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ANADARKO PETROLEUM CORP. v. THOMPSON

No. 01-0261.

94 S.W.3d 550 (2002)

ANADARKO PETROLEUM CORPORATION, Petitioner, v. Phillip THOMPSON, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided July 3, 2002.

Opinion Denying Rehearing January 30, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric Anthony Hillerman, Harlow Sprouse, Charles Wade Miller, Sprouse Smith & Rowley, Amarillo, J. Kyle McClain, Anadarko Petroleum Corp., David M. Gunn, Hogan Dubose & Townsend, L.L.P., Houston, for Petitioner.

Joe L. Lovell, Lovell Lovell & Newsom, Amarillo, Donald M. Hunt, Mullin Hoard Brown Langston Carr Hunt & Joy LLP, Lubbock, J.R. Lovell, Lovell & Lyle, Dumas, for Respondents.

Justice BAKER delivered the opinion of the Court.

In this case, we decide whether a gas mining lease terminated when actual production ceased longer than sixty days. The lease expressly states that it lasts for one year and "as long thereafter as gas is or can be produced." The lease also provides that, if production ceases for any reason, the lease "shall not terminate provided lessee resumes operations for drilling a well within sixty (60) days from such cessation...

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