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Report: Blackbeard leads horizontal drilling resurgence in Central Basin

Permian Basin Oil and Gas Magazine

Since launch in 2014, Blackbeard has gained extensive vertical experience in Central Basin, drilling more than 750 verticals. “But Blackbeard has drilled more than 225 horizontal wells since 2021Q2. Blackbeard plans to operate four drilling rigs this summer.

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Force Majeure Clause Fails to Protect Oil and Gas Lessee From Mistakenly-Scheduled Deadline

The Energy Law

The lessee, MRC Permian Company, received four identical oil and gas leases from certain lessors in 2014. On June 13, 2017, MRC sent force majeure letters to the lessors claiming that it experienced a delay in the well’s drilling around April 21, 2017. MRC Permian Company , — S.W.3d 21-0461, 2023 WL 3028100 (Tex.

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Texas Court of Appeals Rules on Permission Needed for Off-Lease Horizontal Drilling

The Energy Law

04-14-00903-CV , 2014 Tex. The Agreement allowed Anadarko to place a drilling rig on the surface and to drill through the earth to form wells that open and bottom in the CWMA. Anadarko E&P Onshore, No. Lexis 8673 (Aug.

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Fifth Circuit Identifies Potential Conflict with Supreme Court on Jones Act Seaman Test

The Energy Law

Smart Fabricators of Texas (“SmartFab”) fabricates steel and repairs oil and gas drilling equipment. Its employees work at its shop and yard and occasionally on jacked-up drilling rigs, often docked to inland piers. Gilbert Sanchez, a welder-fitter employed by SmartFab, never went to sea on vessels. 3d 287 (5th Cir.

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Fifth Circuit Identifies Potential Conflict with Supreme Court on Jones Act Seaman Test

The Energy Law

Smart Fabricators of Texas (“SmartFab”) fabricates steel and repairs oil and gas drilling equipment. Its employees work at its shop and yard and occasionally on jacked-up drilling rigs, often docked to inland piers. Gilbert Sanchez, a welder-fitter employed by SmartFab, never went to sea on vessels. 3d 287 (5th Cir.

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