Energy & Environmental Representative Deals & Suits

Energy

Representation of a hunting club in litigation related to numerous forums aimed at defeating and stopping a $2 billion to $3 billion pulverized coal-fired power plant in Hempstead County, Arkansas.
Representation of a state of the art facility in connection with its 400,000 barrels per day refinery with a 250 megawatt International Green Construction Code (IGCC) power plant. The project is the largest industrial facility currently under consideration in the United States as well as one of the most environmentally advanced facilities to date.
Representation of a major public energy company in a complex royalty rate calculation case.
Representation of a pipeline company in numerous right-of-way disputes.
Representation of a working interest owner in suit to determine royalty payments due to approximately 200 alleged mineral owners.
Representation of an operator in a personal injury lawsuit arising out of an equipment explosion including the related litigation against a subcontractor and the subcontractor's insurer over indemnity obligations.
Representation of operators in a salt dome explosion matter in Brenham, Texas involving 17 lawsuits filed for personal injury and land damage claims.
Representation of an offshore gas gathering company in litigation related to sales meter variations and product losses.
Representation of a large independent oil and gas company in its protection of seismic data and recovery of an administrative claim in a large oil and gas case.
Representation of a large independent oil and gas company in a suit by the owner of seismic data who claimed it was misappropriated.
Representation of a working interest owner in a take or pay lawsuit against an interstate pipeline.
Representation of a working interest owner in a suit to discharge the operator.
Representation of an operator in a wrongful death suit.
Representation of an oil and gas company in dispute with a rig builder.
Representation of a working interest owner in dispute with partners over the right to leases in the Gulf of Mexico.
Representation of oil and gas operators in dispute with a pipeline company.
Representation of an operator in the defense and prosecution actions related to audits and breach of contract actions.
Representation of a non-participating royalty interest owner in claims against the holder of executive rights for breach of fiduciary duty.
Representation of a major public energy company in a suit to determine items deductible as operating expenses prior to calculating net royalty.
Representation of a public energy company in the prosecution of a contractual indemnity claim against another major energy company.
Representation of an operator in a suit that involved the overriding royalty interest (ORRI) calculation resulting from provisions of a farm-out agreement.
Representation of an operator and working interest owner with upstream take or pay obligation claims, which resulted in a $15 million settlement for the client.
Representation of an operator in defense of subrogation action by rig owner's insurer based on rig damage during a hurricane.
Representation of gas exploration companies in the area of mutual interest and disputes.
Representation of a pipeline company in disputes with landowners and subcontractors.
Representation of a chemical company sued by its landlord for violation of the Texas Solid Waste Disposal Act (SWDA).
Representation of a large independent oil and gas company in connection with consolidation of its oil and gas partnership to create a $500 million corporation traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).
Representation of several coalitions of thousands of mineral owners in negotiating oil and gas leases in the Barnett Shale gas play.
Representation of a Texas landowner in the negotiation of a wind energy lease.
Representation of a Texas refinery in connection with the financing of ultra low sulfur diesel improvements in connection with accounts receivable and letter of credit facilities.
Representation of a public company in the acquisition of thousands of miles of gathering systems and intrastate pipeline and one of the largest natural gas processing plants in Texas.
Representation of producers in large scale 3D seismic exploration agreements.
Representation of purchasers and sellers of volumetric production payments in transactions qualifying for tax credits.
Representation of a private partnership in financing the acquisition of royalty interests in hundreds of gas properties located in 15 states and in disposing of the royalty interests in several sales.
Representation of a refinery owner in the sale of refinery products such as aviation fuel, caustic, reformate and diesel fuel and in the negotiation and documentation of diesel fuel sulfur credits purchase and sale agreements with other refiners.
Representation of hundreds of commercial property owners in different oil and gas lease negotiations.
Representation of a party in the sale of a United States oil and gas company’s 200+ mile gas gathering system and two processing plants for over $65 million.
Representation of bank and non-bank lenders in the energy business in numerous multistate oil and gas borrowing base loans.
Representation of an oilfield services company with historical disposal of waste containing mercury and negotiated liability with the Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM) and various subcontractors.
Representation of natural gas companies in large syndicated letter of credit facilities for purchase of natural gas and financing of natural gas storage facilities.
Representation of natural gas resellers, gas processors, refiners and oil and gas producers in connection with price hedging agreements.
Representation of a United States independent oil company in connection with combining its public and private exploration and production partnerships into two publicly traded master limited partnerships.
Representation of an independent oil and gas company in acquisitions of producing properties.