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EQUINOR USA ONSHORE PROP. v. PINE RESOURCES

No. 18-1291.

917 F.3d 807 (2019)

EQUINOR USA ONSHORE PROPERTIES INC., f/k/a Statoil USA Onshore Properties, Inc., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. PINE RESOURCES, LLC, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: March 6, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: David Allen Barnette , JACKSON KELLY, PLLC, Charleston, West Virginia, for Appellant. Fields Alexander , BECK REDDEN LLP, Houston, Texas, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Michael M. Fisher , Vivian Hatzi Basdekis , JACKSON KELLY, PLLC, Charleston, West Virginia, for Appellant. Joel T. Towner , BECK REDDEN LLP, Houston, Texas; Bridget Furbee , Bridgeport, West Virginia, John J. Meadows , STEPTOE & JOHNSON PLLC, Charleston, West Virginia, for Appellee.

Affirmed by published opinion. Chief Judge Gregory authored the opinion, in which Judge Motz and Judge Floyd joined.

This appeal concerns a contractual obligation to "spud" three wells on a tract of land in West Virginia. The parties dispute whether the obligation to "spud" the wells is an obligation only to begin drilling or to complete the wells to the point of mineral production. Following a bench trial, the district court determined that...

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