Oil & Gas 360º

APRIL 2, 2025

Chevron will retain a 30% non-operated working interest in a joint venture with TGNR and an overriding royalty interest in the assets. Tokyo Gas and CCI own an approximate 93% and 7% interest in TGNR, respectively. The transaction is anticipated to generate over $1.2

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Oil & Gas 360º

JUNE 3, 2025

(Oil & Gas 360) –MIDLAND, Texas, June 03, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Viper Energy, Inc. NASDAQ:FANG) (Diamondback), and Sitio Royalties Corp. Pro forma Viper is now clearly a must-own public mineral and royalty company in North America, with attractive size and scale in the Permian Basin. About Sitio Royalties Corp.

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Permian Basin Oil and Gas Magazine

MARCH 28, 2025

Dallas-based Elk Range Royalties said recently it acquired Newton Financial Corp., Collectively they own mineral and royalty interests across the Permian Basin in west Texas and Eagle Ford in south Texas. Elk Range buys mineral and royalty interests across multiple U.S. Concord Oil and Mission Oil.

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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 lessees owned working interests in certain oil and gas leases that were executed in 2007.

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The Energy Law

MARCH 7, 2023

In the context of antiquated oil and gas conveyances including a double fraction that includes “one-eighth,” the Court affirmed this principle by holding that such language gives rise to a rebuttable presumption that “one-eighth” refers to the entire mineral estate. Dils Co. , 2d 904 (Tex.

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Aresco

JULY 17, 2024

Investing in oil and gas royalties involves purchasing the rights to receive a portion of the revenue generated from the production and sale of oil and gas from a particular property or lease. Passive Income : Oil and gas royalties can provide investors with a source of passive income.

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Vorys Energy

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Ohio’s Seventh District Court of Appeals recently held that an “anti-washout” provision found in multiple assignments of overriding royalty interests covering leases that subsequently expired was not binding on the original lessee’s assignees, which had taken new leases to those same lands, as there was no privity of contract.

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Permian Basin Oil and Gas Magazine

APRIL 1, 2025

Dallas-based Elk Range Royalties said recently it closed a deal to acquire 250,000 net royalty acres from affiliates of Occidental Petroleum for $905 million. Elk Range Royalties buys mineral and royalty interests across multiple U.S. Elk has deployed more than $1.2

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Oil & Gas 360º

MAY 12, 2025

(Oil & Gas 360) – Publisher’s Note: CanCambria Energy will be presenting at EneCom Denver – The Energy Investment Conference on August 17-20, 2025. The company holds 100% working interest and 98% net royalty interest across the greater BA-IX mining license at the Kiskunhalas project.

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Texas Oil & Gas Attorney

JUNE 30, 2024

Whether a royalty granted or reserved in a deed is a “fixed” or “floating” royalty has resulted in a lot of litigation in Texas. The Plaintiff sold land to a third party and reserved a 1/8 royalty nonparticipating royalty interest (fixed royalty language). ConocoPhillips Co.,

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Enverus

JUNE 3, 2025

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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Rigzone: News

JANUARY 9, 2025

Kimbell signed a deal to acquire Boren Minerals' oil and natural gas mineral and royalty interests in the Permian Basin for about $231 million.

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Producer's Edge

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Travis Lattner, Jr., “a non-participating royalty of one-fourth (1/4th) of the landowner’s usual one-eighth (1/8th) royalty on oil and gas produced and saved from said land[.]” By way of background, in 1955 J.D. and Elva Arthur conveyed to W. By way of background, in 1955 J.D. and Elva Arthur conveyed to W.

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The Energy Law

APRIL 4, 2023

While 30:10 was amended during the 2022 legislative session, the amendment preserved the limited obligation of remitting the royalty and overriding royalty burdens to the nonparticipating owner for the benefit of the royalty and overriding royalty owners.

