Houston Appeals Court Affirms $3M Judgment in Drilling Contract Dispute

A state appeals court this week upheld a trial court judgment in an oil and gas contract case between two Houston companies in which the crux of the appeal stemmed from the jury charge.

Crimson Exploration Operating asked Houston’s Fourteenth Court of Appeals to reverse a $3.39 million judgment in favor of BPX Operating company. The judgment came after a 2019 trial in which a Houston jury found Crimson did not pay its part of expenses laid out in a joint operating agreement to drill a horizontal well in Southeast Texas.