By: Nigel Bankes PDF Version: No Implied Duties When Voting to Discharge an Operator Case Commented On: TAQA Bratani Ltd et al v RockRose UKCS8 LLC, [2020] EWHC 58 (Comm) The operator serves a crucial role in the operation of any jointly owned oil and gas property and yet, depending on the terms of the […]
By: Jassmine Girgis PDF Version: Bidders Do Not Owe Duties of Fairness and Honesty to Other Bidders in Tendering Competitions Case Commented On: LaPrairie Works Inc v Ledcor Alberta Limited, 2019 ABQB 701(CanLII) This case raises the interesting question of whether bidders in a tendering competition owe duties of fair play to other bidders. The […]
By: Nigel Bankes PDF Version: Two New Offset Well Cases Cases Commented On: Canadian Natural Resources Limited v Lisafeld Royalties Ltd., 2019 SKQB 201 (Can LII); Whitecap Resources Inc. v Canadian Natural Resources Limited, 2019 ABQB 698 (Can LII) This post examines two recent decisions dealing with offset well obligations under petroleum and natural gas leases. An […]
By: Jassmine Girgis PDF Version: Precision Drilling Canada Limited Partnership v Yangarra Resources Ltd, 2017 ABCA 378: Fraud and Limitation of Liability Clauses Case Commented On: Precision Drilling Canada Limited Partnership v Yangarra Resources Ltd, 2017 ABCA 378 (CanLII) Introduction This is a case about the legal test for civil fraud and whether a limitation of […]
By: Nigel Bankes PDF Version: Party Principally Interested in Thermal Recovery Succeeds on Appeal Case Commented On: IFP Technologies (Canada) Inc v EnCana Midstream and Marketing, 2017 ABCA 157 (CanLII) The Court of Appeal by a majority (Chief Justice Fraser, Justice Rowbotham concurring; Justice Watson dissenting) has concluded that a party (IFP Technologies) who acquired from […]
