HOUSTON — Equinor faces a suit filed from a Texas couple who allege they are being "cheated" out of their oil, gas and mineral lease royalties.
Alexander Lord Jr. and Marilyn Lord filed a complaint Dec. 10 against Equinor Texas Onshore Properties LLC, Equinor Marketing and Trading (US) Inc., Equinor US Holdings Inc., Equinor Natural Gas LLC and Equinor Pipelines LLC alleging breach of contract, breach of implied duty to reasonably market oil and gas, violation of the Texas Natural Resources Code, unjust enrichment, conversion and fraud.
According to the complaint, the Lords entered into an oil, gas and mineral lease with Talisman Energy USA and Statoil Texas Onshore, now Equinor, on Dec. 22, 2011. The lease allegedly included the Lords receiving one-fourth royalty payments. The plaintiffs alleged they have been "cheated" out of "their contractual rights and deprived of payment of the royalty." They also allege Equinor has "manipulated the payment of royalties" and "pooled" their mineral interests.
The Lords seek monetary relief in excess of $100,00, trial by jury, interest, cost of suit and all other just relief. They are represented by attorneys Bryan Blevins Jr. of The Provost Humphrey Law Firm LLP in Beaumont, and by T. Ernest Freeman of The Freeman Law Firm PC in Houston.
Harris County District Court case number 2019-87141