Strip-And-Gore Leads to 30 Acres of Minerals Underlying a Highway
Several reported cases in recent years have involved title to minerals underlying roadways, points out Austin Brister for the McGinnis Lochridge Oil and Gas Law Digest.
“In urban oil and gas plays such as the Barnett Shale, horizontal drilling has ‘paved the way’ for oil and gas operators to drill through and produce minerals underlying highways, streets, and roadways,” he explains. “Even in rural areas across Texas, numerous horizontal wells have been drilled underneath roads and highways.”
The article discusses the case of Green v. Chesapeake in the Fort Worth Court of Appeals as it relates to the the strip-and-gore doctrine.