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Louisiana Third Circuit Addresses Payment of Royalties in Situations Involving Production Under a Mineral Lease Pursuant to a Conditional Allowable Prior to Unitization

The Energy Law

the Third Circuit addressed the question of whether or not a mineral lessee must pay its lessor full lease-basis royalties for production undertaken during the effective period of a conditional allowable but prior to the effective date of a unit order. [1] Anglo-Dutch Energy, L.L.C. , Anglo-Dutch Energy, L.L.C. , Anglo-Dutch Energy, L.L.C. ,

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EPA and BSEE Team Up to Resolve Offshore Environmental Violations

The Energy Law

Recently, when there was talk about Houston-based ATP Oil and Gas’ (ATP) legal problems, it was inevitably about its bankruptcy and its effort to bring the overriding royalty interests it had conveyed back into the bankrupt estate as debt instruments. 110.4 & NPDES General Permit, Part I, Section C.3

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Louisiana Second Circuit Addresses: (1) Creation of Mineral Servitudes Via Notarial Acts of Correction; (2) Obstacles Suspending the Prescription of Nonuse from Running Against Mineral Servitudes; and (3) Payment of Court Costs in Concursus Actions

The Energy Law

Given the fact that oil and gas operators often utilize concursus actions in disputes over mineral proceeds/royalties, the Court’s application of Article 4659 ensures that operators can continue to rely on the deposit of funds as satisfying not only their financial obligation to concursus claimants but also to the Court. However, art.

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