Eagle Ford South Texas
After signing a 3 year contract with a major player for the Eagle Ford (as my neighbors did), and watching the drilling and testing of a 5000’ horizontal well on my adjacent neighbor’s property, I was amazed to have my lease dropped a few months ago.
Despite the contractual pool clauses such as “640 acres + 10%”, “insufficient remaining acreage”, “reasonably compact shape unbroken by any tract or tracts not included in the unit”… the leaser proceeded to eliminate my lease, which would have brought the pool near to the above “640+10%” size and create a “square or rectangle” shaped pool as stated in the contract.
Acres included in the pool are identical/equal to my acreage (not included) in distance from the well (and blocking future horizontal drilling options). Other pooled acres of this strange shaped pool included are actually on the opposite sides of my property, as well as the top (surrounded on 3 sides) with my non-leased gap under my property and in between.
The pool created did exactly what the contract stated it wouldn’t, by creating a small area cut off and “insufficient remaining acreage” exists for another pool, smaller than original 640 acres.
My local attorney involved seems uninterested.
Any directions? Recommendations? Advice?
Texas lawyers with this expertise?