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Valor | Energy Connection – July 28, 2025

Valor

Interior proposes easing oil and gas commingling rules Summary : The Interior Department has proposed rule updates allowing oil and gas operators to commingle production from multiple leases, even those with different ownership and royalty rates. Royalty payments from the nation’s No.

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Viper strikes rare mineral merger with $4.1B Sitio buy

Enverus

In response to today’s announcement that Viper Energy, a subsidiary of Diamondback Energy, would acquire Sitio Royalties Corp for $4.1 In response to today’s announcement that Viper Energy, a subsidiary of Diamondback Energy, would acquire Sitio Royalties Corp for $4.1 billion inclusive of net debt. billion in 2022.

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Trudging the Rocky Landscape of Royalty Dispute Litigation with the Texas Supreme Court Yet Again in BlueStone

The Energy Law

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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GKP outlines Payments to Govts for 2024

Iraq Business News: Oil & Gas

issued by the UK's Financial Conduct Authority ('DTR 4.3A') and in accordance with The Reports on Payments to Governments Regulations 2014 (as amended in 2015) (the 'UK Regulations') and our interpretation of the Industry Guidance on the UK Regulations issued by the International Association of Oil & Gas Producers.

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Nigeria Oil Industry Overview

Drillers

Recently, the Nigerian government demanded more than $60 billion in back royalties under a production sharing agreement with the supermajors operating in the country. While bumpy, this road has since 2014 led to a marked drop in attacks on oil infrastructure in the Delta. The rate of royalty will rise in tune with oil prices.

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Supreme Court of Texas Washes Out the “Anadarko Washout”

Producer's Edge

Anadarko continued to make production payments to Cimarex until December 2014, and thereafter ceased making any payments to Cimarex. It also required Anadarko to account to Cimarex on a go forward basis for its monthly share of production, less deductions for Cimarex’s share of ongoing operations costs.

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Western District of Louisiana Holds that Unit Operators May Not Recover Post-Production Costs from an Unleased Mineral Owner’s Share of Production Proceeds

The Energy Law

30:10] simply means that, for all of this, he is given the equivalent of a “no cost” royalty clause on production proceeds. He must still pay all development and operations costs if he is to see economic benefit from the compulsory pooling to which he is subject. A strict construction of [La. This is hardly unjust. [19] 12] See id. [13]