Oil / gas / petrochemical law:
Across the energy spectrum

Houston is home to the world's oil and gas and petrochemical industries. DRH&R has extensive experience in representing these industries in all types of commercial disputes and general business litigation. The firm's experience in the energy arena includes the entire spectrum of oil and gas and petrochemical technology and disputes, including trade secrets, breach of contract claims, royalty disputes, operator disputes, product failures, and insurance issues. We have represented, and continue to represent, some of the largest public and private companies involved in the business of energy. Some of the specific cases we have handled in this area include:

• Defense of oil field equipment manufacturer in product liability actions involving oil field accidents
• Representation of a manufacturer of synthetic rubber in toxic tort chemical exposure cases and claims brought by a worker who was severely burned in an industrial accident
• Prosecution of a breach of contract claim on behalf of a styrene manufacturer (Cook Composites, Inc. v. Westlake Styrene Company, 15 S.W.3d 124 (Tex. App.- Houston [14th Dist.] 2000))
• Defense of an international trader of minerals in a breach of contract action
• Prosecution of a breach of contract dispute to recover overriding royalty payments
• Prosecution of claims on behalf of a petrochemical manufacturer involving ethylene furnace tube technology
• Defense of a national oil company in a dispute over a turnkey drilling contract for a well drilled offshore Africa
• Representation of a large local heat treating company regarding services performed for the oil and gas industry