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General Assembly Passes Bill Aimed at Preserving and Digitizing County Records

Vorys Energy

Among other things, Senate Bill 94 requires county recorders in all 88 counties to both (i) establish a method for electronically recording instruments and (ii) make its indices and recorded instruments dating back to 1980 available to the public electronically by June 30, 2026.

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Harmonizing Assignments and Exhibits

Producer's Edge

In Piranha Partners, the Texas Supreme Court found that the exhibit at issue did not control the granting language in the body of the document, since the exhibit did not contain any specific limiting language, and thus served merely to more clearly identify the lease at issue.

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The Continued Struggle to Rebut the Van Dyke Presumption

Producer's Edge

Navigator Group that courts interpreting “antiquated instruments” that use 1/8 within a double fraction must begin with the rebuttable presumption that 1/8 refers to the entire mineral estate, Texas courts have wrestled with its implications. Following the Texas Supreme Court’s ruling in Van Dyke v. Montgomery, Tr.

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Making the Invisible Visible – Delivering Clarity

Drillers

This can be as simple as removing unnecessary content or duplication or completely restructuring planning documents. Operational Optimisation Team Architecture Identifying which services are required to ensure an operation runs smoothly is a talent. It is essential to identify those capable of providing the required results.

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Key Issues in OTC Derivatives Contracts as COVID-19 Disrupts Global Financial Markets

The Energy Law

Derivatives contracts typically provide for standard fallback mechanisms in the event of a disruption, including no-fault termination, but parties should confirm if the standard fallbacks have been modified in a confirmation or other documentation. Regulatory authorities are working to provide relief on reporting deadlines and scope.

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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.

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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

By definition, a clerical error is an error in writing or copying a document. A reservation of mineral rights is a substantive change, because the addition of a reservation of mineral rights would change the effect of the document in regard to the real rights held by the parties to the act. Flat River Farms, L.L.C. ,

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