumption
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Consent-to-Assign Provisions in Oil and Gas Leases
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Lightning Oil v. Anadarko Set for Oral Argument in Supreme Court
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Texas Supreme Court Declines to Address Injunctive Relief as Remedy to Prevent Groundwater Contamination in ExxonMobil v. Lazy R Ranch
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Burlington v. Texas Crude – Another Post-Production Cost Case
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What Does the Country Really Think About Global Warming?
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What Landowners Need to Know about Field Rules
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TAMU Energy Law Symposium
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Jack Pope, Former Chief Justice of Texas Supreme Court, Dies at age 103
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Railroad Commission Enforcement Data Online
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High Tech to detect pipeline leaks
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Texas Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Three Cases of Interest to Land and Mineral Owners
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Permian Basin Deals
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Russia Today
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Landowners Lose in Denbury v. Texas Rice Land Partners
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Happy New Year
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Protest Camps in Reeves County?
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Can a Division Order Modify Lease Provisions?
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Cowboys and the Law – the “Cowboy Way”
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The Problem of Abandoned Wells
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Forest Oil v. El Rucio Land and Cattle Company, No. 14-0979, Texas Supreme Court
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Texas Agriculture Law Blog
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OPEC and Crude
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Quakes and the Commission
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The Permian Boom
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Harold Hamm, Donald Trump, and Earthquakes
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Pennsylvania Appellate Court Dismisses Landowner’s Claim Against Range Resources of Water Well Contamination
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Texas Sunset Advisory Commission to Vote on Final Recommendations for Railroad Commission Sunset Legislation
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Will Rogers and Politics
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Two Sanchez Oil & Gas Deals in the Eagle Ford
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Two New Cases: Fractional Royalty, Fraction of Royalty, or Mineral Interest?
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Royalty Owner Revolt Against Chesapeake in Pennsylvania
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What Does The Texas Railroad Commission Do?
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Fracking and Water Use in Arid Regions of the U.S.
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Regmund v. Talisman – Class Action for Royalty Underpayments in Eagle Ford
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Apache’s “Alpine High”
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Second Appeal of Denbury v. Texas Rice Land Partners Argued Before Texas Supreme Court Today
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Houston Chronicle Endorses RRC Libertarian Candidate Mark Miller
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Another Oklahoma Earthquake Causes Shut-down of 54 Disposal Wells
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Texas Supreme Court Agrees to Consider Three Oil and Gas Cases
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EPA Grades Railroad Commission on Regulation of Injection Wells
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More on Railroad Commission Sunset Review
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Public Hearing Set to Hear Comments Concerning Sunset Report on Texas Railroad Commission
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Chesapeake Exits Barnett Shale
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Memes Promote Fracking
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Another Chesapeake Royalty Suit: Addax Minerals Fund v. Chesapeake, No. DC-16-07867, Dallas County
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Debate over Allocation Wells Continues
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Texas Oil & Gas Bankruptcies filed in Texas 2016
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Landowners Continue to Fight Trans-Pecos Pipeline
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Crosstex North Texas Pipeline v. Gardiner – a Treatise on the Law of Nuisance
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Two Good Websites for Shale Plays from Norton Rose Fulbright
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Great graphic from the Energy Information Administration
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Energynet – a Dotcom Success in the Oil and Gas Sector
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Adams v. Murphy Exploration – When is an offset well not an offset well?
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Texas Supreme Court refuses to review Forest Oil v. McAllen
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Railroad Commissioner Ryan Sitton, the first engineer on the Commission in 50 years, talks about earthquakes, climate change, and the recommendations of the Sunset Commission
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Coyote Lake Ranch v. City of Lubbock: Accommodation Doctrine Applies to Groundwater
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RRC Sunset Review Part III – Bond Requirements for Well Plugging
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RRC Sunset Review Part II: Monitoring and Enforcement
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Sunset Advisory Commission Staff Report on Texas Railroad Commission
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Austin’s First African-American Lawyer
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LNG Produced in George West?
