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The Continued Struggle to Rebut the Van Dyke Presumption

Producer's Edge

Navigator Group that courts interpreting “antiquated instruments” that use 1/8 within a double fraction must begin with the rebuttable presumption that 1/8 refers to the entire mineral estate, Texas courts have wrestled with its implications. Following the Texas Supreme Court’s ruling in Van Dyke v. ” Id.

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Viper Energy, Inc., a Subsidiary of Diamondback Energy, Inc., to Acquire Sitio Royalties Corp. in All-Equity Transaction; Increases Base Dividend

Oil & Gas 360º

existing net DUCs and permits with an average lateral length of ~9,500 feet PRO FORMA HIGHLIGHTS Approximately 85,700 net royalty acres in the Permian Basin; ~43% operated by Diamondback Pro forma Viper owns an average 1.8% About Sitio Royalties Corp. billion which equates to less than 1.0x mboe/d) Approximately 16.1

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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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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.

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Emerging on the Other Side of the Coronavirus Pandemic: Raising Structured Capital for Small and Mid-Size Businesses

The Energy Law

This article briefly describes four structured capital raising techniques that may be available to meet those needs: (1) convertible debt instruments; (2) convertible or non-convertible preferred equity instruments; (3) preferred limited partnership interests; and (4) debt instruments issued with “equity kickers”.