Pan Eastern Exploration Co. v. Hufo Oils

GEE, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiffs Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (“Anadarko”) and its wholly-owned subsidiary Pan Eastern Exploration Company (“PEEC”) own the natural gas rights in certain sections of land in the Panhandle Field of Texas. Certain of the defendants own the oil and casinghead gas rights in the same sections. The plaintiffs sued, claiming that some defendants wrongfully produced their gas, and that other defendants purchased, processed, and transported the converted gas. The defendants argued that they did not take the plaintiffs' gas; also, they asserted that even if they did the…