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

The Energy Law

With the prevalence of cases involving royalty disputes in Texas, the state’s Supreme Court has never hesitated to address these issues. But the Court’s sporadic holdings regarding royalty clauses, each so specific to the particular language of the lease, have left lessees on unsteady footing. Heritage Res., NationsBank , 939 S.W.2d

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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

While the Court is no stranger to interpreting (and often muddling) the familiar royalty clause interpretation questions surrounding the first issue, in a case of first impression, the Court also analyzed the breadth of a lease’s free-use clause. after deductions), resulting in lower royalty payments for the royalty owners.

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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

While the Court is no stranger to interpreting (and often muddling) the familiar royalty clause interpretation questions surrounding the first issue, in a case of first impression, the Court also analyzed the breadth of a lease’s free-use clause. after deductions), resulting in lower royalty payments for the royalty owners.

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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

Free-Use Clause and Further Interprets Conflicting Royalty Clause Provisions The Texas Supreme Court recently issued its anticipated decision in BlueStone Natural Resources II, LLC v. For almost a decade, the original lessee to the agreements never subtracted post-production costs from the royalty owners’ royalty payments.

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U.S. Treasury Secretary Attacks Tax Breaks for Oil & Gas Companies

The Energy Law

billion from 2011 to 2019. However, the tax will only affect companies currently using a loophole to avoid paying royalties on the energy supplies they drill. Those already paying royalties would get a tax credit. By Emma Hinnigan U.S. Secretary Timothy Geithner said when speaking to Congress on March 4, 2009.

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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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Nigeria Oil Industry Overview

Drillers

Recently, the Nigerian government demanded more than $60 billion in back royalties under a production sharing agreement with the supermajors operating in the country. Pipeline vandalism, militant attacks on infrastructure, protests and lawsuits are among the issues that have plagued Nigerias oil industry for years. How did this happen?

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