delay rental. Oil & gas. A payment from the lessee to the lessor made to maintain the mineral lease from period to period during the primary term without an obligation to drill. See DRILLING-DELAY RENTAL CLAUSE; “or”lease, “unless”lease under LEASE; PAID-UP LEASE.
drilling-delay rental clause. Oil & gas. A provision in an oil-and-gas lease giving the lessee the right to maintain the lease from period to period during the primary term by paying delay rentals instead of starting drilling operations. • Lessees use drilling-delay rental clauses because courts have said that they obviate any implied covenant to
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Oil & gas. A provision in an oil-and-gas lease giving the lessee the right to maintain the lease from period to period during the primary term by paying delay rentals instead of starting drilling operations. • Lessees use drilling-delay rental clauses because courts have said that they obviate any implied covenant to drill a test
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Oil & gas. A periodic payment made by an oil-and-gas lessee to postpone exploration during the primary lease term. See DRILLING-DELAY RENTAL CLAUSE. [Cases: Mines and Minerals 78.1(3). C.J.S. Mines and Minerals §§ 269–270.]
rental division order. Oil & gas. A stipulation signed by those entitled to delay rentals, stating what interest each owns and how much rental each is to receive.
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rental, n. 1. The amount received as rent. crescendo rental. A rent payment that gradually increases at fixed periods during the term of the lease. delay rental. Oil & gas. A periodic payment made by an oil-and-gas lessee to postpone exploration during the primary lease term. See DRILLING-DELAY RENTAL CLAUSE. [Cases: Mines and Minerals 78.1(3).
royalty interest. Oil & gas. A share of production — or the value or proceeds of production, free of the costs of production — when and if there is production. • A royalty interest is usu. expressed as a fraction (such as 1/6). A royalty-interest owner has no right to operate the property and therefore
paid-up lease. Oil & gas. A mineral lease that does not provide for delay-rental payments and does not subject the lessor to any covenant to drill. • In effect, the lessor makes all delay-rental payments, and perhaps a bonus, when the lease is signed. A paid-up lease may be used to lease a small area
no-term lease. Oil & gas. A mineral lease with a drilling-delay rental clause that allows the lessee to extend the primary term indefinitely by paying delay rentals. • No-term leases were common at the end of the 19th century. Some courts refused to enforce them on the ground that they created a mere estate at