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Oil & Gas 360º

MARCH 20, 2025

(Oil & Gas 360) – CanCambria Energy Corp. TSXV: CCEC ) ( FSE: 4JH ) is pleased to announce that it has been granted its first drilling permit from the Hungarian Mining Directorate for the CC- Ba-E-2 appraisal well at its 100% owned Kiskunhalas tight gas project in Hungarys Pannonian Basin. CanCambria Energy Corp.

Exploration and Appraisal

Producer's Edge

APRIL 30, 2025

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. " The Gipses later leased the minerals to ConocoPhillips for a 1/4 royalty. ."

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Oil Gas Leads

APRIL 1, 2025

a subsidiary of Chevron Corporation, has entered into a strategic joint venture with TG Natural Resources (TGNR) through the sale of a 70% interest in its East Texas natural gas assets. The $525 million transaction includes a $75 million upfront cash payment and a $450 million capital carry to fund future Haynesville Shale development.

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Producer's Edge

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

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? As I recently summarized in my annual oil and gas law review (Austin W. Brister & Logan Jones, Oil, Gas & Mineral Law, 9 SMU ANN. 3d 39 , 47 (Tex.

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Producer's Edge

JUNE 4, 2025

the El Paso Court of Appeals reversed a trial court's summary judgment and held that post-closing "corrections" to overriding royalty assignments were invalid and unenforceable against a subsequent purchaser. The sales contracts addressed this extra up-to-5% interest through Section 8.1(iii), —El Paso Jan.

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The Energy Law

MAY 25, 2007

Morris Resources, Ltd.,

Royalty Interest

The Energy Law

MAY 10, 2010

—Tyler 5/5/2010), the Tyler Court of Appeals upheld a trial court’s findings of fact and conclusions of law with respect to the termination of an oil and gas lease for failure to pay shut-in royalty payments to the proper party. Van Hovenberg (“Van Hovenberg”) conveyed by royalty deed to O.B. In 1976, Karin H.

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Producer's Edge

MAY 19, 2025

May 16, 2025), the Texas Supreme Court resolved two significant issues affecting mineral owners and surface owners: (1) who owns the empty caverns created by salt mining operations, and (2) how to calculate royalty payments on produced salt. Despite this substantial production, USM did not pay Myers any royalty. Can a Cavern Be Owned?

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The Energy Law

JUNE 12, 2017

the Louisiana Second Circuit upheld a trial court’s ruling that the holder of a security interest in mineral leases was solidarily liable for damages under the Louisiana Mineral Code stemming from its mineral lessees/mortgagors’ actions. [1] in unpaid royalties and an additional double damages penalty of $484,058.52 4] $242,029.26

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The Energy Law

JANUARY 18, 2011

Dunn-McCampbell Royalty Interest Inc. The Texas law made an exception for the use of the surface of the land for the reasonable development of oil, gas, and other minerals – including the right of ingress and egress. Nat’l Park Serv. , 09-40187 (5th Cir.

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The Energy Law

APRIL 19, 2021

The Texas Supreme Court recently released its anticipated opinion in Eagle Oil & Gas Co. TRO-X”) and Eagle Oil & Gas Co. Eagle”) regarding their agreement to jointly acquire and sell oil and gas leases. In the first, Eagle Oil & Gas Co. TRO-X, L.P. , 18-0983, 2021 WL 1045723, at *1 (Tex. TRO-X, L.P. ,

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The Energy Law

APRIL 19, 2021

The Texas Supreme Court recently released its anticipated opinion in Eagle Oil & Gas Co. TRO-X”) and Eagle Oil & Gas Co. Eagle”) regarding their agreement to jointly acquire and sell oil and gas leases. In the first, Eagle Oil & Gas Co. TRO-X, L.P. , 18-0983, 2021 WL 1045723, at *1 (Tex. TRO-X, L.P. ,

Exploration and Production

The Energy Law

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

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. ATP Oil & Gas Corp. , See United States v. 955 F.Supp.2d

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The Energy Law

APRIL 7, 2020

Financial Consequences The financial consequences of issuing straight and convertible debt, convertible and non-convertible equity, and equity kickers is complicated and may require the assistance of bankers, accountants and lawyers to determine which technique is the most appropriate for the circumstances.

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