The Energy Law

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. Heritage Resources , 939 S.W.2d

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The Energy Law

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

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. When parties to an oil and gas lease reserve royalties, they stipulate where those royalties are to be valued—sometimes referred to as the “valuation point”—in the royalty clause.

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Producer's Edge

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

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. 3d 39 , 47 (Tex.

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The Energy Law

JUNE 12, 2017

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

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The Energy Law

MARCH 28, 2022

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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Aresco

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

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. Oil and gas tax deductions 2023 did not change significantly from oil and gas tax deductions 2022.

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Reporting Oil and Gas

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

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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