Texas Lawyer Features Hogan Thompson Schuelke for Ovintiv Federal Court Ruling Impacting Thousands of Texas Horizontal Wells

Partner Christopher Hogan spoke with Texas Lawyer about Hogan Thompson Schuelke’s significant win for Ovintiv in “Federal Judge Rules Decades-Old Oil Joint Operating Agreements Apply to Modern Horizontal Wells in Texas.” The decision in McCully-Chapman Exploration, Inc. v. Ovintiv USA, Inc. in the U.S. District Court of the Western District of Texas resolves a major unanswered question for Texas operators: how legacy contracts apply to modern horizontal wells.

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Texas Lawyer*: https://www.law.com/texaslawyer/2026/03/24/federal-judge-rules-decades-old-oil-joint-operating-agreements-apply-to-modern-horizontal-wells-in-texas/?slreturn=20260421175959

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