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By EDF Blogs By Aaron Wolfe, Ari Pottens , and Scott Seymour EDF economic analysis found that in 2022 oil and gas operators across Alberta wasted $671 million in natural gas, costing the provincial government over $120 million in lost royalties and uncollected corporate taxes.
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.
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.
million judgment for reimbursement of mineral royalties. million in mineral royalties attributable to ownership of these banks. As there are no such provisions governing the Crooks plaintiffs’ mineral royalties claims, the legislature has retained its discretion to appropriate funds for those claims. 1/1/23), So.
by Elisabeth Lorio Baer Interior Secretary Ken Salazar informed Congress on September 17, 2009 that he would kill a controversial program, currently in effect, that allows energy companies to pay the governmentroyalties for drilling on public lands in actual oil and gas in lieu of cash.
With the prevalence of cases involving royalty disputes in Texas, the state’s Supreme Court has never hesitated to address these issues. But the Court’s sporadic holdings regarding royalty clauses, each so specific to the particular language of the lease, have left lessees on unsteady footing. Crude Energy, LLC , 573 S.W.3d
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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The 5-4 decision, authored by Justice Hecht, is the latest in a series of cases from high courts across the country addressing the sharing of “post-production costs” between royalty owners and oil and gas lessees. NationsBank , 939 S.W.2d 2d 118 (Tex.
. — (2006), the Supreme Court resolved a legal issue that has been at the center of federal royalty litigation for twenty years: viz. 2415(a), which imposes a 6-year statute of limitations for Government “every action for money damages. whether 28 U.S.C. On appeal, the D.C. Amoco Production Co. Watson , 410 F.3d 3d 722 (D.C.
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Chevron”), the Plaquemines Parish Government (“PPG”), and others in a dispute with the State of Louisiana over the validity of a 1938 mineral lease granted by the Buras Levee District (“BLD”). On November 21, 2007, the Louisiana Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal affirmed the trial court’s ruling in favor of Chevron U.S.A.,
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Sojitz Energy Venture, Inc. UNOCAL also reserved a 3% overriding royalty. 2003) (“the regulations govern the parties’ joint and several liabilities vis-à-vis the Government not amongst themselves”) and Total E&P USA, Inc. Union Oil Co. of California , 394 F. 3d 687 (S.D. Parker Drilling Co. , 3d 558, 563 (5th Cir.
1] In the case, a landowner sued its mineral lessees for: (1) failure to provide a recordable act evidencing the expiration of a mineral lease under Mineral Code articles 206-209 and (2) failure to pay royalties under Mineral Code articles 137-140. [2] in unpaid royalties and an additional double damages penalty of $484,058.52
The State regulations that will govern Class VI wells once primacy is achieved are in Statewide Order No. The order creating the unit will also name a unit operator and allocate unit costs in the same proportion that unit production is allocated.
T]he opinion will have a most chilling effect on the financing of oil and gas operations, which in turn will have an adverse economic effect on government and business in our state. Tauren Exploration, Inc. , A detailed summary of that decision is available here. Chief Judge Henry Brown, Jr., Bleich.”
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30:10 governed whether a unit operator may deduct post-production costs against UMO’s share of production proceeds. [3] 30:10, which governs agreements for drilling units and pooling interests in Louisiana. [7] 30:10] simply means that, for all of this, he is given the equivalent of a “no cost” royalty clause on production proceeds.
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government and a company that was awarded a license by the NRC, the federal agency that regulates nuclear energy in the United States, to operate a facility in western Texas of a lower courts ruling declaring this storage arrangement unlawful. government and fire thousands of workers. government, told the justices.
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The Court found that the Plaintiff States demonstrated a substantial threat of irreparable harm due to “reduced funding for bonuses, ground rent, royalties, and rentals,” and “damage for reduced funding” for various state programs.
The Court found that the Plaintiff States demonstrated a substantial threat of irreparable harm due to “reduced funding for bonuses, ground rent, royalties, and rentals,” and “damage for reduced funding” for various state programs.
The Court found that the Plaintiff States demonstrated a substantial threat of irreparable harm due to “reduced funding for bonuses, ground rent, royalties, and rentals,” and “damage for reduced funding” for various state programs.
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