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When an active well doesn’t hold a lease: MBI Oil & Gas, LLC v. Royalty Interests Partnership, LP, No. 24-2031 (8^th Cir. July 25, 2025)

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You can’t just bury your problems (or pipelines): The Byrne Oil decision

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The AI boom brings opportunities to the oil and gas industry

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Murky waters: Wading through Texas law and the future of produced water

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OG Talks: Good Energy – Episode 6 featuring Brad Gibbs and Molly Pela

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Ohio House Bill 507 Becomes Ohio Law: Its Impact on Oil and Gas Leasing on State Lands

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Does the Fifth Amendment Apply to Lessee Property Interests?

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Honing the Habendum: What Happens When Lease Provisions Deviate from Standard?

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A Salty Chapter in the Ongoing Saga of Post-Production Costs (and a Bonus Discussion of Subsurface Cavern Ownership)

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Proposed Changes to Louisiana’s “Risk Fee Statute,” La. R.S. 30:10 (2022)

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Consent Agreement Reached in Federal Ohio Case: USA v. Utica Resources Operating, LLC

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Privity of Contract: Why Anti-Washout Provisions Fail

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Pooling in Bad Faith: Look to the Lease Terms for Clarity

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Flatland Falls Flat When Attempting to Shift an NPRI Burden

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A “Plus-Sized” Win for Royalty Owners in Devon v. Sheppard

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OLIVA GIBBS WELCOMES LITIGATION PARTNER ANDREW GOOD IN OHIO

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Navigating the Navigator Decision: New Guidance on the “Double Fraction Dilemma”

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Granting Clause vs. Exhibit: The Eternal Question of Assignment Scope

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Real Rights Require Real Acts – And Recordation

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The Presumed-Lost-Deed Doctrine: A Recent Texas Case Invokes an Obscure Rule

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OLIVA GIBBS PROMOTES JOSH ABRAMS AND PATRICK SCHENKEL TO PARTNER

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Governor Shapiro and the future of fracking in Pennsylvania

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Signed, Sealed, and Delivered(?) – The North Dakota Supreme Court Examines Two Classic Conveyancing Doctrines in Northern Oil & Gas, Inc. v. EOG Res., Inc.

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Hoggs Get Slaughtered: Interpreting an Assignment of “Leases” Versus “Lands” in the Blackbeard Decision

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OLIVA GIBBS LLP ADDS SENIOR ATTORNEY, EXPANDS TO NEW SPACE IN OKLAHOMA

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Washed Out: Ohio’s Seventh District Court of Appeals Addresses Enforceability of “Anti-Washout” Provisions

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Rethinking Renewables Development – The Land Department Podcast

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Haunting Your Ex From Beyond the Grave: Post-Divorce Partition and the Johnson Decision

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Superior Court of Pennsylvania Clarifies the Difference Between an “Exception” and a “Reservation” in the Context of an Oil and Gas Clause

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Dormant Mineral Act – “Ignorance of a Mineral Owner’s Last Known Location is No Excuse”

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Siltstone Res., L.L.C. v. Ohio Pub Works Comm’n: The Effect of Deed Restrictions on Mineral Right

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Ohio Appellate Court Holds that Production Under a Backdated Lease Does Not Preclude Abandonment of Severed Mineral Interests by the Surface Owner Under the Ohio Dormant Mineral Act

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The Ohio Supreme Court Classifies Unaccrued Royalties as Real Property and Further Clarifies the Distinction Between a Reservation and an Exception

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An Update on the Requirements for Deducting Post-Production Costs from Royalty Payments in West Virginia

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OLIVA GIBBS LLP ANNOUNCES PROMOTION OF D. BRADLEY GIBBS, FIRM NAME CHANGE

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