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Who Owns the Void? Oral Arguments at SCOTX Regarding Underground Storage Rights

Producer's Edge

This case presents two critical questions: Who owns subsurface caverns created by salt mining operations, and How should in-kind royalties be calculated for salt production? ” The Fifth Circuit, applying Texas law in  Dunn-McCampbell Royalty Interest, Inc. Part II: The Royalty Calculation Dispute A.

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Louisiana Second Circuit Finds Holder of Mortgage Encumbering a Mineral Lease Solidarily Liable with Mineral Lessees for Damages Under the Louisiana Mineral Code

The Energy Law

the Louisiana Second Circuit upheld a trial court’s ruling that the holder of a security interest in mineral leases was solidarily liable for damages under the Louisiana Mineral Code stemming from its mineral lessees/mortgagors’ actions. [1] in unpaid royalties and an additional double damages penalty of $484,058.52 4] $242,029.26

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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. The consent decree neither defines the term “responsible corporate official.”