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Texas Supreme Court Holds that References to “One-Eighth” in Old Oil and Gas Conveyances Presumptively Refer to the Entire Mineral Estate

The Energy Law

According to the Court, the estate-misconception theory was so prevalent in instruments in and around 1924—the time of the deed at issue—that “courts have taken judicial notice of this widespread phenomenon.” Eastland June 1, 2021). Texas courts refer to this phenomenon as the “estate-misconception” theory. Dawkins , 483 S.W.3d

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Harmonizing Assignments and Exhibits

Producer's Edge

—El Paso 2021, pet. In Posse Energy the El Paso Court of Appeals determined that the limiting language in the exhibit at issue did control, since the language in the granting instrument was “extremely broad” and the exhibit included the critical limiting language of “insofar and only insofar as.”

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Louisiana First Circuit Applies Subsequent Purchaser Doctrine to Property Transfer Involving Closely Held LLC

The Energy Law

Energen Resources Corporation , 2021-0290 (La. 10/4/21), 2021 WL 4548529, —So. If the transferring instrument does not contain an explicit assignment of the personal right to sue for damages to the property, the right remains with the transferor.” In Louisiana Wetlands, LLC v.

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The Value of This LARGE SCALE Gold Deposit Is Getting Ready to Jump

Oil and Gas Investments

The Greenstone Gold Mine started being built in Q4 2021. Goldshore has hired G Mining Services, the consultant that completed the 2021 feasibility study for Greenstone, to complete the PEA–Preliminary Economic Assessment–on the Moss Gold Project. By Q2 2024, the company poured its first gold.