Litigation Support Services

When all other avenues of resolving disputes fail and a resolution is sought in court, MACcan assist by providing experienced consulting experts or expert witness testimony.  The firm has been involved in providing such services in over 40 cases involving both revenue and expenditures in the oil and gas industry.

MAC key personnel have served as consulting experts, expert witnesses and as mediator or arbitrator for disputes related to oil and gas operating agreements and lease agreements involving the following:

• Expenditures charged to joint accounts and billed to the parties;
• Pricing of oil and gas products produced and marketed;
• Production of oil and/or gas in paying quantities;
• Redetermination of well costs;
• Damages for lost production;
• Pricing of tubulars and other controllable material;
• First level supervision in the field;
• Cash settlements upon property payouts; and,
• Payments received by royalty owners.

 

Arbitration Services and Mediation

The arbitration and mediation processes are quickly becoming recognized as viable means of settling disputes between operators and non-operators in a timely, confidential fashion and without incurring substantial legal fees.  Often arbitration and mediation are employed to resolve disputes between investors and operators, especially in settlement of unresolved audit exceptions, without the costly delays involved in litigation.

 

Involved in Following Causes of Action (Client in Bold)

EXPENDITURES CHARGED TO JOINT ACCOUNT

Reorganized Rand Energy Company  v. Shell Western E & P, Inc.
Alexander Energy Corporation  v. Geoex Resources, Inc., et al.
John P. Thompson, et al. v. Benchmark Petroleum, Inc. et al.
Penneco Oil Company, Inc. v. Richard E. Fox & Associates, et al.
Fred Parks, Inc. v. Total C.F.P., et al.
W.C. Payne v. Oxley Petroleum Company
Simpson Bros. v. B&G Energy Corporation
Austin Resources  v. Chippewa Resources Corporation, et al.
Parejo, Ltd. 1981, et al. v. Getty Oil Company (Texaco)
P&V Oil Company  v. Equity Drilling Company, et al.
Midland Energy, Inc. v. Keystone Energy Oil and Gas, Inc.
SsangYong Oil Refining Co., Ltd. v. Stewart Petroleum Company
Charles West, et al.  v. Edwin A. Epstein, Jr. Operating Company, Inc.
Zydeco Exploration, Inc. v. Cheniere Energy, Inc.
Hart Petroleum Services, et al. v. Legacy Oil & Gas, Inc., et al.
David C. Holland, et al. v. DSTJ Corporation, et al.
Chevron USA Inc. v. Occidental of Elk Hills, Inc.
Western Gas Resources, et al. v. R.I.S. Resources Int’l Corporation, et al.
Foster & Foster v. Minerva Oil Company, et al.

 

PRICING OF TUBULAR GOODS

Dime Box Petroleum Corporation  v. Louisiana Land & Exploration Company
Lingen Oil & Gas, Inc. v. Conoco, Inc.
Berco Resources, Inc. et al. v. Louisiana Land & Exploration Company

 

FIRST LEVEL SUPERVISION

Mesa Operating Ltd. Partnership v. Phillips Petroleum Company
Mesa Operating Ltd. Partnership v. Pennzoil Exploration & Production

 

PAYING QUANTITIES

Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company  v. Lenape Resources Corporation, et al.
El Paso Natural Gas Company  v. Wolverine Exploration Company
Estate of Josefina Martinez, et al. v. Chevron USA Inc.

 

PAYMENT OF BANKRUPT WORKING INTEREST EXPENDITURES

B&G Energy Corporation  v. Jack Hunter

 

REDETERMINATION OF WELL COSTS

SWEPI, L.P.  v. ANR Production Company
Estate of T.K. Jackson, et al. v. Phillips Petroleum Company

 

PRODUCTION PAYMENT RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES

Commodore Resources, Inc., et al.  v. Duke Energy Field Services, Inc.
D.I. Industries, Inc. v. TransAmerican Natural Gas Corporation
SWEPI, L.P.  v. ANR Production Company
Veneco, Inc. v. Key Production Company, Inc.

 

DAMAGES FOR LOST PRODUCTION

Pennzoil Producing Company, et al. v. Mark Producing, Inc. et al.

 

ROYALTY PAYMENTS

Shell Offshore, Inc. v. State of Louisiana
Houston Endowment Inc. v. Texaco Inc., et al.
Roxanna G. Catto, et al. v. TransAmerican Natural Gas Corporation, et al.
Coates Energy Trust, et al. v. Coastal Oil & Gas Producing Co., Inc.
H.S. Finkelstein, et al. v. TransAmerican Natural Gas Corporation, et al.

 

PROCEEDS FROM GAS PLANT PRODUCTS

Western Gas Processors  v. Woods Petroleum Corporation, et al.
Apache Corporation, et al. v. Koch Hydrocarbon Company

 

PARTNERSHIP CASH RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS

New York Life Insurance Company  v. RAMCO Oil & Gas, Inc. et al.

 

ACCOUNTING FOR OIL AND GAS REVENUES

Johnston Estates, et al.  v. Tenneco Oil Company, et al.
John W. Holtz  v. Interstate Bank – Houston, N.A. et al.

 

LIMITATION ON REVENUE CLAIMS AND ADJUSTMENTS

Oxy Cities Services NGL Inc.  v. Shell Western E&P Inc.

MEDIATOR

ROYALTY PAYMENTS

Martha Tomlinson Delaney, et al. v. Enserch Corporation

 

ARBITRATOR

CONTROLLABLE MATERIAL PRICING AND AFFILIATES’ CHARGES

Austin Resources Corporation  v. Chesapeake Operating, Inc.