Apache Corporation v. W & T Offshore, Incorporated

PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:

This dispute arises from a successful plugging and abandonment operation of three offshore oil and gas wells in the Mississippi Canyon area of the Gulf of Mexico. Apache Deepwater, LLC performed the operation and seeks payment from its non-operator partner, W&T Offshore, Inc. A jury awarded $43.2 million to Apache for W&T's breach of the Joint Operating Agreement. W&T challenges the district court's application of the Louisiana Civil Code and interpretation of the contract. Alternatively, W&T contends that it is entitled to an offset in damages because…