EOG Resources, Inc. v. Turner

4 Citing cases

  1. Petro Harvester Operating Co. v. Keith

    954 F.3d 686 (5th Cir. 2020)   Cited 34 times

    (internal quotation marks and citations omitted)).The Keiths also rely on dicta that appears in EOG Resources, Inc. v. Turner , 908 So. 2d 848, 854 (Miss. Ct. App. 2005). There, the Mississippi Court of Appeals stated that "a mineral owner or a lessee of the mineral estate, in the absence of additional rights expressly conveyed or reserved, may use as much of the surface as is reasonably necessary to exercise its right to recover minerals, without liability for surface damage."

  2. Trinity USA Operating, LLC v. Barker

    844 F. Supp. 2d 781 (S.D. Miss. 2011)   Cited 14 times
    Denying motion for temporary restraining order for the lack of "a live case or controversy"

    This right means that the mineral lessee can go on the land and do all those things necessary and incidental to the drilling of a well....EOG Resources, Inc. v. Turner, 908 So.2d 848, 854 (Miss.Ct.App.2005) (Chandler, J.). Aside from the state of Mississippi law, though, Trinity has shown this Court very little.

  3. Douglas v. Denbury Onshore, LLC

    78 So. 3d 912 (Miss. Ct. App. 2012)

    As such, “a mineral owner or a lessee of the mineral estate, in the absence of additional rights expressly conveyed or reserved, may use as much of the surface as is reasonably necessary to exercise its right to recover minerals, without liability for surface damage.” EOG Res., Inc. v. Turner, 908 So.2d 848, 854 (¶ 18) (Miss.Ct.App.2005) (citing Union Prod. Co. v. Pittman, 245 Miss. 427, 433–34, 146 So.2d 553, 555 (1962)). Likewise, the mineral owner or mineral lessee has the absolute right to select the location for drilling a well.

  4. Douglas v. Denbury Onshore

    2010 CA 369 (Miss. Ct. App. 2011)

    As such, "a mineral owner or a lessee of the mineral estate, in the absence of additional rights expressly conveyed or reserved, may use as much of the surface as is reasonably necessary to exercise its right to recover minerals, without liability for surface damage." EOG Res., Inc. v. Turner, 908 So. 2d 848, 854 (¶ 18) (Miss. Ct. App. 2005) (citing Union Prod. Co. v. Pittman, 245 Miss. 427, 433-34, 146 So. 2d 553, 555 (1962)). Likewise, the mineral owner or mineral lessee has the absolute right to select the location for drilling a well.