The Energy Law Blog

JULY 1, 2021

Devon Energy Production Company, L.P. Sheppard is a royalty dispute between several lessees, Devon Energy Production Co., concerning a novel royalty term that may have a huge impact on the way oil and gas royalties are paid in the future. and several lessors, Michael A. Sheppard, et.

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The Energy Law Blog

MARCH 7, 2023

In the context of antiquated oil and gas conveyances including a double fraction that includes “one-eighth,” the Court affirmed this principle by holding that such language gives rise to a rebuttable presumption that “one-eighth” refers to the entire mineral estate. Dils Co. , 2d 904 (Tex.

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The Energy Law Blog

JANUARY 24, 2007

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 Energy Law Blog

JUNE 4, 2007

Hunter MMS has announced proposed amendments to its deep gas royalty relief regulations under the Energy Policy Act of 2005.

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The Energy Law Blog

MARCH 31, 2021

While the Court is no stranger to interpreting (and often muddling) the familiar royalty clause interpretation questions surrounding the first issue, in a case of first impression, the Court also analyzed the breadth of a lease’s free-use clause. after deductions), resulting in lower royalty payments for the royalty owners.

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The Energy Law Blog

JUNE 8, 2020

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. Oil & Gas Co. 2d at 120-21.

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The Energy Law Blog

APRIL 4, 2023

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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The Energy Law Blog

APRIL 3, 2023

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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The Energy Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

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 government royalties for drilling on public lands in actual oil and gas in lieu of cash.

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The Energy Law Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Hilcorp Energy Company , —F.4th—, 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.” 22-20226, 2024 WL 137038 (5th Cir.

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The Energy Law Blog

NOVEMBER 1, 2007

The court ruled that Interior’s price threshold clauses unlawfully deprived Kerr-McGee of the statutory right to produce minimum volumes of oil and gas royalty-free, as mandated by Congress in the Outer Continental Shelf Deep Water Royalty Relief Act of 1995. CLICK here to view the decision

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The Energy Law Blog

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

In a straightforward application of Louisiana’s prescriptive principles, the Louisiana Court of Appeal for the Third Circuit affirmed the trial court’s grant of exceptions of prescription, finding plaintiff’s claims for fraud, under the Louisiana Unfair Trade Practices Act (LUTPA), and for unpaid royalties all prescribed in Karen May v.

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The Energy Law Blog

FEBRUARY 19, 2008

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.

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The Energy Law Blog

APRIL 6, 2010

By Natalie Barletta : In Shell Oil Co. Ross alleged that Shell failed to pay royalties in accordance with the lease agreement and that it fraudulently deprived him of royalties by making payments “based on an arbitrary amount even below the internal transfer price.” 01-08-00713-CV (Tex. Houston [1st Dist.]

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Energy Central

OCTOBER 2, 2023

“Ohio will likely set a new record for oil production this year,” according to Chief of the Division of Oil and Gas Resources Management for the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Eric Vendel.

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The Energy Law Blog

MARCH 31, 2021

While the Court is no stranger to interpreting (and often muddling) the familiar royalty clause interpretation questions surrounding the first issue, in a case of first impression, the Court also analyzed the breadth of a lease’s free-use clause. after deductions), resulting in lower royalty payments for the royalty owners.

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Valor

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

February 24, 2025 Edition At Valor, our goal is to keep you informed of the latest news and updates from the oil and gas industry. Oildips on pending Kurdistan supply resumption Summary : Oil prices declined on Monday, extending last weeks losses, as markets anticipated the resumption of crude exports from Iraqs Kurdistan region.

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The Energy Law Blog

MARCH 31, 2021

Free-Use Clause and Further Interprets Conflicting Royalty Clause Provisions The Texas Supreme Court recently issued its anticipated decision in BlueStone Natural Resources II, LLC v. For almost a decade, the original lessee to the agreements never subtracted post-production costs from the royalty owners’ royalty payments.

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Aresco

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

The depletion allowance is a tax provision in the United States designed to account for the reduction of natural resources, such as oil and gas, as they are extracted and sold. For the oil and gas industry, the depletion allowance functions similarly to depreciation for other types of assets.

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Texas Oil & Gas Attorney

MAY 17, 2024

The Texas Supreme Court recently considered oil and gas leases that involved the interaction of the “free use of gas” clause and the royalty due on gas used off the leased premises. Hilcorp Energy Co., The leases stated that Hilcorp must pay as royalties on gas. 3d , 2024 WL (Tex.

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The Energy Law Blog

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

In a straightforward application of Louisiana’s prescriptive principles, the Louisiana Court of Appeal for the Third Circuit affirmed the trial court’s grant of exceptions of prescription, finding plaintiff’s claims for fraud, under the Louisiana Unfair Trade Practices Act (LUTPA), and for unpaid royalties all prescribed in Karen May v.

