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Texas Supreme Court Rules on Modification of NPRIs

Producer's Edge

The Case In this recent case, the Texas Supreme Court resolved whether ratification of a lease or signing of a stipulation agreement could transform a fixed non-participating royalty interest (NPRI) into a floating NPRI. In short, the court held that mere ratification of a lease does not alter a fixed NPRI.

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Texas Court Upholds Lease Cancellation for Failure to Pay Shut-In Payments To Proper Party

The Energy Law

Ultimately the original lessee lost its lease because it made shut in payments to its lessee, rather than the current royalty owner, to whom those payments were owed. Van Hovenberg (“Van Hovenberg”) conveyed by royalty deed to O.B. Mobley (“Mobley”) “her entire 8/8 Royalty Interest” in a 105.8 In 1976, Karin H.

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