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DEEP WATER SLENDER WELLS, LTD. v. SHELL INTERNATIONAL EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION, INC.

No. 14-06-00165-CV.

234 S.W.3d 679 (2007)

DEEP WATER SLENDER WELLS, LTD., James G. Wood, and Preda Consultants, Inc., Appellants, v. SHELL INTERNATIONAL EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION, INC., Jim Adam, Graham Brander, and Mark Leonard, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Houston (14th Dist.).

Rehearing Overruled September 6, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eileen F. O'Neill, John E. Nelson, and Timothy F. Lee, Houston, TX, for appellants.

Albert Finch, Eugene R. Montalvo, Marie R. Yeates, Michael Fredette, Peter E. Mims, Philip B. Dye Jr., Houston, TX, for appellees.

Panel consists of Justices FROST, SEYMORE, and GUZMAN.

OPINION

KEM THOMPSON FROST, Justice.

In this business-torts case, we determine the scope and enforceability of a forum-selection clause. Two companies and the owner of their common parent company sued an international exploration and production company and three of its current or former employees, asserting various tort claims relating to the defendants' alleged misappropriation of the plaintiffs' alleged oilfield-technology trade secrets.

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