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Anadarko & Occidental Petroleum Corp.

Class Action Lawsuit

If you owned or had an ownership interest in certain oil & gas rights between November 1, 2017 and October 19, 2020, you may be included in the class.
Landowners in Wyoming have filed a lawsuit against Anadarko, a company owned by Occidental Petroleum Corporation, claiming that Anadarko prevented them from leasing their oil and gas rights by keeping other competitors out of eastern Laramie County.

The Court decided that this case should be a class action on behalf of a “Class” or group of landowners and their heirs. The Court has not decided who is right. There are no benefits available now and no guarantee that there will be. The lawyers for the landowners will have to prove their claims in Court.
Am I a Class Member?
You are a member of the Class if you owned or had an ownership interest in Class Minerals during the Class Period in, on, and under the lands having Class Minerals as defined below.

Class Minerals are defined as:

  • Oil and gas minerals, as shown by the public records of the Clerk and Recorder of Laramie County, Wyoming, that were: (a) not  under an oil and gas lease to drill and operate wells during the Class Period; (b) were located in the Niobrara and/or Codell geologic formations in Laramie County, Wyoming, east of the eastern boundary of Range 67W having oil and gas pools that could be reasonably produced as demonstrated by the industry’s filing of drilling and spacing applications or applications for drilling permits in at least 50% of the sections in the relevant township; and (c) located either:
    • Within a section that had a 30% royalty Intracompany Lease covering at least 50% of the oil and gas minerals, provided the Intracompany Lease or memorandum of the Intracompany Lease was filed in the Laramie County public records disclosing the royalty rate, or
    • In a section (or a part thereof) immediately bounded to the north, south, or both by a section in which the Anadarko Defendants had a 30% royalty Intracompany Lease as set forth in the subparagraph above.

Class Period is defined as the time between November 1, 2017 and continuing through October 19, 2020.

You are not a member of the Class if you are an owner who:

  • Is one of the Anadarko Defendants;
  • Is an officer, director, or employee of one of the Anadarko Defendants;
  • Is an entity in which one of the Anadarko Defendants has a controlling interest or is an affiliate;
  • Is an entity controlled by a buyer of Anadarko Defendants' leases or minerals, including Cowboy Land LLC, Sweetwater Trona HoldCo LLC, and any other affiliate of Orion Mine Finance Group;
  • Has given a valid release concerning the claims asserted in this lawsuit;
  • Was a lessee of Class Minerals during the Class Period; or
  • Is an affiliate of the Court.
What Are My Options if I Am a Class Member?
Class members may participate in the Class or opt out of the Class.
Stay in the Class
You do not need to do anything to stay in the class. If benefits are obtained, you will be notified about how to ask for a share.
Get Out of the Class
If you want to keep your rights to sue Anadarko on your own over claims in this case, you need to exclude yourself. If you exclude yourself, you cannot get benefits from this lawsuit if any are awarded. The deadline to exclude yourself is November 4, 2023.
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