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Oil Review Middle East - Untitled Article

Oil Review Middle East

Nasser, Aramcos president and CEO, noted that Aramco has made significant strides during the year on a number of projects and initiatives aimed at reinforcing its upstream pre-eminence, further integrating its downstream portfolio and developing the new energies business.

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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

19-0459, 2021 WL 936175 (Tex. 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. Randle , affirming in part and reversing in part the lower court’s ruling. Burlington Resources Oil & Gas Co.,

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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

19-0459, 2021 WL 936175 (Tex. The Texas Supreme Court recently issued its anticipated decision in BlueStone Natural Resources II, LLC v. Randle , affirming in part and reversing in part the lower court’s ruling. Burlington Resources Oil & Gas Co., Texas Crude Energy LLC , 573 S.W.3d 3d 198, 211 (Tex.

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New Developments in Shocking Case Before the Texas Supreme Court Regarding Construction of Novel Oil & Gas Royalty Term

The Energy Law

The lessees argued before the court of appeals that downward adjustments to the sales price to account for post-transfer costs are not subject to the “add-back” provision because appellants never “directly or indirectly” incurred the costs at issue—instead, the downstream purchaser incurred those costs. See BlueStone Nat. Randle , 620 S.W.3d

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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

19-0459, 2021 WL 936175 (Tex. The Texas Supreme Court recently issued its anticipated decision in BlueStone Natural Resources II, LLC v. Randle , affirming in part and reversing in part the lower court’s ruling. Factual and Procedural Background. Burlington Resources Oil & Gas Co., Texas Crude Energy LLC , 573 S.W.3d 3d 198, 211 (Tex.

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Who Can Enforce Surface Provisions in an OGL?

Producer's Edge

The Court disagreed, reasoning that although the lessee was obligated to pay a royalty on all gas produced, the lessee was entitled to convert its downstream sales price into an at-the-well market value by deducting from its sales price the value of the gas that was used off the premises to prepare other royalty-bearing gas for sale.

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