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Shafted? Dallas Firms Join Forces For Barnett Shale Fight
Texas Lawyer
Monday, November 23, 2009
Drilling for natural gas in the Barnett Shale has been an economic boon to North Texas since production began in 2001, but hundreds of disgruntled property owners are lining up to sue drilling companies over terms of mineral leases. Randal Mathis, Kip Petroff and Christopher Payne (pictured, from left) are members of the North Texas Lease Litigation Group, which represents property owners in litigation against drilling companies and their agents.
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Under Pressure: Advance Work on Prepack Leads to Short Stint in Bankruptcy
Texas Lawyer
Monday, November 23, 2009
Only 28 days after Baseline Oil and Gas Corp. of Houston filed a voluntary Chapter 11 petition, a federal bankruptcy judge confirmed the Houston-based energy company's reorganization plan. Rhett Campbell of lawyers from Thompson & Knight worked on the prepackaged bankruptcy filing in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas.
Texas Energy Litigation Trends
Texas Lawyer
Monday, November 23, 2009
Charts show statistics about energy company litigation filed during the first 10 months of 2009 in U.S. district courts in Texas.
Getting From Here to There: Push to Increase Renewable Energy Capacity and Transmit Power Means Work for Lawyers
Texas Lawyer
Monday, November 23, 2009
Texas is charging ahead with the Legislature's mandate to increase renewable energy capacity in competitive renewable energy zones. These CREZ areas are regions of the state designated for the construction of renewable energy generation. In S.B. 20, the Legislature in 2005 directed the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUC) to require utilities to "construct or enlarge transmission" for CREZ-generated electricity.
Deadline Approaching for Emissions Monitoring and Reporting
Texas Lawyer
Monday, November 23, 2009
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has taken a noteworthy step toward regulating greenhouse gas emissions by implementing a rule that requires industries to begin emissions monitoring and reporting. Whether these industries laud or lament these requirements likely depends upon their preparedness to comply with a fast-approaching Jan. 1, 2010, monitoring deadline and March 31, 2011, reporting deadline. Unprepared industries have little time to comply and few options to postpone conformity. Lawyers should be aware that clients affected by the rule could include a number of energy industry sectors that previously have not been regulated in this way.
Danger in the Pool: Craft Pooling Clauses to Avoid the Results of Wagner & Brown Ltd. v. Sheppard
Texas Lawyer
Monday, November 23, 2009
Owners of oil and gas interests pooled for efficient development of the resources have something in common with the hapless guests in the Eagles' classic tune "Hotel California": They can check into the pooling unit, but they can never leave.