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North American Oil & Gas Industry Bankruptcies
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GDHM 3rd Annual Landowners’ Seminar – Register Today!
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Hotels in the Eagle Ford
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Friends of Lydia Ann Channel v. Corps of Engineers
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Marsden v. Titan – A Case to Watch
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$4.2 MM Verdict Against Cabot in Dimock, PA
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NASA Photos of Cotulla
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An Excellent Article in Scientific American on Earthquakes and Injection Wells
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Abbott Names Members of Seismic Advisory Panel
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Ruling on Remand in Hooks v. Samson
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The Passing of Aubrey McClendon
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Oil Prices, Rig Count and Production Rates
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Division Orders- How Do I Know My Decimal Interest is Right?
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Denbury Case Returns to Texas Supreme Court
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Oklahoma Shakin’
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Bloomberg Estimates of Breakeven Prices in Shale Plays
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Republican RRC Candidates Forum at Texas Tribune
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Supreme Court Decides Hysaw v. Dawkins
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Texas Supreme Court Denies Motion for Rehearing in Chesapeake v. Hyder
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RRC Public GIS Viewer
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Oil at $1.50 a Barrel?
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Aycock v. Vantage Fort Worth Energy – Effect of Lease Ratification
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Classification of Wells Becomes a Political Issue
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Property Tax Rollbacks from Oil and Gas Operations
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Texas Railroad Commission Candidates
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Exploration Company Bankruptcies
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Class Actions Against Chesapeake in Pennsylvania
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OPEC and Oil Prices
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Oklahoma Keeps Rockin’
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Amicus Briefs Support Royalty Owners in Chesapeake v. Hyder
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Permian Production Up, Eagle Ford Production Down
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More Interesting Data from EIA
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World’s Largest LNG-Powered Container Ship
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Eartquake Near Cushing Oklahoma
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Amici Weigh In on Motion for Rehearing in Chesapeake v. Hyder
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More on Retained Acreage Clauses
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Oral Argument in Coyote Lake Ranch Water Rights Case
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San Antonio Court of Appeals Denies Cernys’ Nuisance Claim
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Two Recent Cases on Retained Acreage Clauses
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EIA Financial Review of 97 Global E&P Companies
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Good Article from Texas Tribune on RRC Commissioner Porter
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Texas Railroad Commission Report to Sunset Commission
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The Power to Regulate Pollution
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Texas Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Coyote Lake Ranch vs. City of Lubbock
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ExxonMobil v. Lazy R Ranch – a Case to Watch
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Chesapeake Loses Another Royalty Case
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States’ Reliance on Severance Tax and Oil Price Decline
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EPA Proposes Additional Regulations to Limit Emissions of Methane and VOC’s
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Chesapeake’s Problems Mount
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Oklahoma Corporation Commission Slashes Injection Rates in Response to Quakes
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Urban Drilling in Colorado
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New EPA Program to Limit Methane Emissions: “Methane Challenge”
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The Independent Texas Mineral Owner
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Natural Gas and the Climate Debate
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Rep. Darby Letter to House Energy Resources Committee Outlines Upcoming Issues
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Town of DISH Victorious in Amarillo Court of Appeals
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Earthquakes and Politics
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Texas Supreme Court Rules for Royalty Owners in Chesapeake v. Hyder
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XTO’s Earthquake Show Cause Hearing
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Texas Legislature – Bills of Interest to Mineral Owners
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Texas Legislature Funds Earthquake Study
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New York vs. Texas
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Google and Pipeline Leaks
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Oil and Gas Lease Extensions
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Restrictions on Assignment
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Backlog of Drilled but Uncompleted Wells Skyrockets
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Report of the Texas Unclaimed Mineral Proceeds Commission
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House Science and Technology Committee in Washington Hears from RRC Chairman Craddick on Fracking and Earthquakes
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When It Comes to Earthquakes, Oklahoma is Ahead of Texas
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SMU Study Links Earthquakes to Oil and Gas Activity in Azle
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1,500 Uncompleted Wells in Eagle Ford Shale?
