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Trudging the Rocky Landscape of Royalty Dispute Litigation with the Texas Supreme Court Yet Again in BlueStone

The Energy Law

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. Heritage Res., NationsBank , 939 S.W.2d

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Depletion Allowance for Oil and Gas Overview

Aresco

The depletion allowance for oil and gas allows businesses engaged in the extraction of these resources to recover some of their capital investment by utilizing a portion of their gross income from the sale of the resources as a tax deduction. This includes expenses related to exploration, development, and extraction.

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A Primer on CCUS Regulation in Louisiana

The Energy Law

Carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) projects involve various legal issues. Like traditional exploration and development, CCUS projects require the operator to secure both the necessary private property rights from landowners as well as regulatory approval from the appropriate administrative agency in order to proceed.

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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

Tauren Exploration, Inc. , 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] Tauren Exploration, Inc. , 4] $242,029.26

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30% of Ghana’s crude oil consumption purchased through Gold for oil programme – Lands Minister

Reporting Oil and Gas

In response to the depreciation of the Ghana Cedi in the last quarter of 2022, the government introduced the Gold for Oil Programme, utilizing gold produced within the country to purchase oil and alleviate pressure on the local currency.

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Whitecap Resources, Veren to combine to form C$15 billion Canadian energy giant

Oil & Gas 360º

.” Strategic Rationale Solidified Position Within the Large-Cap Universe: The combined company will have an enterprise value of $15 billion 1 and 370,000 boe/d 2 (63% liquids) of corporate production with significant overlap across both unconventional and conventional assets. million acres in Alberta.

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