Case: Larry Doiron, Inc. v.
Specialty Rental Tools & Supply LLP (In re Larry Doiron,
Inc.)
U.S. Fifth Circuit
Court of Appeals
2017 U.S. App.
LEXIS 3331 (5th Cir. La. Feb. 23, 2017)
On October 12, 2005, Apache Corporation and Specialty Rental
Tools & Supply ("STS") entered into a Master Services
Contract ("MSC"). The MSC contemplated future tasks to be
performed under subsequent work orders. The MSC contained an
indemnification agreement, whereby STS was required to defend and
indemnify the Apache Company Group against all claims for property
damage or bodily injury.
In early 2011, Apache hired STS to perform flow-back services on
its offshore well, located in West Lake Verret in the Atchafalaya
Basin. The flow-back process was designed to dislodge solid objects
from inside the well. The work was to be performed on Apache's
fixed production platform. The flow-back services were arranged by
an oral work order.
