The Collins mineral lease covers 1131.5 acres in Bienville Parish spread across 10 semi-contiguous tracts.   

The lease

Provision 6 of the form lease provides: In the event of cessation of production for any cause following expiration of the primary term, the lessee would be entitled to continue the lease in force by restoring production

Co-author Brooke Sizer

Prevails over what, you ask? In Gladney v. Anglo-Dutch Energy, LLC, a conditional allowable from the Office of Conservation didn’t supersede lease royalty obligations.

How did we get here?

Anglo-Dutch completed a gas well on the Gladneys’ lease and then filed a pre-application notice for a compulsory drilling and production unit