Legal Opinion
Matador Production Company v. Weatherford Artificial Lift Systems, Inc.
Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)
Decided November 18, 2014No. 06-14-00015-CVPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Opinion by
Justice MOSELEY.
Matador Production Company (Matador) is engaged in the business of drilling for and producing oil and natural gas. In 2006, Matador drilled a natural gas well designated by it as the Cindy Gas Unit No. 3, Woodlawn (Cotton Valley) Field, API No. 42-203-33549, situated in the H. Martin Survey, Abstract No. 431 of Harrison County (Cindy # 3). As Cindy # 3 was nearing its total depth, Matador engineers began to design a plan to stimulate the well by hydraulic fracturing (fracking) — an operation designed to loosen or break up tight hydrocarbon-bearing formations,…
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