Fox v. Thoreson’s Empirical Analysis

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57 state decisions

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1. “3. Rental Payment. If on or before the first anniversary date hereof operations for the drilling of a well for oil or gas or other substances covered hereby have not been commenced on the leased premises or lands pooled or unitized therewith, or if there is no production in paying quantities from the leased premises or lands pooled or unitized therewith, then ... this lease shall terminate as to both parties unless lessee on or before that date pays or tenders to lessor or to lessor’s credit in [name of bank] at [address of bank], ... the sum of $[dollar amount of sum] as rental covering the privilege of deferring the commencement of operations for the drilling of a well for a period of [number of months] months from said anniversary date....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Enerquest Oil & Gas, LLC v. Plains Exploration & Production Co.

2. “The no term lease, in common use in a past era in the oil and gas industry but now all but extinct, usually imposes an obligation to drill a well, but * * * permits the lessee to forego that obligation and keep the lease alive indefinitely by the payment of rentals. * * * As examples, see Stephens County v. Mid-Kansas Oil & Gas Co., 113 Tex. 160 , 254 S.W. 290 , 29 A.L.R. 566 (1923); Texas Co. v. Davis, 113 Tex. 321 , 254 S.W. 304 , 255 S.W. 601 (1923); Rosson v. Bennett, Tex.Civ.App., 294 S.W. 660 (1927) no writ history.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Weed v. Brazos Electric Power Cooperative, Inc.