A deed reserving a mineral servitude for a period of ten years does not create a ten-year fixed servitude, but instead re-affirms the statutory ten-year prescription of nonuse applicable to mineral servitudes established in article 27 of the Louisiana Mineral Code. Thus, the right did not expire after the passage of ten years, but was
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Texas Supreme Court to Hear Miesch Case
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On February 13, the Texas Supreme Court will hear arguments in a case involving important issues to the Texas oil and gas industry, including whether or not Texas recognizes an independent private cause of action for waste based on violations of Texas conservation laws and whether an oil and gas lessee commits waste by plugging…
Additional Insured Cannot Rely On Certificate of Insurance
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In Via Net v. TIG Insurance Co., the Supreme Court of Texas recently concluded it was not reasonable for a party to believe it was an additional insured under another party’s commercial general liability policy, based only on a certificate of insurance provided by the other party’s insurance broker. After noting…
DOI Signs Agreement with Oil Companies
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In the continuing dispute between federal offshore lessees and the Department of the Interior over missing price threshold provisions in 1998 and 1999 federal oil and gas leases, MMS announced today that it has signed agreements with BP, ConocoPhillips, Marathon Oil Company, Shell, and Walter Oil and Gas Corporation.
Supreme Court Denies Relief to Oil Companies
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In BHP America Petroleum Co. v. Burton, 549 U.S. — (2006), the Supreme Court resolved a legal issue that has been at the center of federal royalty litigation for twenty years: viz., whether 28 U.S.C. § 2415(a), which imposes a 6-year statute of limitations for Government “every action for money damages … founded …
Pipeline Canal Class Action Dismissed
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In Barasich v. Columbia Gulf Transmission, et al., Judge Sarah Vance of the Eastern District of Louisiana dismissed a suit in which plaintiffs claimed that oil and gas production and pipeline companies’ activities in South Louisiana marshes contributed to the destruction wreaked by hurricanes Katrina and Rita. The plaintiffs alleged that dredging of pipeline canals…