# Pugh Clause Research
**URL:** https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/pugh-clause-research/67333
**Category:** Grady County, OK
**Created:** [July 31, 2022, 9:03pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/pugh-clause-research/67333 "2022-07-31T21:03:05Z")
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### Author:  [@Sylvester\_W\_Brock\_Jr](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Sylvester_W_Brock_Jr)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2022, 9:03pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/pugh-clause-research/67333/1 "2022-07-31T21:03:05Z")
Well, I did some more research on the Pugh Clause. I eventually got around to reading the opinion in the Hunter v Shell Oil case from which it sprang. Not surprisingly, I had it all wrong. But I did enjoy a trip through Louisiana O&G law, learning all about servitudes and prescriptions and voodoo arts (just kidding about that). I recommend to those who might be interested that they read the opinion, it is available online through DuckDuckGo or Google.
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### Author:  [@M\_Barnes](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/M_Barnes)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2022, 10:07pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/pugh-clause-research/67333/2 "2022-07-31T22:07:42Z")
And for more bedtime reading, here is another follow up on the OK reading their law. [Washburn Law Journal](https://www.washburnlaw.edu/publications/wlj/online/volume/57/thompson-pughclause.html)
And if you really can’t sleep, try this one. Every state has its own definition…
> **[The Pugh Clause: Historical Development and Variations](https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/20140709012517-48992161-development-of-and-variations-to-the-pugh-clause)**
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> As most or all oil and gas land professionals are aware, the pugh clause is a term in an oil and gas lease that is negotiated for by the mineral owner (the “lessor”), generally to allow for a partial release of the oil and gas lease as to all areas...
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### Author:  [@Sylvester\_W\_Brock\_Jr](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Sylvester_W_Brock_Jr)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2022, 11:47pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/pugh-clause-research/67333/3 "2022-07-31T23:47:50Z")
Fascinating. Louisiana seems to breed these contests. Some of the case law I have dug up says that Louisiana does/did not recognize a mineral estate per se. Anyone know if this is still the case. Just interested, no big reason. JimB At my age almost anything is fascinating.
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### Author:  [@system](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 29, 2022, 9:03pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/pugh-clause-research/67333/4 "2022-10-29T21:03:22Z")
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