The Energy Law

JULY 10, 2023

Accordingly, auditing of royalty payments was left to the Mineral Board’s internal accountants, and when an issue arose as to whether royalty payments were made correctly, the Mineral Board’s land personnel and internal counsel would oversee sending demands and pursuing litigation against the State’s mineral lessees and well operators.

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The Energy Law

MARCH 15, 2023

20-0904, 2023 WL 2438927 (Tex. 2023), in which it held that lessees owed royalties in excess of their gross proceeds, specifically “adding back” costs incurred by third-party buyers that were enumerated in the sales contract and subtracted from the sales price. 20-0904, 2023 WL 2438927 (Tex. Sheppard , — S.W.3d

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The Energy Law

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

3d , 2023 WL 526075, the Louisiana Supreme Court rejected a writ of mandamus that would have compelled the LDNR to satisfy a $4.7 million judgment for reimbursement of mineral royalties. million in mineral royalties attributable to ownership of these banks. 1/1/23), So.

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The Energy Law

APRIL 4, 2023

On Friday, March 31, 2023, Representative Larry Bagley of Louisiana’s District 7 proposed amendments to Louisiana Revised Statutes § 30:10. As was the case in 2012, this proposed amendment would also extend this direct payment requirement to any overriding royalty interests burdening the nonparticipating owner’s lease.

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The Energy Law

MARCH 7, 2023

21-0146, 2023 WL 2053175 (Tex. 17, 2023), in which it re-affirmed the axiomatic principle that a text retains the same meaning in the present day as when it was drafted. In the 1920s—the time the deed at issue was executed—lessors commonly reserved a one-eighth royalty interest when they executed oil and gas leases.

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The Energy Law

APRIL 3, 2023

The Louisiana Legislature’s 2023 Regular Session begins on April 10th, and last Friday, Louisiana Senator Allain of District 21 filed SB 154 proposing to enact a statutory framework directly governing the rights and obligations of parties to renewable energy leases.

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The Energy Law

MARCH 28, 2022

It is currently anticipated that primacy for Louisiana will be granted in late 2022 or early 2023. The order creating the unit will also name a unit operator and allocate unit costs in the same proportion that unit production is allocated.

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