The Texas Supreme Court recently decided a case involving the enforceability of verbal representations. In the case of Roxo Energy Co. v. Baxsto, LLC, No. 23-0564, 2025 WL 134581 (Tex. May 9, 2025) (per curiam).
Baxsto and Roxo engaged
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The Texas Oil and Gas Attorney Blog, published by the Law Office of Aimee Hess, focuses on legal issues related to oil and gas operations in Texas. It covers topics such as ownership and rights to produced water, interpretation and enforcement of lease clauses like the habendum clause, classification and regulatory implications of pipelines as common carriers, enforceability of oral representations in mineral transactions, and legal disputes involving royalty payments and recoupment. The blog analyzes recent court decisions and their impact on operators, mineral owners, and other stakeholders in the Texas oil and gas industry.
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Recoupment of Overpaid Oil and Gas Royalties
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals decided an interesting case involving recoupment of overpaid oil and gas royalties. In DDR Weinert, Ltd. v. Ovintiv USA, Inc., No. 23-50479, 2025 WL 636315 (5th Cir. Feb. 27, 2025), a family named…
Surface Owner Owns Salt Caverns
The Texas Supreme Court recently granted petitions for review regarding the ownership of salt caverns created by salt extraction in Myers-Woodward, LLC v. Underground Servs. Markham, LLC, ___ S.W.3d ___, 2025 WL ___ (Tex. May 16, 2025).
In this case,…
Early Shut In Royalty Payment Held to be Valid to Extend Lease
In Scout Energy Management, LLC v. Taylor Properties, 704 S.W.3d 544 (2024), the Texas Supreme Court addressed a case where the Plaintiff claimed that two leases had terminated because a shut in royalty payment was made late.
The leases…
Texas Appeals Court Refuses to Add Width to Pipeline Easement
In Premcor Pipeline Co. v. Wingate, No. 09-22-00117-CV (Tex. Civ. App. Apr. 11, 2024), the Court considered a dispute regarding Premcor’s use of Wingate’s roads and bridges to service its pipelines. Wingate filed suit for injunctive relief and for…
More Issues with Electric Vehicle Batteries
I recently caught up with my stack of reading material, and one article that I found especially interesting is an article by Dr.Iddo Wernick entitled “The Many Problems with Batteries”. It is an analysis well worth your time.…