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Louisiana Second Circuit Provides Guidance as to Good Faith Required When Conducting Operations Necessary to Interrupt Prescription of Mineral Servitude

The Energy Law Blog

The well was a dry hole, however, and was therefore plugged and abandoned on April 21, 2006. The controlling element in this case focused upon by the Second Circuit was whether the operations were “commenced with reasonable expectation of discovering and producing minerals in paying quantities” at the location and depth chosen.