Oil and Gas Lawyer Blog

Last month the Texas Supreme Court decided three cases involving Texas’ Open Beaches Act. The Court issued one opinion in all three cases: No. 24-0237, Texas General Land Office and Dawn Buckingham, in her official capacity as the Texas Land Commissioner, v. SaveRGV, Sierra Club, and Carrizo/Comecrudo Nation of Texas, Inc.; No 24-0407, Cameron County v. SaveRGV, ...

As we are on the cusp of celebrating the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence and the remarkable fact that our nation has survived so long, it seems a good time to share a speech given by Lee West at the Oklahoma Bar Association Rule of Law Conference at Oklahoma City University School of Law on April 11, 2008, published by the Oklahoma City University Law Rev...

Oil and gas leases that cover larger tracts — say 300 acres or more — should contain a retained acreage clause.

A retained acreage clause has two parts: defining how much acreage will be kept under lease by a well and requiring the lessee to designate that acreage; and defining when the retained acreage must be designated and lands outside the retained acreage tracts r...