Cimarex Energy Co. v. Anadarko Petroleum Corporation

COURT OF APPEALS EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS EL PASO, TEXAS CIMAREX ENERGY CO., § No. 08-16-00353-CV Appellant, § Appeal from the v. § 143rd District Court ANADARKO PETROLEUM CORP., § of Ward County, Texas Appellee. § (No. 15-07-23-648-CVW) § OPINION Appellant, Cimarex Energy Co. (Cimarex) and Appellee, Anadarko Petroleum Corp. (Anadarko), were co-tenants on certain property located in Ward County, both of whom held leases giving each of them undivided fractional mineral interests on the same property. After Anadarko successfully completed drilling operations on two producing wells on the…