Farmout Agreements (Oil & Gas)

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Summary

This practice note discusses farmout agreements. It details the history of the agreements as well as tax considerations, remedies for breach, as well as title and bankruptcy issues. A farmout is a transaction whereby one party (the farmee) acquires an interest in property from another (the farmor) in exchange for bearing a disproportionate share of the costs of operations and sometimes conducting those operations.