Landowners win in court against seismic co.

Hi,
Here's the link to the article. It appears to me they may have a problem though when the lawsuit is refilled with Chesapeake added.
http://www.morningjournalnews.com/page/content.detail/id/539509/Lan...

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Permalink Reply by Billy Park Whyde on April 21, 2012 at 10:24am

Hi Kathleen the link is bad.

Permalink Reply by Kathleen on April 21, 2012 at 1:11pm
Permalink Reply by Jack Straw on April 21, 2012 at 10:53am

RE: "Landowners win a battle in court"

Landowners did not win a battle, they won a skirmish.

When Chesapeake joins the fight, then it will become a battle.

Acquiring Seismic data under contract to CHK makes the company a CHK subcontractor.

Shooting Seismic is part of O & G exploration; an endeavor for which the Landowners have leasesed their land.

CHK will likely win the next battle and the war.

 

All IMHO,

                JS

 

 

Permalink Reply by Billy Park Whyde on April 21, 2012 at 12:23pm

You would think that part of a O&G exploration would have better legal council, " TGS is contracted with Chesapeake to complete seismic testing for Chesapeake's use, but that contract was never produced, according to court documents." Ya think they may not have been under contract at the time? Perhaps the company was freelancing and going to auction off the results.  Personal opinion here something doesn't quite add up.

Permalink Reply by Kathleen on April 21, 2012 at 1:14pm
Yea it is weird since all I think they needed to do was produce the lease and something that said they were authorized by the lease holder to preform these tests. My lease is clear that they have the right to look for oil and gas under certain conditions but seismic testing would be one of them I couldn't fight and honestly I won't. They will win in the long run but this has not been handled properly.
Permalink Reply by Billy Park Whyde on April 21, 2012 at 1:17pm

The link is working fine now 

Permalink Reply by Jack Straw on April 21, 2012 at 3:23pm

I suspect that TGS were over-confident and went into Court unprepared for a skeptical Judge.

They will likely be back, with a Chesapeake Attorney in tow.

The bad news for the Landowners is that they will probably lose.

The worse news is that (should they lose their suit) they will have to pay not only their Attorney fees, but also the fees of TGS's and Chesapeake's Attorneys.

May we all make it through life without ever having to be in a Courtroom (except doing our civic duty as a juror).

 

All IMHO,

                 JS 

Permalink Reply by Billy Park Whyde on April 21, 2012 at 4:58pm

Jack can that be done? To me it would look like it would be up to CHK to file suit against TSG, TSG had their day in court, TSG could appeal it but I doubt of it would fly as the evidence the contract was not presented. 

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