further exploration covenant

further-exploration covenant. Oil & gas. In an oil-and-gas lease, an implied promise that once production has been obtained from the leased property, the lessee will continue to explore other parts of the property and other formations under it. • Some jurisdictions hold that the covenant for further exploration does not exist independently of the covenant for reasonable development. See also REASONABLE-DEVELOPMENT COVENANT; REASONABLY-PRUDENT-OPERATOR STANDARD D.

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