Syrian American Oil Corp. v. Pecten Orient Co.

OPINION

Jane Bland, Justice

This case arises out of a settlement agreement reached between a royalty interest owner and an operator of Syrian oil *353and gas properties.- In that settlement agreement, the parties released each other from- any and all claims against one another, known or unknown, as of the time it was made.

Seventeen years later, the royalty owner brought this suit against the operator for fraud, claiming that 'the' operator had fraudulently induced the owner into the settlement. The operator counterclaimed against the owner for Jbreach of the settlement agreement, seeking its…