Farm out agreement oil and gas
Farm out is an assignment or partial assignment of an oil and gas lease from one lessee to another lessee. In the assignment the first party retains an overriding royalty or other type of economic interest in the mineral production. “an agreement by one who owns drilling rights [farmor] to assign all or a portion of those rights to another [farmee] in return for drilling and testing on the property” John S. Lowe, Analyzing Oil and Gas Farmout Agreements, 41 Sw. L.J. 759, 762 (1987) Oil and Gas Joint Operating and Farmout Agreements Crafting Instruments That Address Modern Exploration and Production Challenges Today’s faculty features: