Davis v. COG Operating A group of mineral owners, who claimed that they were entitled to a certain tract of land, successfully proved on appeal that the trial court erred in finding no genuine issues ...

The decision potentially invites further litigation over parties’ respective rights to use and be compensated for the beneficial reuse of produced water. On June 27, the Texas Supreme Court issued its ...

Cactus Water Services LLC is suing ConocoPhillips Co. and its subsidiary COG Operating LLC for more than $10 million in the Texas Business Court, claiming the companies unlawfully sold water rights it ...

As efforts to reuse produced water have intensified, questions have arisen over who owns that produced water: The driller who produced it or the landowner? The Texas Supreme Court recently issued a ...

On June 27, the Supreme Court of Texas issued its long-awaited ruling in Cactus Water Services, LLC v. COG Operating, LLC addressing the ownership of produced water under an oil and gas conveyance. In ...

Texas is awash in billions of gallons of produced water, the wastewater brought to the surface in oil and gas drilling and fracking. Most produced water is injected into disposal wells. But since ...