You may be part of this settlement if you have Diamondback Wells in Texas. Please review this website to see if you are included: Cook v. Diamondback Settlement. Royalty owners are already starting to receive checks. You can find out if your wells are included on the website.
What is this lawsuit about?
The Litigation seeks damages for the Diamondback Entities’ alleged payment, underpayment, or nonpayment of royalties paid to Plaintiff and the Settlement Class or its predecessors on the volumes of natural gas, natural gas liquids, and associated hydrocarbons produced during the Claim Period. The Diamondback Entities expressly deny all allegations of wrongdoing or liability with respect to the claims and allegations in the Litigation. The Court has made no determination with respect to the merits of any of the parties’ claims or defenses.
Who is included?
The Settlement Class in the Litigation consists of the following individuals and entities:
All royalty owners in Texas wells where Diamondback E&P LLC, Diamondback Energy, Inc., Energen Resources Corporation, and/or each’s respective affiliates was the operator (or a working interest owner who marketed its share of gas and directly paid royalties to the royalty owners) from April 1, 2011, to July 31, 2023, under oil and gas leases which expressly contain the off-lease use of gas royalty clause, the on-lease free use clause, or both, and in which Diamondback E&P LLC, Diamondback Energy, Inc., Energen Resources Corporation, and/or each’s respective affiliates are lessees or successors-in-interest under such agreements (collectively, the “Diamondback Entities”).
Claim Period means checks or payments from April 1, 2011, to and including July 31, 2023, subject to the terms of the Settlement Agreement regarding Released Claims. A list of the persons and entities excluded from the Class can be found in the Notice of Proposed Settlement, available for download from the Important Documents page.