Gearing up for an intra-industry fight: Texas Mineral Owners vs. oil and gas industry
What’s triggering the beef between these 2 groups? Whether companies can drill horizontal wells that reach across different lease lines
From the Texas Mineral Owners’ side: Mineral Leases often prohibit pooling. Pooling is seen as:
- tramples property rights
- upends negotiated contracts
From the oil and gas side: companies have histroically pooled adjoining leases
San Antonio Express News | Fight brewing between Texas mineral owners, oil and gas industry