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PAST NEWSLETTERS MOST REQUESTED AND ARTICLES OF INTEREST4TH QUARTER 2016
• THE CRISIS IN ENFORCING RRC RULES AND ABANDONED WELLS
3RD QUARTER 2016 • COURT DECIDES LANDMARK GROUNDWATER CASE - COYOTE LAKE RANCH V. THE CITY OF LUBBOCK 2ND QUARTER 2016 • THE INTERSECTION OF OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT AND URBAN SPRAWL 1ST QUARTER 2016
• COURT HANDS DOWN FINAL DECISION IN CHESAPEAKE V. HYDER • TX SUPREME COURT DECLINES TCEQ APPEAL IN TEXAS FARM BUREAU SURFACE WATER RIGHTS CASE • WELL RECLASSIFICATIONS COULD AFFECT ROYALTY OWNERS’ INTERESTS 4TH QUARTER 2015 • PROPERTY TAX ROLLBACKS FOR OIL PADS ON AGRICULTURAL LAND 3RD QUARTER 2015 • SUPREME COURT RULES IN CHESAPEAKE V. HYDER • STATE BEGINS IMPLEMENTING SWIFT AND SWIRFT PROGRAMS • ARE GROUNDWATER WELLS FOR FRACKING EXEMPT FROM GCD PERMITTING? 2ND QUARTER 2015 • 84TH LEGISLATIVE SESSION WRAP-UP • INDUCED SEISMICITY LINKED TO DISPOSAL WELLS • TEXAS LANDOWNER’S BILL OF RIGHTS • I RECEIVED A LETTER SAYING THEY’RE TAKING MY LAND…NOW WHAT? • JUSTICES AGAIN AVOID UNDERGROUND TRESPASSING QUESTION 3RD QUARTER 2014 • FLARING IN THE EAGLE FORD 2ND QUARTER 2014 • BRACKISH GROUNDWATER: THINGS ARE HEATING UP • $3 MILLION FOR NUISANCE IN BARNETT SHALE CASE 1ST QUARTER 2014 • WHAT EVERY BUYER OF RURAL LAND SHOULD KNOW ABOUT OLD PROPERTY EASEMENT • SALTWATER DISPOSAL WELL LEASING CONSIDERATIONS 4TH QUARTER 2013 • ALLOCATION WELL UPDATE • CHESAPEAKE AND POST-PRODUCTION COSTS • WHO OWNS ABANDONED PIPELINES • EAGLE FORD ROADS 3RD QUARTER 2013 • ARE PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS DYING IN TEXAS? • SECURING A RELIABLE WATER SUPPLY • ALTERNATIVE FUELS PROGRAM AND THE OIL FIELD CLEANUP FUND • TRANSMISSION LINES AND UTILITY ROUTING PROCESS 2ND QUARTER 2013 • COMMON CARRIERS POST-DENBURY GREEN: DISCUSSION OF BILLS FILED AND CONTINUING EFFORTS TO DRAFT LEGISLATION • TEXAS WATER PLAN FUNDING: CREATION OF SWIFT AND SWIRFT • RRC AMENDS RULE 13 NEW WELL-INTEGRITY REGULATIONS • “IN TEXAS ABANDONED OIL EQUIPMENT SPURS POLLUTION FEARS” (TEXAS TRIBUNE) 1ST QUARTER 2013 • DIVISION ORDER BILL: EXPLANATION OF TLMA BILL FILED BY HEGAR AND KEFFER • RULE 13 PROPOSED CHANGES, TLMA LETTER SUPPORTING NEW REGULATIONS 4TH QUARTER 2012 • PRODUCTION SHARING AGREEMENTS AND ALLOCATION WELLS (MCFARLAND) • DEFINITION OF MINERAL CLASSIFIED LANDS (FARMBROUGH) 3RD QUARTER 2012 • OLIVIERA DECLARES PLAN TO ADDRESS DENBURY RULING WITH LEGISLATION IN THE 83RD SESSION • NEW RRC RULES ADOPTED CONTINUING “VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE” RULE 13 AMENDMENTS PROPOSED • ENBRIDGE PIPELINE V. AVINGER: LONG-TERM GROUND LEASE AND VALUATION OF PROPERTY WHEN CONDEMNED (CHRISTIAN) 2ND QUARTER 2012 • HB 2259 (2009) CLEAN UP OF ABANDONED WELLS NOT BEING ENFORCED BY RRC • GROUNDWATER DISTRICTS’ REGULATION OF WATER SUPPLY WELLS (MCFARLAND) • MINERAL COVERAGE UNDER TEXAS TITLE INSURANCE POLICIES (WEINER) 1ST QUARTER 2012 • RRC IMPLIES ALL OPERATORS ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH WELL SITE CLEAN UP RULE FROM HB 2259, CORRESPONDENCE WITH RRC REGARDING ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAW • TLMA LETTER TO RRC EXPRESSING DISAPPROVAL OF PROPOSED RULES AND KEEPING THE “VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE” APPROACH • EDWARDS AQUIFER V. DAY: LANDOWNERS’ RIGHTS IN GROUNDWATER AND CONSTITUTIONAL TAKINGS CLAIMS (MASON) • RRC ADOPTS HYDRAULIC FRAC FLUID DISCLOSURE RULE 4TH QUARTER 2011 • HOUSE NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE INTERIM HEARING AND CHARGES 3RD QUARTER 2011 • RRC ANNOUNCES EAGLE FORD TASK FORCE • GENERAL INFORMATION PERTAINING TO LEASE AND ROYALTIES (OUTLINE FROM RRC) 2ND QUARTER 2011 • ESTATE PLANNING AND COMMUNICATION BETWEEN GENERATIONS (FOULTZ) • DIVISION ORDERS: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW 1ST QUARTER 2011 • DENBURY GREEN PIPELINE CASE HEADS TO TEXAS SUPREME COURT (KORRIS) • RECONCILING MINERAL RIGHTS AND CONSERVATION EASEMENTS (FITZSIMMONS) • COLL V. ABACO: CLASS ACTION TO FORCE COMPANIES TO REIMBURSE ROYALTY OWNERS FOR SEVERANCE TAX REFUNDS • JOINT STATEMENT ON SB 332 AND HB 1730: LANDOWNERS OWN THE GROUNDWATER BENEATH THEIR LAND 4TH QUARTER 2010 • RRC SUNSET REVIEW RECOMMENDATIONS 3RD QUARTER 2010 • EXPLANATION OF FORCED UNITIZATION AND WHY IT IS BAD POLICY FOR TEXAS (SMITHERMAN)
• JOINT STATEMENT ON GROUNDWATER OWNERSHIP • THE EAGLE FORD SHALE FROM A LAND AND MINERAL OWNER’S PERSPECTIVE (FITZSIMONS) • GATTIE ET AL V. LOUISIANA: CHALLENGES AUTHORITY TO POOL UNITS CONTAINING MULTIPLE WELLS (MCFARLAND) 4TH QUARTER 2007 • RRC ANNOUNCES $2.8 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR OIL FIELD CLEAN-UP FUND • TXDOT RELEASES ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT FOR TRANS-TEXAS CORRIDOR • “TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT PLANS MAJOR CUTBACKS” (STATESMAN) 3RD QUARTER 2007 • WESTERN STATES ADOPTING SURFACE USE ACTS |