Jun 1, 2018 | Article, Contracts, Jason Wright, Margaret V. Sachs, Oil, Gas, and Mineral, T. Ray Guy
By T. Ray Guy and Jason Wright Abstract Oil and gas leases are unique instruments that, on their face, appear to be contracts or traditional landlord–tenant leases. Indeed, landowners often desire to have them treated as such by including provisions giving a lessor...
Dec 1, 2013 | Article, Author, Oil, Gas, and Mineral, Richard F. Brown
By Richard F. Brown Abstract This article focuses on the interpretations of and changes relating to oil, gas, and mineral law in Texas from November 1, 2010, through October 31, 2012, with emphasis on cases decided in the past year. The cases examined include...
Dec 1, 2010 | Civil Procedure, Comment, Mark D. Mutschink, Oil, Gas, and Mineral
By Mark D. Mutschink Abstract When Exxon Mobil faced the nationalization of its oil-field projects in Venezuela in 2007, it refused Venezuela’s offer of compensation and instituted international commercial arbitration. The war of words that followed clearly...
