Government Offshore Royalty 
The Energy Law
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.
The Energy Law
SEPTEMBER 23, 2008
Title I addresses the existing moratoria, future OCS access, exploration, production and royalty questions. per MMBtu, unless lease royalties were renegotiated with the Secretary , imposes Conservation of Resources Fee on nonproducing lease acreage of $3.75
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The Energy Law
NOVEMBER 7, 2014
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. See United States v. ATP Oil & Gas Corp. , 955 F.Supp.2d 2d 616 (E.D. See 40 C.F.R.
Drillers
MARCH 24, 2020
Recently, the Nigerian government demanded more than $60 billion in back royalties under a production sharing agreement with the supermajors operating in the country. Chevron has stakes in both onshore and offshore fields through a JV with NNPC that has the same percentage distribution as Exxon’s. How did this happen?
The Energy Law
SEPTEMBER 12, 2008
By Jonathan Hunter: In a highly anticipated decision, the Tenth Circuit held this week that the district court had subject matter jurisdiction over a qui tam action filed by an MMS auditor concerning royalty payments on crude oil produced from offshore federal leases. The court also ruled that “Mr.
The Energy Law
MARCH 11, 2020
Last year, in another dispute over who should bear the cost of decommissioning offshore facilities, the Southern District of Texas held that a former sub-assignee of offshore operating rights was entitled to equitable subrogation from the record title owner and initial assignor. UNOCAL also reserved a 3% overriding royalty.
Valor
FEBRUARY 24, 2025
onshore wind farms and spinning off offshore wind assets. Read more 25% royalty rate cap on prime oil and gas land heads to the House Summary : The New Mexico Senate passed Senate Bill 23 in a 21-15 vote, advancing legislation to raise the maximum royalty rate on prime oil and gas land in the Permian Basin from 20% to 25%.
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