Last month’s severe cold weather across the south, particularly Texas, while having immediate impacts on millions of Texas residents, are now beginning to show additional impacts to the energy industry. Millions of Texas residents suffered widespread, lasting power outages, burst water pipes, and other weather-related impacts from the icy weather. The impacts of the severe
On April 27, 2020, Governor Abbott issued Executive Order GA-18, implementing Phase I to reopen Texas, beginning May 1, 2020. In addition to confirming that “essential services” shall continue to operate as they have, GA-18 provides guidance on services that may reopen as of 12:01 a.m. on Friday.
“Reopened services” include:
Despite most people believing it’s important to have an estate plan, only about 40% of people actually get one.[1] There are a number of reasons that someone may not have gotten an estate plan but the idea that you do not need one because you do not have kids should not be one of
By statute, royalties on oil and gas production are due on or before 120 days after the end of the month of first sale of production from the well. This gives operators about four months after a well begins producing to obtain title curative, set up a pay deck for the well, issue division orders