2024 Casing Royalty 
Oil and Gas Lawyer
JANUARY 13, 2025
On the last day of 2024 the Texas Supreme Court issued its opinion in ConocoPhillips v. 23-0024, putting to rest a long-running dispute between Kenneth Hahn and ConocoPhillips (COP). The opinion deals with a fixed vs. floating NPRI reservation, and a stipulation of interest addressing the reservation.
Texas Oil & Gas Attorney
JUNE 14, 2024
In a recent case, the Texas Supreme Court considered whether interest on late royalty payments was supposed to be simple or compound interest. 3d 501, 2024 (Tex. When Samson paid previously unpaid royalties to the Plaintiff, it included simple interest. In Samson Exploration, LLC v. Bordages, 662 S.W.3d
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Producer's Edge
DECEMBER 3, 2024
This article discusses a couple more cases in 2024. In each of these cases, one side successfully argued that the Van Dyke presumption applied, and the other side unsuccessfully argued that it was rebutted. Many anticipate that double-fraction cases will continue to steadily flow through Texas courts for the foreseeable future.
The Energy Law
FEBRUARY 22, 2024
22-20226, 2024 WL 137038 (5th Cir. Jan 12, 2024) concerns how three related provisions in an oil and gas lease interact: (1) a royalty clause; (2) a free-use clause; and (3) an off-lease clause. Related to royalty provisions are “free-use clauses” and “off-lease clauses.” Hilcorp Energy Company , —F.4th—,
Texas Oil & Gas Attorney
SEPTEMBER 21, 2024
In 2022, in a case decided by the Corpus Christi Court of Appeals , the issue was who owns the right to use underground salt caverns: the mineral owner or the surface owner? In this case, Myers-Woodward, LLC v. 30, 2024), the Court also considered how a salt royalty should be calculated. granted (Aug. granted (Aug.
Producer's Edge
NOVEMBER 4, 2024
If you're already a valued subscriber to one or both of our existing publications, then rest assured, you'll continue to receive the same high-quality case updates and insightful articles — now through our new ProducersEdge.law domain. This 2: Producers Edge - Fall 2024 Who Owns the Void?
Producer's Edge
JANUARY 27, 2025
07-23-00390-CV, 2024 WL 3249338 (Tex. —Amarillo June 28, 2024, pet. In this case, CT Land and Cattle and Cattle Co., Citing two Fifth Circuit cases, CT Land also argued that the burial provision ran with the land, meaning that it could be enforced by successive surface owners. CT Land & Cattle Co.,
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