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Production in Paying Quantities: Maintaining Mineral Leases Beyond Their Primary Terms with Production of Oil or Gas

The Energy Law

The sharp decline in oil prices over the past year and a half has had a significant impact on operators and mineral lessees in Louisiana and in other oil-producing states. In Louisiana, as in most jurisdictions, production of oil or gas must be in “paying quantities” to maintain a mineral lease beyond its primary term. [1]

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