Legal Opinion
Tidelands Royalty "B" Corp. v. Gulf Oil Corp.
District Court, N.D. Texas
Decided June 18, 1985No. CA 3-79-0244-RPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
BUCHMEYER, District Judge.
This oil and gas case involves a question of first impression.
It concerns production payments and overriding royalties in gas production from 4,062 acres of submerged land off the coast of Louisiana on the Outer Continental Shelf. These interests, which pertain to most of Block 332 of the West Cameron Area, were assigned to the plaintiff, Tidelands Royalty “B” Corporation (“Tidelands”), by the defendant, Gulf Oil Corporation (“Gulf”). Gulf’s operations on adjoining property (Block 333) are, admittedly, draining gas from several of the producing…
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