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Will Cities Lose their Power to Regulate Urban Drilling?
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House Bill 1552 and Allocation Wells
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“The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers.”
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Second Annual GDHM Seminar May 8
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Major Banks’ Oil Price Predictions
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Cities vs. Industry: Fight over Municipal Regulation of Fracking Continues at Legislature
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Bakken and Eagle Ford Production Declining
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Commissioner v. Sandridge: GLO Meets Heritage
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Texas Supreme Court Decides KCM Financial v. Bradshaw
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Bills to Watch in Texas Legislature
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Another Major Suit Challenges Chesapeake’s Royalty Practices
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A Picture Says a Thousand Words
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NASA on Climate Change – This will get your attention
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Supreme Court Ducks Issue of Injection Well-Subsurface Trespass
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Texas Supreme Court Rules for Mineral Owner in Hooks v. Samson
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Texas Railroad Commission Adopts Rules Aimed at Earthquakes
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The Economist – “Let There Be Light”
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The Oil and Gas Lease – Part V: Implied Covenants
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Colorado Oil & Gas Conservation Commission Initiates Online Complaint Process
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Break-Even Prices in Shale Plays
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Earthquakes in Irving
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Prices Continue to Plummet
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The Oil and Gas Lease – Part IV: The Royalty Clause
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TLMA and NARO Texas File Amicus Brief in Chesapeake v. Hyder
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The Oil and Gas Lease — Part III: the Leased Premises
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New Texas Railroad Commission Rules on Pipeline Permits
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The Oil and Gas Lease — Part II: The Primary Term
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The Oil and Gas Lease – Part I
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The Episcopal Church and the Texas Supreme Court
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The Fall in Oil Prices
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Trespassing on the Mineral Estate
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Texas Tribune Unique Look at Texas Oil Boom
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Chesapeake v. Hyder
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Steadfast v. Bradshaw – Supreme Court and NPRI’s
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Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Appeal of Trail Enterprises v. City of Houston
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New UT Study on Water Use in Oil and Gas Production
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Texas’ New Seismologist
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EPA Praises RRC
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Gas Contamination of Groundwater Traced to Faulty Casing
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An Alternative View of the Shale Boom
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Potts v. Chesapeake
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Flaring in the Eagle Ford
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New Newspaper for the Oil Patch
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Want to Buy a Ranch?
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Two Wins for Chesapeake in 5th Circuit
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New White Paper on Use of Water by Texas Exploration Industry
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Jimmy McAllen’s Judgment Against Forest Oil Affirmed
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Texas Railroad Commission Proposes New Rule on Authority of Pipelines to Condemn Private Property
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More About “Allocation Wells”
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The Declining Cost of Solar Energy
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Texas and the EPA
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Texas Railroad Commission’s New GIS Viewer Up and Running
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Amarillo Court of Appeals Refuses to Apply Accommodation Doctrine to Groundwater
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Texas Supreme Court Decides Key Operating v. Hegar
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Concerns Continue of Water Well Contamination from Hydraulic Fracturing
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Reclamation of Lands Impacted by Oil and Gas Operations
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Groningen Gas Field
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A Second Nuisance Verdict in Barnett Shale
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Two New Technologies Could Change How We Use Energy
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Green Lake and “Holes”
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Texas Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Hooks v. Samson
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$3 Million Verdict for Nuisance in Barnett Shale Case
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Methane Fugitive Emissions Face Increased Scrutiny
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Earthquakes in Ohio Linked to Hydraulic Fracturing Activity
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Colorado’s New Air Pollution Rules in Texas?
