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Trudging the Rocky Landscape of Royalty Dispute Litigation with the Texas Supreme Court Yet Again in BlueStone

The Energy Law Blog

In 2019, the Court heard Burlington Res. 2019), reh’g denied (May 31, 2019). Randle , 02-18-00271-CV, 2019 WL 1716415, at *1 (Tex. 18, 2019, pet. BlueStone , 2019 WL 1716415, at *13. BlueStone , 2019 WL 1716415. With that invitation, the royalty disputes in Texas are picking up speed. BlueStone Nat.

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Texas Supreme Court Update: The Court Decides Issue of First Impression Related to the Scope of an Oil and Gas Lease’s

The Energy Law Blog

Randle , 02-18-00271-CV, 2019 WL 1716415, at *1 (Tex. 18, 2019, pet. Burlington Resources Oil & Gas Co., Texas Crude Energy LLC , 573 S.W.3d 3d 198, 211 (Tex. BlueStone Nat. Fort Worth Apr. the result may have been different had the addendum required royalties paid on the gross value received at the well).

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Texas Supreme Court Update: The Court Decides Issue of First Impression Related to the Scope of an Oil and Gas Lease’s Free-Use Clause and Further Interprets Conflicting Royalty Clause Provisions

The Energy Law Blog

Randle , 02-18-00271-CV, 2019 WL 1716415, at *1 (Tex. 18, 2019, pet. Burlington Resources Oil & Gas Co., Texas Crude Energy LLC , 573 S.W.3d 3d 198, 211 (Tex. BlueStone Nat. Fort Worth Apr. the result may have been different had the addendum required royalties paid on the gross value received at the well).

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Texas Supreme Court Update: The Court Decides Issue of First Impression Related to the Scope of an Oil and Gas Lease’s Free-Use Clause and Further Interprets Conflicting Royalty Clause Provisions

The Energy Law Blog

Randle , 02-18-00271-CV, 2019 WL 1716415, at *1 (Tex. 18, 2019, pet. Burlington Resources Oil & Gas Co., Texas Crude Energy LLC , 573 S.W.3d 3d 198, 211 (Tex. BlueStone Nat. Fort Worth Apr. the result may have been different had the addendum required royalties paid on the gross value received at the well).

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Nigeria Oil Industry Overview

Drillers

million BPD as of November 2019. Nigeria currently can produce more than 2 million BPD of crude oil. Still, it has been bound by the OPEC+ production cut agreement to produce less than that: according to OPEC, it was producing around 1.8 How output will change now, with the current price war is a worry in an already oversupplied market.

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Collaboration: Key to the first multicloud blockchain deployment

IBM: Oil & Gas

Between October 2018 and June 2019, we developed the first IBM Blockchain solution deployed on a non-IBM cloud — in this case AWS. As a first stage, we’re working with participants in the large retail downstream propane industry, building a network of suppliers, transportation companies (trucking, rail) and retailers.

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Who Can Enforce Surface Provisions in an OGL?

Producer's Edge

In 2019, CT Land invoked the burial provision in the mineral lease and sued Unitex for breach of the lease and for declaratory relief when Unitex refused to comply. In this case, CT Land and Cattle and Cattle Co., Minerals had been developed from the property over the years, and pipelines existed on the land when CT Land purchased it.

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