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Fifth Circuit Reverses District Court Ruling Protecting Mineral Owner’s Rights of Ingress and Egress Over National Park Service Land

The Energy Law

Dunn-McCampbell Royalty Interest Inc. The Texas law made an exception for the use of the surface of the land for the reasonable development of oil, gas, and other minerals – including the right of ingress and egress. by: Megan J. Nat’l Park Serv. , 09-40187 (5th Cir.

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Who Owns the Void? Oral Arguments at SCOTX Regarding Underground Storage Rights

Producer's Edge

The deed severed the mineral estate from the surface estate, with Myers-Woodward LLC (“Myers”) now owning the surface estate and a 1/8th non-participating royalty interest in minerals. As I recently summarized in my annual oil and gas law review (Austin W. Anadarko E&P Onshore, LLC , 520 S.W.3d 3d 39 , 47 (Tex.

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Louisiana Second Circuit Finds Holder of Mortgage Encumbering a Mineral Lease Solidarily Liable with Mineral Lessees for Damages Under the Louisiana Mineral Code

The Energy Law

10] First, the mortgagee claimed that the trial court erred in its conclusion that the mortgagee was assigned a portion of the working interest in the Lease because the mortgage only granted the mortgagee a security interest in the Lease. [11] Tauren immediately assigned a portion of the overriding royalty interest to Wells Fargo.”

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Who Owns the Empty Space? Texas Supreme Court Affirms Surface Ownership of Salt Caverns in Landmark Ruling

Producer's Edge

In 1947, Myers-Woodward's predecessors retained the surface estate but conveyed the mineral estate to Underground Services Markham's (USM) predecessor through a mineral deed that included "all of the said oil, gas and other minerals in, on and under said land." The dispute arose on two fronts. Can a Cavern Be Owned?

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