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Allocation Wells
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Tax Treatment of Payments for Pipeline Easements
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National Geographic – The Great Energy Challenge
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Good News Source for Eagle Ford Shale
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EOG Sued For Drilling Allocation Wells
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Chesapeake v. Hyder – Royalty Owner Wins Gas Royalty Dispute
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Ceres Report on Stresses on Groundwater Caused by Fracing
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Environmental Effects of the Oil Boom
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Carrizo Springs Makes the LA Times
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The Durability of the Internal Combustion Engine
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Julia Crawford Continues Fight Against Keystone XL Pipeline
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Texas’ Remarkable Rise in Oil Production
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Rig Technology Changes the Landscape
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A Good Video Explaining Horizontal Drilling and Hydraulic Fracturing
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News of Interest
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Klotzmans Appeal RRC EOG Allocation Well Ruling
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Springer Ranch, Ltd. v. Jones – Interesting Case on Horizontal Wells
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The Texas Miracle
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Another Chapter in EPA’s Battle with Range Resources in Parker County
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EIA State Energy Profile
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Three Experts on the Future of the Shale Boom
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“Induced Seismicity” Caused By Wastewater Injection in Barnett Shale
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FPL Farming Case – Can Salt Water Injection Wells Cause Subsurface Trespass?
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Chesapeake and Post-Production Costs
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Twenty Biggest Oil Companies
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Environmental Report Card on Fracing
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End of the Shale Boom?
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Klotzman Allocation Well Proceeding
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The Limits of Rational Decisionmaking
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Motion for Rehearing filed in Klotzman v. EOG Allocation Well Permit Dispute
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Texas PACs Giving in Energy Sector
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Daniel Yergin Speaks
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New UT Study Continues Methane Green House Gas Debate
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Energy Statistics
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Flooding in Colorado Should Raise Concerns in Texas
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Texas Oil Production Exceeds Iran’s
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RRC Rules Aginst Klotzman in EOG Allocation Well Permit Case
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Julia Crawford Loses Appeal of her XL Keystone Pipeline Fight, Vows to Fight On
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Fracing in the News
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Good Buda Wells in Zavala County
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Gasland Part II
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Does Hydraulic Fracturing Deplete Water Supplies?
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George Mitchell, R.I.P.
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Good Article on Pipeline Condemnation
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Klotzman Protest of EOG “Allocation Well” Permit
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Sources and Uses of Energy in U.S.
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Allocation Wells – A Nerve Has Been Struck
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Final Report of Sunset Advisory Commission on Results of Recommendations on Texas Railroad Commission
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State Impact Texas Articles on Pipeline Eminent Doman Legislation
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Thoughts on the Oil and Gas Lease
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News About Fracking and Groundwater
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Inside Story on Failure of Pipeline Bills in Texas Legislature
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Proposal for Decision Issued in Klotzman Allocation Well Permit Contest
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Merriman v. XTO Energy – Supreme Court’s Latest on Accommodation Doctrine
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Energy Lobbyists Big Spenders in Texas Legislature
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Mineral Law West of the Pecos
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Railroad Commission Skates Sunset Review – Again
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The Downside of Canadian Heavy Crude
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Friddle v. Fisher – Duty of Owner of Executive Rights to Royalty Owners
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Shale Reserves – Revolution or Ponzi Scheme?
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Oil Pipeline Bill Dead in Texas Legislature?
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Decoupling Oil and Gas
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Big Boom in the Cline Shale
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Who Owns Recycled Water?
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News in the Oil Patch
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House Bill 325 to Amend Open Beaches Act
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More on Production Allocation Wells
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Water Used for Fracing Exceeds Oil Produced in Texas
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University of Texas Study of Barnett Shale
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EPA New Figures on Grenhouse Gas Emissions from Petroleum Industry
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Update: Donnell case, Allocation Wells
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Continued Controversy About Frac Fluids
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Texas Supreme Court Set to Again Address Accommodation Doctrine
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Landfarming – What is it, and should I allow it on my land?
