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Louisiana Third Circuit Addresses Payment of Royalties in Situations Involving Production Under a Mineral Lease Pursuant to a Conditional Allowable Prior to Unitization

The Energy Law

the Third Circuit addressed the question of whether or not a mineral lessee must pay its lessor full lease-basis royalties for production undertaken during the effective period of a conditional allowable but prior to the effective date of a unit order. [1] Anglo-Dutch Energy, L.L.C. , Anglo-Dutch Energy, L.L.C. , Anglo-Dutch Energy, L.L.C. ,

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Who Owns the Void? Oral Arguments at SCOTX Regarding Underground Storage Rights

Producer's Edge

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. —San Antonio 2013, no pet.) 3d 39 , 47 (Tex.

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Supreme Court of Texas Washes Out the “Anadarko Washout”

Producer's Edge

Anadarko failed to account to Cimarex for its 1/6th share of production, and Cimarex brought suit in February 2013. The resulting settlement agreement required Anadarko to pay Cimarex for its 1/6th co-tenant share of the value of production, less Cimarex’s 1/6th share of the reasonable drilling completion and operations costs.

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EPA and BSEE Team Up to Resolve Offshore Environmental Violations

The Energy Law

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.