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The Continued Struggle to Rebut the Van Dyke Presumption

Producer's Edge

Travis Lattner, Jr., “a non-participating royalty of one-fourth (1/4th) of the landowner’s usual one-eighth (1/8th) royalty on oil and gas produced and saved from said land[.]” By way of background, in 1955 J.D. and Elva Arthur conveyed to W. By way of background, in 1955 J.D. and Elva Arthur conveyed to W.

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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. 362(b)(4).

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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. However, art.

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Emerging on the Other Side of the Coronavirus Pandemic: Raising Structured Capital for Small and Mid-Size Businesses

The Energy Law

The existing equity for corporations is represented by shares of stock, and the issuance of additional shares of stock typically is addressed in the certificate of formation, by-laws, articles of incorporation or other organizational documents. Finally, there are SMBs organized as limited partnerships under state law.