January 26, 2014

Courts Address Important Questions About Allocation Wells in Texas

Client Alert
Gregory D. Binns | Gregory William Curry | Richard B. Hemingway Jr.

The relatively recent drilling of horizontal wells continues to challenge settled Texas oil and gas law in several significant respects.  Most recently, Texas courts have been faced with two important issues:  (1) the legality of drilling allocation wells and (2) the appropriate royalty allocation formula for unpooled interests affected by an allocation well.

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