Production Payment (Bankruptcy) Law and Legal Definition
The term "production payment" means “a term overriding royalty satisfiable in cash or in kind--
(A) contingent on the production of a liquid or gaseous hydrocarbon from particular real property; and
(B) from a specified volume, or a specified value, from the liquid or gaseous hydrocarbon produced from such property, and determined without regard to production costs.” (11 USCS § 101)