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place rules of property regarding what is and is not a valid deed in order to be able to reach a “just” conclusion? BEWARE! CAUTION: There are actually four (4) different opinions (with perhaps a fifth to follow) which have been issued by the Texas Supreme Court/ Westlaw. There is: (i) the first opinion, found on the Court’s website; (ii) a second opinion, also found on its website, represented to be the identical and final opinion, having the same date as the original opinion but differing from the first opinion in several significant particulars and (iii) the third opinion, found in Westlaw at 627 S.W.3d 226, containing the changes found in the body of the second opinion but containing the footnotes found in the first opinion and (iv) a fourth opinion, also found at 627 S.W.3d 226, which has the changes made in the body of the second opinion and the correct footnotes, also as found in the second opinion. However, neither Westlaw published case lists the amicus briefs authored and filed in favor of Ellison (12); only those (3) filed in favor of Concho et al. OERB NEWS The people of Oklahoma Oil & Natural Gas have sponsored energy education workshops this fall in Enid, McAlester, and Blanchard. A fourth workshop has been scheduled for November 6 in Bixby. So far in 2021, the workshops have provided 152 teachers with $72,000 worth of classroom supplies. The curricula provide Oklahoma-based, real-world applications to supplement existing lesson plans, including science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) concepts to teachers of kindergarten through 12th grade classes. The grounds of the Oklahoma State Capitol were the latest site of voluntary efforts from the people of Oklahoma Oil & Natural Gas. For 79 years, a historic oil and natural gas artifact has been located near the south steps of the Oklahoma State Capitol as an illustration of the heritage of oil and natural gas industry in Oklahoma, which has

To restate where the published cases are, as of the fourth opinion (second Westlaw opinion), all of the changes and footnotes found in the second Court opinion are now present in the second published Westlaw opinion ( fourth opinion). However, none of the amicus briefs submitted in favor of Ellison are identified. Only the amicus briefs in favor of Concho et al are identified in the second published Westlaw opinion ( fourth opinion). Who is writing all of these opinions? Who is approving them? Where is the approval to change the opinions? Why were the opinions changed? Which opinion should be relied on? Unknown.

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driven our economy for more than 100 years. The artifact includes equipment associated with Phillips Petroleum’s Capitol Site #1 well (nicknamed the Petunia #1) that was completed in 1942. The well produced more than 1.5 million barrels of oil and 1.6 billion cubic feet of natural gas before being plugged in 1986 and was donated as a historical artifact to the Oklahoma Historical Society. After nearly 8 decades next to the historic oil derrick on the grounds of the Oklahoma State Capitol, three oil storage tanks have been removed so the space can be repurposed by the state. The tanks were removed courtesy of the Oklahoma Energy Resources Board and Phillips 66. The work was completed at no cost to taxpayers and through voluntary funding from the people of Oklahoma Oil & Natural Gas and an additional contribution from Phillips 66.

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