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BPX OPERATING CO. v. STRICKHAUSEN

No. 19-0567.

629 S.W.3d 189 (2021)

BPX OPERATING COMPANY, BPX Properties (NA) LP, Segundo Navarro Drilling, Ltd., First Rock I, LLC, EF Non-OP, LLC, and South Texas Shale, LLC, Petitioners, v. Margaret Ann STRICKHAUSEN, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Opinion Delivered: June 11, 2021.

Rehearing Denied October 15, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jennifer Ruth Josephson , Christopher Michael Hogan , Jeremy Leon Doyle , for Petitioners CEU Hawkville, LLC n/k/a South Texas Shale, LLC, Petrohawk Properties, LP n/k/a BHP Billiton Petroleum Properties (N.A.), LP.

William J. Boyce , for Amicus Curiae Texas Oil & Gas Association.

John Sullivan , Jesse R. Pierce , Houston, for Petitioner First Rock I, LLC.

Christopher Michael Hogan , Conrad Hester , Jeremy Leon Doyle , Mitchell E. Ayer, Houston, for Petitioner EF Non-OP, LLC.

Jennifer Ruth Josephson , Jeremy Leon Doyle , Samantha Thompson , Christopher Michael Hogan , for Petitioner Segundo Navarro Drilling, Ltd.

Jeremy Leon Doyle , Christopher Michael Hogan , Mitchell E. Ayer , Houston, Jennifer Ruth Josephson , Gordon M. Carver III , Dick Watt, for Petitioner Petrohawk Operating Company n/k/a BHP Billiton Petroleum (TxLa) Operating Company.

Jesse Byron Burton III , Joseph B.C. Fitzsimons , San Antonio, Jaime Santiago Rangel , for Amicus Curiae Texas Land & Mineral Owners Association.

Keith W. Franklin , Baldemar Garcia Jr. , Laredo, Frank Armstrong , Corpus Christ, Ricardo E. Morales , Laredo, for Respondent.

Justice Blacklock delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Justice Guzman, Justice Lehrmann, Justice Devine, and Justice Busby joined.

The petitioners in this case (collectively "BPX") are lessees of Margaret Strickhausen's mineral interest. Strickhausen's lease requires BPX to obtain her "express written consent" before pooling her tract with others. If Strickhausen withholds her express written consent, then "pooling for oil or gas is expressly denied and shall not be allowed under any circumstances." Strickhausen never gave her express written consent, which means BPX may not pool "under any circumstances...

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