Cactus establishes a default rule that produced water belongs to the mineral lessee absent express lease language, but leaves unresolved ...

Cactus Water Services LLC is suing ConocoPhillips Co. and its subsidiary COG Operating LLC for more than $10 million in the Texas Business Court, claiming the companies unlawfully sold water rights it ...

As efforts to reuse produced water have intensified, questions have arisen over who owns that produced water: The driller who produced it or the landowner? The Texas Supreme Court recently issued a ...

ConocoPhillips and COG Operating were named in a lawsuit on Nov. 3 in Texas Business Court for 11th Division over the alleged wrongful sale of water rights. The action, brought by Sprouse Shrader ...

The decision potentially invites further litigation over parties’ respective rights to use and be compensated for the beneficial reuse of produced water. On June 27, the Texas Supreme Court issued its ...

In one of the most anticipated cases of 2025, the Texas Supreme Court’s decision in Cactus Water Services, LLC v. COG Operating, LLC, No. 23-0676, resolves—on its face—a straightforward question of ...