State Bar of Texas, Oil and Gas Disputes CLE, January 2019 by Ryan ClintonI. INTRODUCTION How do we know when a lease has ended? Surely the lack of production during the secondary term will end a lease, but is that always true? How do courts decide which requirements...
State Bar Of Texas, Advanced Oil, Gas & Energy Resources Law Cle, September 2016 by Ryan Clinton & Jad DavisI. INTRODUCTION Retained-acreage clauses have been part of the fabric of Texas oil-and-gas law for quite some time. Loosely speaking, retained-acreage...
State Bar of Texas, Advanced Oil, Gas & Energy Resources Law CLE, September 2017 by Ryan ClintonI. INTRODUCTION When a lessor challenges the validity of an existing oil-and-gas lease that is not currently being perpetuated by production, the lessee immediately...
State Bar of Texas, Damages in Civil Litigation Conference, February 2015 by Ryan Clinton & Jad DavisI. INTRODUCTION Oil-and-gas law covers a wide array of litigation topics—including condemnation, real-property rights, express and implied contract...