Vorys Energy

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Ohio’s Seventh District Court of Appeals recently held that an “anti-washout” provision found in multiple assignments of overriding royalty interests covering leases that subsequently expired was not binding on the original lessee’s assignees, which had taken new leases to those same lands, as there was no privity of contract.

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Texas Oil & Gas Attorney

JUNE 30, 2024

3d , 2022 WL 17351596 (Tex.Civ.App.Corpus Christi 2022, pet. The Plaintiff sold land to a third party and reserved a 1/8 royalty nonparticipating royalty interest (fixed royalty language). The Corpus Christi Court of Appeals considered the issue again in Hahn v. ConocoPhillips Co.,

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The Energy Law

APRIL 4, 2023

While 30:10 was amended during the 2022 legislative session, the amendment preserved the limited obligation of remitting the royalty and overriding royalty burdens to the nonparticipating owner for the benefit of the royalty and overriding royalty owners.

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