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Earlier this week, MDN told you about a mineral/royalty rights purchase made by WhiteHawk Energy, increasing its ownership interest in 475,000 gross acres in the Marcellus Shale for $118 million (see WhiteHawk Energy Doubles Ownership Interest in 475K Marcellus Acres).
Midland-based Viper Energy, subsidiary of Diamondback Energy, said Tuesday it agreed to acquire Sitio Royalties in an all-equity transaction valued at $4.1 Viper is now clearly a must-own public mineral and royalty company in North America with attractive size and scale in the Permian Basin.” The agreement, which includes Sitio’s $1.1
(World Oil) – Elk Range Royalties has announced a landmark acquisition of a significant mineral and royalty position spanning approximately 250,000 net royalty acres (NRA) in the DJ Basin from affiliates of Occidental Petroleum (Oxy). In February 2025, NGP and the Elk Range team established Elk Range Royalties III.
WhiteHawk Energy, headquartered in Philadelphia and owning mineral and royalty interests for over 1 million gross unit acres with over 3,400 producing horizontal shale wells between the Marcellus and the Haynesville, announced yesterday that it has doubled its ownership in Marcellus assets in Washington and Greene counties in southwest Pennsylvania. (..)
This $118 million transaction doubles the Companys present ownership interest in a portion of its Marcellus Shale royalties position (across 475,000 gross unit acres) primarily focused in Washington and Greene counties, Pennsylvania. Herz, Chief Executive Officer of WhiteHawk.
Royalty and non-op management is drowning in inefficiencies. But here’s the reality: royalty and non-op management today face the same core problems: Administration bottlenecks: How can address changes be handled or direct deposit be set up quickly? The reality? Address changes turn into endless paperwork. If this resonates.
NASDAQ:FANG) (Diamondback), and Sitio Royalties Corp. 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% billion, including Sitios net debt of approximately $1.1
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ECA Marcellus Trust I, the royalty interest holder in some of the wells drilled and maintained by Greylock Energy in Greene County, PA, announced on May 9 that it will issue a 5.2-cent cent dividend to unitholders for the first quarter of 2025. The company continues to hold back some profits ($90,000 in 1Q25) to build.
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
Accordingly, auditing of royalty payments was left to the Mineral Board’s internal accountants, and when an issue arose as to whether royalty payments were made correctly, the Mineral Board’s land personnel and internal counsel would oversee sending demands and pursuing litigation against the State’s mineral lessees and well operators.
CALGARY, Alberta, May 14, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Freehold Royalties Ltd. Freehold or the Company) (TSX:FRU) announced today that all nominees listed in its notice of meeting and information circular dated March 26, 2025 were elected as directors of Freehold at its Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the Meeting) held today.
Earlier this month, the Texas Independent Producers & Royalty Owners Association (TIPRO) released the 10th edition of its State of Energy Report, offering a detailed analysis of national and state trends in oil and natural gas employment, wages and other key economic factors for ?the the energy industry in 2024 (full copy below).
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.
CALGARY, Alberta, March 10, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — PrairieSky Royalty Ltd. PrairieSky) (TSX:PSK) announced today that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly dividend of CDN $0.26 per common share, payable in cash on April 15, 2025 to shareholders of record on March 31, 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.
million judgment for reimbursement of mineral royalties. million in mineral royalties attributable to ownership of these banks. As there are no such provisions governing the Crooks plaintiffs’ mineral royalties claims, the legislature has retained its discretion to appropriate funds for those claims. 1/1/23), So.
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.
In 2002 Hahn conveyed the tract to William and Lucille Gips, reserving an undivided one-half non-participating interest in and to all of the royalty [Hahn] now owns (same being an undivided one-half of [Hahn’s] one-fourth or an undivided one-eighth royalty) … Continue reading
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 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.”
CALGARY, Alberta, June 02, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Freehold Royalties Ltd. Freehold or the Company) (TSX:FRU) is pleased to announce the appointment of Shaina Morihira as its Chief Financial Officer, effective June 4, 2025. Morihira will succeed David Hendry who, as previously announced, is retiring.
