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Federal Court Affirms Sublessee’s Liability for Original Lessee’s Obligations

Feb 1, 2020 | Drill Deeper Blog

In AWT Be Good LLC v. Chesapeake Louisiana, L.P., No. 16-1412, 2019 WL 2385199 (W.D. La. June 4, 2019), the Western District Court of Louisiana reaffirmed the longstanding principle under Mineral Code article 128 that an assignee or sublessee of a mineral lease is...

Courts At Odds Whether Non-Operator Lessees Can Invoke LA. R.S. 30:103.1 and LA. R.S. 30:103.2

Mar 9, 2017 | Drill Deeper Blog

Under La. R.S. 30:103.1 and 30:103.2, an unleased owner in a commissioner’s unit is entitled to reports on production and costs from a well in the unit and, in certain circumstances, statutory penalties if such reports are not timely provided.  But is a non-operator...

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