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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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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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Oliva Gibbs Advises Silver Hill Energy Partners III, LP On Haynesville Acquisition

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Interpreting Wills: Gleaning Intent from Ambiguous Provisions

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How Safe is Your Harbor? Suspense of Production Payments in the Wake of 1776 Energy Partners, LLC v. Freeport-McMoran Oil & Gas LLC

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Firm Expands With New Oklahoma City, OK Office

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“Subject to” Interpretation: Conveying Reversionary Rights and the Pauler Decision

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Two Attorneys Recognized As Texas Rising Stars

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Ammonite Oil & Gas Corp. v. R.R. Comm’n of Tex.

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Double Tax Trouble: Cross-Conveyances and Ad Valorem Tax Liability When Pooling Across County Lines

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Til Death Do Us Part: Joint Tenancy by Quasi-Estoppel and Revisiting the Wagenschein Decision

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Loose Canons (of Construction) – Barrow Shaver Res. Co. LLC v. NETX Acquisitions, LLC

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Vermillion FC, LLC v. 1776 Energy Partners

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Do Actions Speak Louder Than Words: Ratification by Acceptance of Royalties?

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