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FrackNation – a Review
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Texas Wesleyan Energy Symposium March 21-22
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UT’s Bureau of Economic Geology Issues Updated Draft Report on Water Use
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Energy in the News
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Another NASA Satellite Photo – of the Bakken
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Possible Listing of Lesser Prairie Chicken May Impact Oil & Gas Exploration and Wind Power
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More About Allocation Wells
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Gregg Robertson – Father of the Eagle Ford
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New Website of Texas Groundwater Protection Committee Provides Valuable Resources
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Two Interesting Graphs from EIA
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Taylor and Ellis Introduce Forced Pooling Bill in Texas Legislature
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Two Good Energy Websites
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George Mitchell – The Man Who Figured Out Fracing
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NASA Night Photo of Eagle Ford Shale Play
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University of Texas Withdraws Study on Hydraulic Fracturing
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Switch – Documentary on Energy
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Sunset Advisory Commission Issues Report on Texas Railroad Commission
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Herein of “Production Sharing Agreements” and “Allocation Wells”
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Keystone Construction, Shale Jobs and the Election, Wind Energy Credits, Shale Technology, and Range Resources’ Battles
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“Energy Independence”?
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Guar, XL Pipeline Protests, and Hart on the Eagleford
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More Studies of Barnett Shale Activities’ Impact on Air Quality
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Reuters Pursues Chesapeake Again
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Two Interesting Graphs from EIA
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Another Chapter in Jimmy McAllen’s Long-Running Case Against Forest Oil
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Congressmen Weigh In on Proposed BLM Rules on Hydraulic Fracturing
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5th Circuit Affirms $20 million Judgment Against Chesapeake
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Texas Supreme Court Reverses Two Jury Verdicts for Landowners in Condemnation Cases
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New Railroad Commission Rules
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New Energy Documentary by Scott Tinker
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Overview of Shale Development in US and Texas
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Another Duke Study of Risks of Hydraulic Fracturing
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Vacation in Carrizo Springs!
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Good Reading/Watching
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Goodbye to Aubrey McClendon?
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Another Hydraulic Fracturing Study
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Lease Ratifications
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News Around the Oil Patch
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MIT Study of Relationship Between Oil and Gas Prices
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Groundwater Districts’ Regulation of Water Supply Wells – What Landowners Should Know
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EPA Region 6 Administrator Al Armendariz Resigned
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Exxon, XTO and Shale Plays
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Report Card on HB 2259 – Inactive Wells
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News from the Oil Patch
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EIA Creates New Toy for Energy Geeks
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Rolling Stone Picks Fight with Aubrey McClendon
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Texas Supreme Court Affirms its Decision in Denbury Pipeline Case
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Texas Supreme Court (finally) Decides EAA v. Day – a Victory for Landowners?
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Texas Debate over Pipeline Condemnation Rights Now Affecting Keystone Pipeline
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Water 101
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Texas Wesleyan Law Review Energy Symposium March 29-30
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Texas Railroad Commission Proposes Rules for Penalty Assessments
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NASA on Global Warming
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EIA Annual Energy Outlook 2012
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Gas Price Drop In the News
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Industry News
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Year in Review
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Demand for Groundwater in the Eagle Ford Shale
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Another Royalty Owner Bites the Dust
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Dealing With Landmen
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LaSalle Pipeline v. Donnell Lands – a Case to Watch
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Drilling in the Eagle Ford Shale
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News from the Oil Patch
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Mineral Owners Lose Another Big Judgment based on Limitations
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Chief Justice John Hemphill – Judge of the Long Knife
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Chesapeake’s Aubrey McClendon
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State of Texas v. Cemex – the meaning of “minerals”
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Fight Over King Ranch Heir’s Estate – In re Estate of Belton Kleberg Johnson
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Texas Railroad Commission Staff Proposes Draft Rule for Disclosure of Frac Chemicals
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Three Important Texas Supreme Court Opinions Issued
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Supreme Court Overrules Motions for Rehearing in BP v. Marshall
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EPA Issues Proposed Rules to Reduce Emissions from Well Drilling and Production
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New York Issues Revised Study of Fracing in the Marcellus
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Recent News: EPA Fracing Study, Report on Eagle Ford, Frac Water Recycling, Range v. EPA,
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New York Times Articles on Shale Plays Create a Stir
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Oil and Gas-Related Legislation from the 82nd Texas Legislative Session
