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MMS Proposes Royalty Relief Amendments

The Energy Law Blog

Hunter MMS has announced proposed amendments to its deep gas royalty relief regulations under the Energy Policy Act of 2005.

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Texas Supreme Court to Hear Miesch Case

The Energy Law Blog

13-99-757, 2005 WL 167051 (Tex.App.—Corpus 27, 2005, pet. The royalty owners intervened and asserted claims against Exxon for, among others, common law waste, statutory waste, negligence per se, tortious interference, and failure to develop. Exxon’s Petition for Review was filed September 9, 2005, arguing that: 1.

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Supreme Court Denies Relief to Oil Companies

The Energy Law Blog

. — (2006), the Supreme Court resolved a legal issue that has been at the center of federal royalty litigation for twenty years: viz. founded upon any contract,” applies to administrative royalty payment orders issued by the Minerals Management Service (MMS). whether 28 U.S.C. On appeal, the D.C. Amoco Production Co. Watson , 410 F.3d

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Texas Supreme Court Agrees to Review Three Oil and Gas Cases in 2016

The Energy Law Blog

On appeal, the Amarillo Court of Appeals agreed with Red Deer, finding that BP could not invoke the lease’s shut-in royalty clause because production from the last well was so slow that production in paying quantities had ceased, and thus the lease terminated, prior to BP shutting the wells in and offering to pay shut-in royalties.

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Louisiana Extends Abandonment Period For Litigation Affected by Katrina or Rita

The Energy Law Blog

This rule is operative without any formal order.