May 2012

Oil, Gas and Mineral Land Titles: Typical California Oil and Gas Title Litigation Issues

May 29, 2012, by Meyers Nave

This informative seminar will cover typical oil and gas title litigation issues, including procedural issues; default notices; limitations issues; commencement and continuous drilling operations; and quiet title actions, among others.

For a complete agenda, please click here.  To register, click here.

Topics covered to include:

• Procedural issues: venue, standing, joinder and indispensable parties
• Default notices
• Limitations issues
• “Paying quantities” and other lease termination issues
• “Or” vs “Unless” leases
• Drilling operations- commencement and continuous operations
• Other claims —drainage, ejectment, trespass, waste, partition, excess surface use, surface entry termination, etc.
• Quiet title actions: 

     o Litigation guarantees
     o Conveyances outside the chain of title
     o Lis pendens, preliminary title report and title insurance
     o Parties and service of process