Texas High Court: Drilling Plan Does Not Violate Rights Of Separate Oil Company

Mealey's (May 23, 2017, 3:41 PM EDT) -- AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Supreme Court on May 19 affirmed a lower court ruling and held that a hydraulic fracturing company’s plan to drill wells underneath property held by a separate oil company would not violate that company’s leasehold interests because the fracking company’s plan was to drill wells that would pass through but not disturb the oil company’s mineral-bearing formations (Lightning Oil Company v. Anadarko E&P Onshore LLC, No. 15-910, Texas Sup.; 2017 Tex. LEXIS 463)....

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