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Motions for Rehearing in BP America v. Marshall Blasts Supreme Court
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New MIT Study, “The Future of Natural Gas,” Touts the Future of Natural Gas Shale Development
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Discussion and Debate Increase on Environmental Hazards of Fracking
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Texas Supreme Court Again Reverses Jury Verdict Favoring Royalty Owners
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Duke University Researchers Find Correlation Between Marcellus Shale Drilling and Methane-Contaminated Drinking Water
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DIVISION ORDERS: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
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Hydraulic Fracturing Controversy Makes Discover Magazine
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News Around the Oil Patch
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Texas Supreme Court Rules Against Citizens Complaining of Injection Well
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More About Hydraulic Fracturing in the News
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Class Action to Force Companies to Reimburse Royalty Owners for Severance Tax Refunds – Coll v. Abaco
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Range Resources RRC Closing Statement In Parker County Water Well Contamination Investigation
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Hydraulic Fracturing Makes the Oscars
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The Importance of Audit Rights in Oil and Gas Leases: Shell v. Ross
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Railroad Commission Holds Hearing on EPA Allegations Against Range Resources
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Railroad Commissioners Defend Themselves Before Texas Sunset Advisory Commission
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Plaintiffs’ Attorney Windle Turley Enters Fray on Barnett Shale Groundwater Contamination
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Range Letter to EPA Denies Responsibility for Parker County Pollution
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Brownlow Article on Eagle Ford Shale Play and the Carrizo Aquifer
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Update on EPA Order Against Range Resources, Parker County
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News Around the Oil Patch
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James Fallows on the Future of Coal
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EPA Orders Range Resources to Investigate Drinking Water Contamination in Parker County
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Texas Sunset Commission Makes Recommendations on Review of Railroad Commission
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Oil Patch News
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Arthur Berman Does It Again
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Chesapeake Sued in Oklahoma For Underpayment of Royalties in Barnett Shale Wells
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More On the Frac’ing Controversy
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Water Fight in the Texas Panhandle
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Texas Supreme Court Asked to Re-examine NGPL v. Pool
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Industry News
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MIT Releases Study on Future of Natural Gas
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Rig Counts In Major Texas Shale Plays
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New Report Provides Objective View of Debate Over Hydraulic Fracturing
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EOG Proposes New Temporary Field Rules for Oil Wells in Eagle Ford Shale
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Use of Fresh Water for Fracture Treatment of Horizontal Wells in Shale Plays
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John Hanger, Secretary of Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, Comments on Movie Gasland
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EOG Withdraws Application for Temporary Field Rules in Eagle Ford Shale
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Three Documentaries About Drilling in Shale Plays
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TCEQ Chairman Defends Barnett Shale Air Quality
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EOG Resources Proposes Temporary Consolidated Field Rules for Eagle Ford Shale
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Pennsylvania Suspends EOG’s Right to Drill Wells after Blowout
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Texas Report Shows No Evidence of Health Problems in Town of Dish
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Movie ‘Gasland’ Stirs More Controversy About Hydraulic Fracturing
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News of “Super Extended Laterals” in Woodford Shale, and ConocoPhillips’ First Well in Eagle Ford Shale
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ExxonMobil Proxy Statement Addresses Chemicals Used in Hydraulic Fracturing
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Oil Field Pollution in South Texas
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Gatti vs. State of Louisiana – a Challenge to Multiple-Well Pooling Orders in Louisiana
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BLM Agrees to Consider Effect of Oil and Gas Leasing in Montana on Greenhouse Gas Emissions
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EIA to Change Methodology for Estimating U.S. Gas Supply
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Strauss Charges Texas Legislature to Look at Local Ordinances Governing Surface Use in Barnett Shale
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Devon Appeals Temporary Field Rules for Carthage (Haynesville Shale) Field
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Chesapeake Shale Plays
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More Contoversy Over Hydraulic Fracturing
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Dish Mayor Calvin Tilman Testifies at Railroad Commission
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Interesting Comparison of Wellhead and Residential Gas Prices Across States
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Exxon Mobil’s Proposed Acquisition of XTO Energy Revives Questions about Hydraulic Fracturing
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Tiny Town of Dish, Texas Stirs Up Hornet’s Nest Over Air Pollution in Barnett Shale
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Texas Railroad Commission Adopts New Temporary Field Rules for Carthage (Haynesville Shale) Field
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TCEQ Answers Rep. Lon Burnam’s Questions on Investigations of Air Quality
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Congressmen from Producing States Weigh in on Safety of Hydrauling Fracturing
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International Energy Agency Climate-Change Policy Scenario
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Pooled Units and Unleased Mineral Interests
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Mineral Rights Forum new networking site for mineral owners
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A Great Video Showing Drilling and Completion of a Horizontal Well
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Shale Gas – an American Revolution?
