PEMEX EXPLORACIÓN Y PRODUCCIÓN v. BASF CORPORATION

Civil Action Nos. H-10-1997, H-11-2019

PEMEX EXPLORACIÓN Y PRODUCCIÓN, Plaintiff, v. BASF CORPORATION; BASF FINA PETROCHEMICALS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP; MURPHY ENERGY CORPORATION; BIO-NU SOUTHWEST, INC. d/b/a VALLEY FUELS; US PETROLEUM DEPOT, INC.; ARNOLDO MALDONADO; JONATHAN DAPPEN; STEPHEN PECHENIK; TIMOTHY L. BRINK; CONTINENTAL FUELS, INC.; and HIGH SIERRA CRUDE OIL & MARKETING, LLC, Successor to PETRO SOURCE PARTNERS, LP, Defendants. PEMEX EXPLORACIÓN Y PRODUCCIÓN, Plaintiff, v. BIG STAR GATHERING LTD L.L.P.; F&M TRANSPORTATION, INC.; JAMES JENSEN; JOPLIN ENERGY, LLC f/k/a HUTCHISON HAYES ENERGY, LLC; JEFF KIRBY; PLAINS ALL-AMERICAN PIPELINE, L.P.; SAINT JAMES OIL, INC.; SUPERIOR CRUDE GATHERING, INC.; TRANSMONTAIGNE PARTNERS, L.P.; and WESTERN REFINING COMPANY, L.P., Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. Texas, Houston Division.

August 12, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pemex Exploracion y Produccion, Plaintiff, represented by Andrew K. Meade , Hawash Meade Gaston Neese & Cicack LLP, Ileana M. Blanco , DLA Piper USA LLP, Brett Solberg , DLA Piper LLP, Christina Elise Ponig , DLA Piper LLP, Mark Edward Maney , Maney & Gonzalez-Felix PC & Mark Allen White , Law Office of Mark A. White.

BASF Corporation, Defendant, represented by Travis James Sales , Baker Botts LLP, Brooke Geren McNabb , Baker Botts L.L.P., Jeffrey James McNabb , Patterson-UTI Management Services LLC, William Karl Kroger , Baker Botts LLP, Kathryn Dawson McElvy , Baker Botts LLP & Stephanie Coon Bauman , ACLU of Texas.

Donald P Schroeder, Jr., Defendant, represented by Jeremy L. Doyle , Reynolds Frizzell LLP.

Jonathan Dappen, Defendant, Pro Se.

Joshua Crescenzi, Defendant, represented by Chad Joseph Castille , Deans & Lyons LLP.

Continental Fuels, Inc, Defendant, represented by Continental Fuels, Inc.

BASF FINA Petrochemicals LP, Defendant, represented by Brooke Geren McNabb , Baker Botts L.L.P. & Travis James Sales , Baker Botts LLP.

JAG Energy USA, Inc, Consol Defendant, represented by Clyde Oates Adams, IV , Pierce Skrabanek Bruera, PLLC & James David Ebanks , Ebanks Taylor Horne LLP.

Sergio T. Lopez, Respondent, represented by Robert Eric Reed , Reed Law Firm.

Murphy Energy Corporation, ThirdParty Plaintiff, represented by Joel M. Androphy , Berg Androphy & Geoffrey Berg , Berg Feldman Johnson, LLP.

Maxim Crude Oil, LLC, Movant, represented by Robert Edward Lapin , Lapin & Landa LLP.

FR Midstream Transport, LP, Interested Party, represented by John Michael Quinlan , McElroy Sullivan et al.

SUNOCO PARTNERS MARKETING & TERMINALS, L.P., Intervenor, represented by Anthony J. Pruzinsky , Hill Rivkins LLP & Timothy R. Sutherland , T.R. Sutherland Law, PLLC.

BASF Corporation, Cross Claimant, represented by Stephanie Coon Bauman , ACLU of Texas.

Murphy Energy Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Joel M. Androphy , Berg Androphy & Geoffrey Berg , Berg Feldman Johnson, LLP.

