Assuring Your Covenants “Run with the Land”

Developers and owners of real property typically enter into a variety of contracts concerning the use of real property. This is particularly true in the natural resource extraction industry. Generally, under Colorado law contractual obligations may be deemed personal covenants that bind only the parties signing the agreement, or they may be covenants that “run […]

The Colorado Supreme Court held that an option to purchase oil and gas properties did not violate the common law rule against perpetuities. Atlantic Richfield Company v. Whiting Oil and Gas Corporation, f/k/a Equity Oil Company, 2014 CO 16. In 1968, Atlantic Richfield Company (ARCO) and Equity Oil Company (Equity) entered into an agreement regarding […]