GARDES DIRECTIONAL DRILLING v. U.S. TURNKEY EXPLORATION

Civ. A. No. 89-1156-LC.

899 F.Supp. 287 (1995)

GARDES DIRECTIONAL DRILLING v. U.S. TURNKEY EXPLORATION, INC.

United States District Court, W.D. Louisiana, Lake Charles Division.

June 2, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley B. Blackstone, Susan C. Severance, Gachassin & Hunter, Lafayette, LA, for Gardes Directional Drilling.

Paul B. David, Broussard David & Daigle, Lafayette, LA, for LAJFP Drilling Ltd.

Patrick W. Gray, Joseph P. Hebert, George Arceneaux, III, Liskow & Lewis, Lafayette, LA, for Kerr McGee Corp., Chevron USA Inc., Phillips Petroleum Co., Sonat Exploration Co., Felmont Oil Corp., Cabot Oil & Gas Corp., Case-Pomeroy Oil Corp.

Skipper M. Drost, Sulphur, LA, Jennifer L. Davis, McGlinchey, Stafford & Long, Houston, TX, for U.S. Turnkey Exploration Inc.

Thomas C. Patin, Strain, Dennis, Mayhall & Bates, Lafayette, LA, for Baxter Drilling & Exploration Inc.

Samuel Edgar Masur, Gordon, Arata, McCollam & Duplantis, Lafayette, LA, Douglas Frank Pedigo, Omaha, NE, for PSI Inc. of Missouri.

Leonard K. Knapp, Jr., Office of Leonard K. Knapp, Jr., Lake Charles, LA, for Ace Fishing & Rental Tools Inc.

Henry H. McCreight, Jr., Houston, TX, for American Downhole Ltd. Partnership No. 1.

Henry D.H. Olinde, Jr., Baton Rouge, LA, for Western Atlas International Inc.

Nathan A. Levy, Jr., St. Martin & Lirette, Houma, LA, for Coastal Inspection Service Inc.

Victor A. Ashy, Lafayette, LA, for Drilling Measurements Inc.

Brad A. Adams, Sessions & Fishman, New Orleans, LA, for L & L Oil Co.

Carl T. Schultz, Green, Patterson & Schultz, Houston, TX, Patrick Donavon Gallaugher, Jr., Scofield, Gerard, Veron, Hoskins & Sin, for Liquid Drill Inc.

Carl T. Schultz, Green, Patterson & Schultz, Houston, TX, for Milchem Inc., Progress Chemical Sales Co.

Dennis Joseph Vidrine, Briney & Foret, Lafayette, LA, for Oil Field Rental Service Co.

Fanned Seidel, Jr., Lafayette, LA, for Royal Service & Rentals Inc.


RULING

NAUMAN S. SCOTT, District Judge.

Before the court are Motions for Summary Judgment against plaintiffs, Gardes Directional Drilling ("Gardes"), LAJFP Drilling, Ltd. ("LAJFP") and Marine Transportation Services, Inc. ("Marine"), filed on behalf of defendants, Kerr-McGee Corporation, Chevron U.S.A. Inc., Phillips Petroleum Company, SONAT Exploration Company, Felmont Oil Corporation, Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation, and Case-Pomeroy Oil Corporation...

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