The Fourth Court of Appeals in San Antonio, Texas found that a lessee had failed to prove that it had drilled an offset well as required by oil and gas leases.<\/p>\n
In the case, Shirley Adams et al. v. Murphy Exploration & Production Co.-USA, the lessors and royalty owners sued lessee Murphy for breach of contract, claiming that Murphy had failed to drill an offset well to protect two tracts of land against drainage.<\/p>\n
Murphy was assigned oil and gas leases executed by lessors in the Eagle Ford Shale. The parties did not dispute that the leases required the lessee, if a well was completed, to drill an offset well to prevent drainage. A lower court granted Murphy\u2019s motion for summary judgment based on evidence that a well had been drilled and Murphy\u2019s expert\u2019s testimony that it was an offset well.<\/p>\n
The Fourth Court of Appeals held that in order for Murphy\u2019s summary judgment (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Fourth Court of Appeals in San Antonio, Texas found that a lessee had failed to prove that it had drilled an offset well as required by oil and gas leases. In the case, Shirley Adams et al. v. Murphy…<\/span><\/p>\n