The Energy Law Blog

DECEMBER 29, 2008

by April Rolen-Ogden This case involved a suit by an unleased landowner against an oil and gas unit operator seeking unpaid production proceeds. The landowner owned a portion of a small tract of property, which was included in an oil and gas production unit that was apparently being operated by the defendant, Cedyco. The trial court awarded Caldwell the unpaid production proceeds attributable to Caldwell’s production unit acreage.

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The Energy Law Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2008

by Elisabeth Lorio The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit recently affirmed the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana’s decision to grant partial summary judgment in favor of the operator co-owner in a dispute over liability after a fellow co-owner’s assignment of lease interests governed by joint operating agreements (JOAs).

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The Energy Law Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2008

On July 12, 1996, the Jameses purchased immovable property from Gray Investments, a corporation owned by Leon Gray, Sr. and his wife, Mary Gray. The deed conveyed to the Jameses one-half of the royalties and mineral interests in the property and reserved the other one-half to Gray Investments. Division orders were prepared by Kelley Oil Corporation, a predecessor-in-interest to Samson, and the Jameses began receiving royalties.

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The Energy Law Blog

DECEMBER 3, 2008

Despite the current problems facing the national economy, Louisiana collected $3.5 million at its mineral lease sale in November, which State Mineral Board Director Marjorie McKeithan describes as “showing interest [that] leasing Louisiana mineral rights for energy production is still strong.” Bids on tracts in the Haynesville Shale area decreased from the peak sales in June, as companies are focusing on developing the tracts that were leased in the past few months.

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