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Obama Appoints Al Amendariz as New Region 6 EPA Administrator
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EIA Issues State Rankings in Energy Production and Consumption
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EIA Says U.S. Natural Gas Reserves Highest Ever
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America’s Natural Gas Alliance Supports Kerry-Boxer Energy Bill
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Accepting Drafts in Payment for Lease Bonus – A Ticking Time Bomb?
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Great New Website from Energy Information Administration Explains Energy in Layman’s Terms
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Two Energy Executives Call for Disclosure of Chemicals Used in Fracturing
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House Bill 2259 Imposes Additional Requirements on Operators of Inactive Wells
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Record Gas In Storage Depresses Gas Prices
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Law Firms Form Coalition to Sue Companies for Reneging on Leases in Barnett Shale
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Delaware Bankruptcy Court Rules Against Texas Producers (and Royalty Owners)
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Energy News
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Texas GLO Commissioner Jerry Patterson Weighs in on Exxon v. Emerald
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The Relinquishment Act – an Interesting Chapter in Texas History
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What Landowners Should Know About Groundwater Rights in Texas
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More News on Promotion of Natural Gas-Powered Vehicles
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Questar Corp. CEO Keith Rattie on U.S. Energy Policy
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Gas Measurement 101
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Environmental Groups Divided Over Support of Waxman-Markey Bill
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Lots of Energy Behind Use of Natural Gas as Vehicle Fuel
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Bill to Regulate Hydraulic Fracturing of Wells Introduced in Congress
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Texas Supreme Court asked to take up duty of holder of executive rights in Lesley v. Veterans Land Board
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Air Pollution Caused by Barnett Shale Drilling
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Continuous Operations Clauses in Oil and Gas Leases
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Expanded Use of Mineral Interest Pooling Act?
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A Good Resource for Facts Regarding U.S. Energy Policy
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Momentum Increasing for Use of Natural Gas in Vehicles
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Look for Severance Tax Refunds on Shale Wells
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The Meaning of “Other Minerals.”
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Sources and Users of Energy in the U.S.
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Texas Railroad Commission orders Chesapeake Energy to plug back illegally-drilled Barnett Shale well
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Congress preserves oil and gas industry tax provisions
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Natural Gas Market News
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Range Resources Announces Giant Barnett Shale Well
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How do seismic surveys work?
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Obama’s Proposal to Repeal Energy Industry Tax Breaks
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NAT GAS Act Introduced in House
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Chesapeake Energy Master Drilling Plan Approved by Fort Worth City Council
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Texas Supreme Court Record on Royalty Owner Cases
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Wind Energy in Texas
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Exxon v. Emerald
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Use of Bank Drafts for Bonus Payment in Oil and Gas Leasing
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Oil and Gas Lease Termination Clauses
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What happens to a pooled lease when the lease terminates?
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Surface Damages for Oil and Gas Activities in Texas
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Ruminations on Unconventional Resource Plays
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Post-Production Costs in Texas-Part III: Yturria v. Kerr-McGee
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Post-Production Costs in Texas – Part II
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Deductibility of Post-Production Costs in Texas Oil and Gas Leases