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MOBIL EXPLORATION v. DOVER ENERGY

No. 14-00-00863-CV.

56 S.W.3d 772 (2001)

MOBIL EXPLORATION AND PRODUCING U.S., INC., Appellant, v. DOVER ENERGY EXPLORATION, L.L.C., Appellee.

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

August 23, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Warren Szutse Huang, Reagan M. Brown, Houston, for appellants.

Steven B. Harris, Richard James Judge, Robert L. Ketchand, Houston, for appellees.

Panel consists of Justices YATES, FOWLER, and WITTIG.

OPINION

WITTIG, Justice.

This is an oil and gas contract interpretation and construction case. Mobil and Dover signed a series of agreements concerning Dover's proprietary information about offshore drilling prospects. One contract obligated Mobil to grant Dover overriding royalties if it acquired a lease on a certain prospect. Mobil later acquired the lease but refused to grant the royalties, claiming that its obligation to do so had expired under the terms...

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