LIGHTNING OIL v. ANADARKO E&P ONSHORE

No. 15-0910.

520 S.W.3d 39 (2017)

LIGHTNING OIL COMPANY, Petitioner, v. ANADARKO E&P ONSHORE, LLC f/k/a Anadarko E&P Company, LP, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

OPINION DELIVERED: May 19, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samara L. Kline , Baker Botts L.L.P., Dallas, Wade Allison , Baker Botts L.L.P., Austin, for Amicus Curiae Texas Oil and Gas Association.

Bruce K. Spindler , John W. Petry , Stephen J. Ahl , Langley & Banack, Inc., San Antonio, Lisa A. Paulson , Shannon H. Ratliff , Ratliff Law Firm PLLC, Austin, for Petitioner.

Shayne D. Moses , David A. Palmer , Moses, Palmer & Howell, L.L.P., Fort Worth, Brett David Kutnick , Deborah G. Hankinson , Rebecca Adams Cavner , Stephanie D. Nelson , Hankinson LLP, Dallas, Donato D. Ramos , Donato David Ramos Jr. , Law Offices of Donato D. Ramos, PLLC, Laredo, for Respondent.


This case concerns whose permission is necessary for an oil and gas operator to drill through a mineral estate it does not own to reach minerals under an adjacent tract of land.

Anadarko E&P Onshore, LLC, entered into an oil and gas lease...

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