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Louisiana State Mineral Board to Consider Retaining Third Party Counsel to Pursue Underpayment of Royalty Claims Associated with Natural Gas Production on State Lands and Waterbottoms

The Energy Law

The Louisiana State Mineral & Energy Board (“Mineral Board”) is the body tasked with overseeing the mineral resources owned by the State of Louisiana. Traditionally, these tasks are handled internally by the Mineral Board’s own staff and counsel. A copy of the Mineral Board’s agenda can be found here.

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Texas Supreme Court Holds that Add-Back Provision in Oil and Gas Lease Required Royalties to be Paid on Prices in Excess of the Producers’ Gross Proceeds

The Energy Law

The Texas Supreme Court recently released its opinion in Devon Energy Production Company, L.P. 20-0904, 2023 WL 2438927 (Tex. 20-0904, 2023 WL 2438927 (Tex. The leases contained the following royalty provisions: 3. The lessees paid royalties to the lessors based on their gross proceeds. Sheppard , — S.W.3d

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Louisiana Supreme Court holds that payment of mineral royalties judgment against LDNR is a matter of legislative discretion, reversing grant of mandamus

The Energy Law

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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Louisiana Legislature to Consider Amendments to Forced Pooling Regime Requiring Operators to Pay Lessors of Nonparticipating Working Interest Owners Directly

The Energy Law

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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Louisiana Senator Proposes Statutory Framework Governing Rights and Obligations of Parties to Renewable Energy Leases

The Energy Law

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. 122); The lessee of a renewable energy lease would be “bound to.

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Ohio Appellate Court Interprets Reservations of NPRIs Involving Double Fractions as Reserving Fixed Royalty Interests

Vorys Energy

Ohio’s Seventh District Court of Appeals recently interpreted two reservations of non-participating royalty interests (NPRIs) involving double fractions, holding that they reserved fixed, rather than floating, royalties. Ohio, LLC , 2023-Ohio-4749. Jeffers , 2023-Ohio-3653, and Crum v. Mooney , 2023-Ohio-4451.

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Texas Supreme Court Holds that References to “One-Eighth” in Old Oil and Gas Conveyances Presumptively Refer to the Entire Mineral Estate

The Energy Law

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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