Volume 41, Number 1 Fall 2016 OGERL Section Report

• Jurisdiction: Florida
• Library: Florida Register
• Year: 2016

VOLUME 41, NUMBER 1/ FALL 2016

OFFICERS

Charles W. Gordon IV, Chair

800 North Shoreline Blvd., Suite 800

Corpus Christi, Texas 78401

(361) 880-5838

Peter E. Hosey, Chair-Elect

112 E. Pecan Street, Suite 2400

San Antonio, Texas 78205

(210) 228-2423

Kathleen E. Magruder, Vice-Chair

201 Helios Way

Houston, Texas 77079

(713) 323-0511

Michael D. Jones, Secretary

6363 Woodway, Suite 1100

Houston, TX 77057

(713) 652-4068

Michael E. McElroy, Treasurer

1201 Spyglass Drive, Suite 200

Austin, Texas 78746

(512) 327-8111

Ricardo E. Morales, Immediate Past Chair

602 E. Calton Rd.

Laredo, Texas 78041

(956) 727-4441

COUNCIL:

TERMS EXPIRE 2017

Shonnie Daniel

Jeffery McCarn

Jeff Weems

TERMS EXPIRE 2018

Jonathan D. Baughman

Lisa Vaughn Lumley

Carroll Martin

TERMS EXPIRE 2019

Rhodes Hamilton

David Jackson

Katie Pier Moore

SECTION REPORT EDITOR:

Jeff Weems

6363 Woodway, Suite 1100

Houston, TX 77057

(281) 903-5989

SECTION REPORT OF THE

OIL, GAS & ENERGY RESOURCES LAW

SECTION OF THE STATE BAR OF TEXAS

IN THIS ISSUE

Chair’s Message 1

By: Charles W. Gordon IV

Corpus Christi, Texas

Past Chairs 3

Editor’s Message 4

By: Jeff Weems

Houston, Texas

Recent Texas Oil and Gas Cases 5

By: Richard F. Brown

Amarillo, Texas

Louisiana Update 2016 15

By: T.C. Turner

Houston, Texas

Crosstex North Texas Pipeline, L.P. v. Gardiner: The Texas Supreme Court Attempts to

Make Nuisance Claims less of a Nuisance in Texas Courts 47

By: Julie A. Hardin, Stephan D. Selinidis, and Nicole S. Soussan

Houston, Texas

Sharing the Road: Surface Project Development and Severed Estates 55

By: Gregory S. Friend

Austin, Texas

Recycling Flowback and Produced Water: 73

Can Texas Do More To Throw Away Less?

By: Adam Friedman

Austin, Texas

These articles and prior section reports and CLE are available at www.oilgas.org.