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Reporting Oil and Gas

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor, commended President Akufo-Addo and Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia for the successful implementation of the Gold for Oil Policy, hailing it as a pivotal strategy that stabilized the local currency and alleviated fuel costs.

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The Energy Law Blog

APRIL 21, 2010

The Louisiana Mineral and Energy Board is currently reviewing an incentive proposal that would offer a “royalty relief incentive” on new drilling leases along the Louisiana coast. Specifically, the proposal would offer royalties for a period of three years for wells drilled to a depth of fifteen thousand feet along the coastal zone.

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The Energy Law Blog

MARCH 13, 2009

oil and natural gas producing companies should not receive federal subsidies in the form of tax breaks because their businesses contribute to global warming, U.S. Geithner explained, “we don’t believe it makes sense to significantly subsidize the production and use of sources of energy that are dramatically going to add to our climate change.

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The Energy Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2008

House of Representatives passed Speaker Pelosi’s Energy Bill, H.R. 6899, titled “Comprehensive American Energy Security and Consumer Protection Act.” Title I addresses the existing moratoria, future OCS access, exploration, production and royalty questions.

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The Energy Law Blog

JANUARY 12, 2017

Anglo-Dutch Energy, L.L.C. , the Third Circuit addressed the question of whether or not a mineral lessee must pay its lessor full lease-basis royalties for production undertaken during the effective period of a conditional allowable but prior to the effective date of a unit order. [1] Anglo-Dutch Energy, L.L.C. , In Gladney v.

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The Energy Law Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2008

The deed conveyed to the Jameses one-half of the royalties and mineral interests in the property and reserved the other one-half to Gray Investments. Division orders were prepared by Kelley Oil Corporation, a predecessor-in-interest to Samson, and the Jameses began receiving royalties.

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The Energy Law Blog

JUNE 28, 2018

hands a victory to financiers of oil and gas operations and settles a long-running controversy over the amount of damages available for failure to pay mineral royalties. in unpaid royalties, plus an additional double damages penalty of $484,058.52. in unpaid royalties, plus an additional double damages penalty of $484,058.52.

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Vorys Energy

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Ohio’s Seventh District Court of Appeals recently held that an “anti-washout” provision found in multiple assignments of overriding royalty interests covering leases that subsequently expired was not binding on the original lessee’s assignees, which had taken new leases to those same lands, as there was no privity of contract.

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The Energy Law Blog

JUNE 12, 2017

3] Tauren subsequently assigned a 49% interest in the lease to Cubic Energy, Inc. 10] Gloria’s Ranch amended its petition to include a claim for failure to pay royalties on production in Section 15 (from the unit well drilled by Chesapeake). 4] In 2007, Fossil Operating, Inc. 5] Chesapeake Operating, Inc. Transmission, Inc. ,

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The Energy Law Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2006

. — (2006), the Supreme Court resolved a legal issue that has been at the center of federal royalty litigation for twenty years: viz. founded upon any contract,” applies to administrative royalty payment orders issued by the Minerals Management Service (MMS). whether 28 U.S.C. On appeal, the D.C. Amoco Production Co. Watson , 410 F.3d

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The Energy Law Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2009

The United States Supreme Court has denied the Petition for Certiorari filed by the United States Department of the Interior in Kerr-McGee Oil & Gas Corp. Dep’t of the Interior , 554 F.3d 3d 1082 (5th Cir. The high court’s refusal to consider Interior’s appeal allows the Fifth Circuit’s January 2009 decision to stand.

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Vorys Energy

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Mooney , 2023-Ohio-4451, Ohio’s Seventh Appellate District considered whether an 1898 assignment conveyed a fixed or floating royalty. The assignment in question conveyed “the one-half (1/2) part of his royalty Being 1/16 part of all the oil and gas in and under the following described premises.”

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The Energy Law Blog

JUNE 18, 2015

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.

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The Energy Law Blog

MAY 22, 2023

The pursuit of alternative energy sources has become increasingly important in our quest for a sustainable future. Lithium, a key component in rechargeable batteries, has emerged as a vital element for powering electric vehicles and storing renewable energy. A brine extraction prospect would be very similar to an oil and gas prospect.

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The Energy Law Blog

MARCH 12, 2009

By Jason Johanson On Friday, March 6, 2009, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar stated that the agency is considering an appeal to the United States Supreme Court of the decision in Kerr-McGee Oil & Gas Corp. Department of the Interior , __ F.3d 3d __, 2009 WL57883 (5th Cir. For more, please click here.

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The Energy Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

On September 2, 2016, the Texas Supreme Court agreed to review three oil and gas cases involving issues pertinent to the industry and land and mineral owners. BP America Production Company v. Red Deer Resources, LLC In BP America Production Company v.

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