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I college I worked at exxonmobil in their lease accounting department so I do know something about this. It would be highly unusual for ANY lease to have language like this, oil companies have entire departments that pay out money for damage done to surface property owners. I know there was one guy who's prize bull would ALWAYS die from drinking saltwater from the oil well every year in April and demand $5,000 which was paid without a peep. Everyone was pretty sure that there was no bull, but it wasn't worth fighting for $5,000. Also if the lease did have language prohibiting civil action state mineral laws would make that a contract term that is void, except Louisiana you can never be sure about law there.


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