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White House Wants to End Royalty-in-Kind Program

The Energy Law

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. For the full story, see [link]

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Supreme Court of Texas Washes Out the “Anadarko Washout”

Producer's Edge

Anadarko Petroleum Corp., Cimarex Energy Company (“Cimarex”) obtained a lease in December 2009 of an undivided 1/6th of the minerals in 440 acres located in Ward County, Texas. This particular species of lease washouts is based on two recent cases from the El Paso Court of Appeals – Cimarex Energy Co. 3d 860 (Tex.

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