Oil and Gas Lawyer
NOVEMBER 7, 2024
04-23-00106-CV, the San Antonio Court of Appeals was asked to construe a royalty reservation in a 1960 deed: There is saved, excepted and reserved, in favor of the undersigned, B.A. Said interest hereby reserved is Non-Participating Royalty. In Fasken Oil and Ranch, Ltd. Puig, Jr., as his own property free of cost forever. 2d 118 (Tex.
The Energy Law
MARCH 15, 2023
2023), in which it held that lessees owed royalties in excess of their gross proceeds, specifically “adding back” costs incurred by third-party buyers that were enumerated in the sales contract and subtracted from the sales price. The leases contained the following royalty provisions: 3. Sheppard , — S.W.3d NationsBank”, 939 S.W.2d
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Producer's Edge
MARCH 25, 2025
The lease royalty case Carl v. The lease provided for a royalty calculated based on the “market value at the well.” First, the lessor relied on a portion of the royalty clause indicating that royalty was due “on gas … produced from said land and sold or used off the premises.”
Producer's Edge
MARCH 25, 2025
The lease royalty case Carl v. The lease provided for a royalty calculated based on the “market value at the well.” First, the lessor relied on a portion of the royalty clause indicating that royalty was due “on gas … produced from said land and sold or used off the premises.”
The Energy Law
JULY 1, 2021
Sheppard is a royalty dispute between several lessees, Devon Energy Production Co., concerning a novel royalty term that may have a huge impact on the way oil and gas royalties are paid in the future. The royalty clause at issue required the lessees to pay to the lessors 1/5th of the “gross proceeds” as a royalty.
The Energy Law
JUNE 8, 2020
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
The Energy Law
MARCH 31, 2021
While the Court is no stranger to interpreting (and often muddling) the familiar royalty clause interpretation questions surrounding the first issue, in a case of first impression, the Court also analyzed the breadth of a lease’s free-use clause. after deductions), resulting in lower royalty payments for the royalty owners.
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