pjc-oil-and-gas-2024-lib

Subject Index

Severed groundwater estate, 302.3 Shut-in royalty clause, 303.13, 303.23 Shut-in well, 303.24 Silence and equitable estoppel, 312.6 Specific performance, 313.28 Spoliation, 300.14 Statute of frauds (promissory estoppel), 305.23, 312.17 description of land, 312.17 Statute of limitations, 312.18 Substantial performance, quantum meruit, 305.24 Subsurface trespass, 302.4 Surface estate accommodation of use by owner, 302.3 defining, 302.2 reasonable use by lessee, 302.1, 302.2 Temporary vs. permanent injury, 313.4, 313.6 Testimony, 300.7 Texas Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, 312.17 Third-party beneficiaries, 305.22 Time of compliance (contract), 305.14, 312.2 Title dispute, 312.20 Trade custom (contract), 305.20 Trespass damages, 313.11, 313.12 existence, 302.4 good faith, 313.10, 313.11 T

negligent use, 302.2 Reasonably prudent operator, 303.11, 303.12 defense, 302.9 Reformation of instrument, 305.1, 312.9, 312.10 affirmative cause of action, 305.5 Release, 312.5 Reliance (damages) contracts, 313.8 promissory estoppel, 313.23 Repudiation of lease, 312.19 Rescission, 312.7–312.9, 312.14 duress, 312.7 mutual mistake, 312.9 plaintiff’s material breach, 312.2 Revocation of offer (contract), 305.11 Royalty provisions, breach

generally, 303.4 damages, 313.13 deductions, 303.4, 303.9, 313.16 defenses, 303.5 marketing, reasonability, 303.7 market value, 303.8, 313.15 postproduction costs, 303.9 sale location, 303.6 shut-in royalty, 303.13, 303.23 unreasonable deductions, 313.16 untimely payment, 303.5, 312.20

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Savings clauses, 303.13 Scrivener’s error (contract), 312.10 reformation, 305.5 Settlement offers, refusal to accept and mitigation of damages, 313.25

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