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La. Rev. Stat. § 30:111 (2026)

Payment for materials furnished or used in drilling well; market price

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§111. Payment for materials furnished or used in drilling well; market price

           Owners of unleased mineral interests and lessees in any drilling unit authorized by the department of conservation of this state, shall not be liable or obligated to pay to the operator or producer for materials furnished or used in the drilling, completion, and production of any oil, gas, or mineral well drilled on said unit a sum in excess of the prevailing market price of such materials.

           Acts 1950, No. 526, §1.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2017–2021 · leading case: T D X Energy, L.L.C. v. Chesapeake Operating, Inc., 857 F.3d 253 (5th Cir. 2017).
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T D X Energy, L.L.C. v. Chesapeake Operating, Inc., 857 F.3d 253 (5th Cir. 2017). “R.S. § 30:111 (emphasis added). In that section, the legislature evidently did not include lessees in the term “owners of unleased interests.”
Dow Constr. L L C v. B P X Operating Co (W.D. La. 2021). · cites it 2× “(emphasis in original) (quoting La. R.S. § 30:10(A)(2)(e)(i)).”
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