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Jury Finds Oil Royalties Underpaid in False Claims Act Case

The Energy Law

The Associated Press reported today that a federal jury found Kerr McGee liable for additional royalties on crude oil produced from federal properties and sold through Texon. Kerr McGee had denied the allegations and claimed that no additional royalties were owed. Kerr McGee has indicated that intends to appeal the verdict.

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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

While 30:10 was amended during the 2022 legislative session, the amendment preserved the limited obligation of remitting the royalty and overriding royalty burdens to the nonparticipating owner for the benefit of the royalty and overriding royalty owners.

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Texas Supreme Court Again Addresses Royalty Class Actions

The Energy Law

15, 2008), the Texas Supreme Court again addressed the propriety of class actions for gas royalty claims. The class affirmed the denial of two subclasses, but reversed the denial of a third subclass of royalty claimaints. Phillips Petroleum Co. , 03-0824 (Feb. Thus, under its Yzaguirre holding, class treatment was inappropriate.

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Long-Awaited Victory on the Proper Deductibility of Post-Production Costs from Unleased Mineral Owners – The Western District of Louisiana Reverses Course in Johnson v. Chesapeake and Self v. BPX

The Energy Law

management of the affairs of another) which provides managers with reimbursement rights for all necessary and useful expenses. Because post-production costs are expended to make that production marketable, the managing operator is entitled to be reimbursed for the unleased mineral owner’s share of post-production costs.

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Fifth Circuit Reverses District Court Ruling Protecting Mineral Owner’s Rights of Ingress and Egress Over National Park Service Land

The Energy Law

Dunn-McCampbell Royalty Interest Inc. Nat’l Park Serv. , 09-40187 (5th Cir.

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EPA and BSEE Team Up to Resolve Offshore Environmental Violations

The Energy Law

Recently, when there was talk about Houston-based ATP Oil and Gas’ (ATP) legal problems, it was inevitably about its bankruptcy and its effort to bring the overriding royalty interests it had conveyed back into the bankrupt estate as debt instruments.

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BRAZIL POTASH GRO-NYSE THE MOST COMPELLING BUSINESS CASE IN GLOBAL RESOURCES

Oil and Gas Investments

Part of the funding for Autazes will come from a royalty agreement with Franco Nevada. That is $1M for the option – the purchase price of the royalty will be based on a 12.5% There is also a 2% royalty that will be paid to the Brazilian government. pre-tax IRR at the time the option is exercised.

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