BASF Corporation, Cross Claimant, represented by Kathryn Dawson McElvy , Baker Botts LLP.

Murphy Energy Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Geoffrey Berg , Berg Feldman Johnson, LLP.

Jonathan Dappen, Cross Claimant, Pro Se.

Murphy Energy Corporation, Cross Claimant, represented by Joel M. Androphy , Berg Androphy & Geoffrey Berg , Berg Feldman Johnson, LLP.

BASF Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Travis James Sales , Baker Botts LLP, Jeffrey James McNabb , Patterson-UTI Management Services LLC, William Karl Kroger , Baker Botts LLP, Kathryn Dawson McElvy , Baker Botts LLP & Stephanie Coon Bauman , ACLU of Texas.

Murphy Energy Corporation, Counter Claimant, represented by Joel M. Androphy , Berg Androphy & Geoffrey Berg , Berg Feldman Johnson, LLP.

Pemex Exploracion y Produccion, Counter Defendant, represented by Ileana M. Blanco , DLA Piper USA LLP & Thomas Demitrack , Jones Day.

BASF Corporation, Cross Claimant, represented by Travis James Sales , Baker Botts LLP, William Karl Kroger , Baker Botts LLP, Kathryn Dawson McElvy , Baker Botts LLP & Stephanie Coon Bauman , ACLU of Texas.

Murphy Energy Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Joel M. Androphy , Berg Androphy & Geoffrey Berg , Berg Feldman Johnson, LLP.

BASF Corporation, Cross Claimant, represented by Travis James Sales , Baker Botts LLP, William Karl Kroger , Baker Botts LLP, Kathryn Dawson McElvy , Baker Botts LLP & Stephanie Coon Bauman , ACLU of Texas.

BASF Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Travis James Sales , Baker Botts LLP, William Karl Kroger , Baker Botts LLP, Kathryn Dawson McElvy , Baker Botts LLP & Stephanie Coon Bauman , ACLU of Texas.

Murphy Energy Corporation, Cross Claimant, represented by Joel M. Androphy , Berg Androphy & Geoffrey Berg , Berg Feldman Johnson, LLP.

BASF Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Travis James Sales , Baker Botts LLP, Jeffrey James McNabb , Patterson-UTI Management Services LLC, William Karl Kroger , Baker Botts LLP, Kathryn Dawson McElvy , Baker Botts LLP & Stephanie Coon Bauman , ACLU of Texas.

BASF Corporation, Cross Claimant, represented by Travis James Sales , Baker Botts LLP, Jeffrey James McNabb , Patterson-UTI Management Services LLC, William Karl Kroger , Baker Botts LLP, Kathryn Dawson McElvy , Baker Botts LLP & Stephanie Coon Bauman , ACLU of Texas.

Murphy Energy Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Geoffrey Berg , Berg Feldman Johnson, LLP.

Trammo Petroleum, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by James W. Bartlett, Jr. , The Bartlett Firm.

Murphy Energy Corporation, Counter Claimant, represented by Joel M. Androphy , Berg Androphy & Geoffrey Berg , Berg Feldman Johnson, LLP.

Pemex Exploracion y Produccion, Counter Defendant, represented by Andrew K. Meade , Hawash Meade Gaston Neese & Cicack LLP, Ileana M. Blanco , DLA Piper USA LLP, Thomas Demitrack , Jones Day, Christina Elise Ponig , DLA Piper LLP, Mark Edward Maney , Maney & Gonzalez-Felix PC & Mark Allen White , Law Office of Mark A. White.

Murphy Energy Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Geoffrey Berg , Berg Feldman Johnson, LLP.

Trammo Petroleum, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by James W. Bartlett, Jr. , The Bartlett Firm.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

Pending before the court is Defendants' Joint Application to Hold Plaintiff in Civil Contempt of Court (Docket Entry No. 787). For the reasons stated below, the motion will be denied.

I. Factual and Procedural Background

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