Chevron will retain a 30% non-operated working interest in a joint venture with TGNR and an overriding royalty interest in the assets. billion in value to Chevron at current Henry Hub prices through the multi-year capital carry, retained working interest, and overriding royalty interest.
Court Interprets “Free of Cost Forever” Royalty Language Broadly In this case ( Fasken Oil & Ranch, Ltd. Background: 1960 Deed and Royalty Dispute The dispute arose from a 1960 deed where B.A. Hyder , which also addressed a royalty provision with “cost-free” language. —San Antonio Oct.
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
In a recent case, the Texas Supreme Court considered whether interest on late royalty payments was supposed to be simple or compound interest. When Samson paid previously unpaid royalties to the Plaintiff, it included simple interest. In Samson Exploration, LLC v. Bordages, 662 S.W.3d 3d 501, 2024 (Tex.
Plano-based Mentor Capital said last week it purchased 25.127 net royalty acres in a 71-well producing project in Permian Basin. Mentor said its royalty stream is equivalent to 12.5 The post Mentor Capital purchases royalty acres in 71-well project in Permian Basin appeared first on Permian Basin Oil and Gas Magazine.
In response to today’s announcement that Viper Energy, a subsidiary of Diamondback Energy, would acquire Sitio Royalties Corp for $4.1 Now, for just the second time Enverus has tracked, two publicly traded minerals companies are combing with Viper Energy Partners buying Sitio Royalties for $4.1 billion inclusive of net debt.
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.
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.
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 Res., NationsBank , 939 S.W.2d
The deal, valued at $608 million, includes 13,320 net acres, 8,700 net royalty acres and 12,000 Boe/d directly offset Permian Resources core New Mexico operating areas. (World Oil) – Permian Resources has reached an agreement to buy core assets in the Delaware basin from Apache parent company APA Corp.
In the 1920s—the time the deed at issue was executed—lessors commonly reserved a one-eighth royalty interest when they executed oil and gas leases. In addition to the estate misconception theory, the Court analyzed the “legacy of the one-eighth royalty.” The Texas Supreme Court recently released its opinion in Van Dyke v. Dils Co. ,
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The Associated Press reported today that a federal jury found Kerr McGee liable for additional royalties on crude oil produced from federal properties and sold through Texon. Kerr McGee had denied the allegations and claimed that no additional royalties were owed. Kerr McGee has indicated that intends to appeal the verdict.
Ross alleged that Shell failed to pay royalties in accordance with the lease agreement and that it fraudulently deprived him of royalties by making payments “based on an arbitrary amount even below the internal transfer price.” Shell, however, did not calculate royalty payments based on the price it received for the gas.
15, 2008), the Texas Supreme Court again addressed the propriety of class actions for gas royalty claims. The class affirmed the denial of two subclasses, but reversed the denial of a third subclass of royalty claimaints. Phillips Petroleum Co. , 03-0824 (Feb. The Court upheld the denial of class treatment.
By Dana Douglas The Louisiana First Circuit Court of Appeal recently held that an operator is not responsible for payment of a non-operator’s royalties and overriding royalties before payout. Thus, the non-participant was responsible for payment of its royalty and overriding royalty payments. In Gulf Explorer, LLC v.
million gross unit acres of premier natural gas mineral and royalty assets, significantly expanding its footprint in the core of the Haynesville Shale. WhiteHawk will add approximately 1.8
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Jan 12, 2024) concerns how three related provisions in an oil and gas lease interact: (1) a royalty clause; (2) a free-use clause; and (3) an off-lease clause. When parties to an oil and gas lease reserve royalties, they stipulate where those royalties are to be valued—sometimes referred to as the “valuation point”—in the royalty clause.
by Elisabeth Lorio Baer Interior Secretary Ken Salazar informed Congress on September 17, 2009 that he would kill a controversial program, currently in effect, that allows energy companies to pay the government royalties for drilling on public lands in actual oil and gas in lieu of cash. For the full story, see [link]
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