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BPX & Lewis Energy subsidiary Segundo Navarro Drilling

Hired by BPX and Segundo Navarro to defend a breach-of-lease claim. Plaintiff alleged that the defendants breached their lease with the plaintiff by improperly pooling plaintiff’s lease with other leases and by commingling production from plaintiff’s tract with production from other tracts. Plaintiff sought millions of dollars in damages based on the alleged breaches. Filed, argued, and won motion for summary judgment on most of plaintiff’s claims. Following appellate review at the court of appeals and Texas Supreme Court (which reversed the trial court’s order), case settled.

Type of Case: Appellate Litigation, Pooling Disputes in Texas, Commingling Disputes, Lease Ownership Disputes