Rigzone

JULY 22, 2025

Image by shih-wei via iStock According to the Texas Independent Producers and Royalty Owners Association’s (TIPRO) analysis, direct Texas upstream employment for June totaled 205,400. TXOGA describes itself as the oldest and largest oil and gas trade association in Texas representing every facet of the industry.

Upstream

Oil & Gas 360º

JULY 31, 2025

With offices in Dallas and Houston, NSAI provides a complete range of geological, geophysical, petrophysical, and engineering services and has the technical experience and ability to perform these services in any of the onshore and offshore oil and gas producing areas of the world.

Energy

Valor

JULY 7, 2025

TThe legislation reinstates lower royalty rates, mandates expanded leasing on public lands and offshore areas—including the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska—and eliminates methane-related royalties and incentive program funding. million barrels.

Energy

Oil & Gas 360º

JULY 14, 2025

With offices in Dallas and Houston, NSAI provides a complete range of geological, geophysical, petrophysical, and engineering services and has the technical experience and ability to perform these services in any of the onshore and offshore oil and gas producing areas of the world.

Energy

Oil & Gas 360º

AUGUST 6, 2025

With offices in Dallas and Houston, NSAI provides a complete range of geological, geophysical, petrophysical, and engineering services and has the technical experience and ability to perform these services in any of the onshore and offshore oil and gas producing areas of the world.

Energy

Oil & Gas 360º

JULY 23, 2025

With offices in Dallas and Houston, NSAI provides a complete range of geological, geophysical, petrophysical, and engineering services and has the technical experience and ability to perform these services in any of the onshore and offshore oil and gas producing areas of the world.

Energy

Oil & Gas 360º

JUNE 27, 2025

(World Oil) – The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has published a Proposed Notice of Sale (PNOS) for Lease Sale 262, the first of three offshore auctions in the Gulf of America under the 2024–29 Outer Continental Shelf Leasing Program.

Oil

The Energy Law

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

In the meantime, more questions than answers remain regarding the regulatory framework for offshore CCS. One issue is the method Interior will use to authorize offshore CCS – by lease, easement, or right-of-way (or some combination thereof).

Offshore

The Energy Law

JUNE 4, 2007

Hunter MMS has announced proposed amendments to its deep gas royalty relief regulations under the Energy Policy Act of 2005.

Royalty

The Energy Law

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

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.

Royalty

The Energy Law

NOVEMBER 1, 2007

The court ruled that Interior’s price threshold clauses unlawfully deprived Kerr-McGee of the statutory right to produce minimum volumes of oil and gas royalty-free, as mandated by Congress in the Outer Continental Shelf Deep Water Royalty Relief Act of 1995. CLICK here to view the decision

Royalty

Valor

JUNE 12, 2025

energy policy and programs: Oil and Gas Provisions Drilling Expansion : The bill reinstates and accelerates oil and gas leasing on federal lands and offshore waters. Federal Royalties : The bill freezes current royalty rates for federal oil and gas leases and blocks increases that had been proposed under the Inflation Reduction Act.

Gas

The Energy Law

SEPTEMBER 23, 2008

Title I addresses the existing moratoria, future OCS access, exploration, production and royalty questions. per MMBtu, unless lease royalties were renegotiated with the Secretary , imposes Conservation of Resources Fee on nonproducing lease acreage of $3.75

Royalty

The Energy Law

MARCH 12, 2009

12, 2009), in which the Fifth Circuit held that Interior had violated Section 304 of the Deep Water Royalty Relief Act by imposing "price threshold" requirements that reduce a lessee’s royalty suspension volume below statutory minimums.

Royalty

The Energy Law

JANUARY 16, 2009

A unanimous panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has held that the United States Department of the Interior violated the Outer Continental Shelf Deep Water Royalty Relief Act (“RRA”) by imposing price threshold conditions that require federal lessees to pay royalties when commodity prices rise.

Royalty

The Energy Law

SEPTEMBER 12, 2008

By Jonathan Hunter: In a highly anticipated decision, the Tenth Circuit held this week that the district court had subject matter jurisdiction over a qui tam action filed by an MMS auditor concerning royalty payments on crude oil produced from offshore federal leases.

Royalty

Drillers

MARCH 24, 2020

Recently, the Nigerian government demanded more than $60 billion in back royalties under a production sharing agreement with the supermajors operating in the country. Chevron has stakes in both onshore and offshore fields through a JV with NNPC that has the same percentage distribution as Exxon’s. How did this happen?

Oil

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.

Offshore

The Energy Law

MARCH 11, 2020

Last year, in another dispute over who should bear the cost of decommissioning offshore facilities, the Southern District of Texas held that a former sub-assignee of offshore operating rights was entitled to equitable subrogation from the record title owner and initial assignor. UNOCAL also reserved a 3% overriding royalty.

Royalty

Valor

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

onshore wind farms and spinning off offshore wind assets. Read more 25% royalty rate cap on prime oil and gas land heads to the House Summary : The New Mexico Senate passed Senate Bill 23 in a 21-15 vote, advancing legislation to raise the maximum royalty rate on prime oil and gas land in the Permian Basin from 20% to 25%.

Energy

Oil Gas Leads

MARCH 13, 2025

According to the latest State of Energy Report from the Texas Independent Producers & Royalty Owners Association (TIPRO) , oil and gas workers earned an average annual salary of $227,000 in 2024 an increase of $4,389 from 2023. The oil and gas industry remains a powerhouse in the U.S.

Gas

Oil Review Middle East

MARCH 11, 2025

Hunting will pay a 15% royalty to the sellers on revenue earned for a period of 15 years, post-completion. Over 340 successful applications onshore and offshore have been reported, with an overall success rate of 94%.

Exploration and Production

Iraq Business News: Oil & Gas

JUNE 22, 2025

Best results are achieved by aligning interests, and linking taxes to profits, rather than requiring up-front payments, or royalties. But our industry is cyclical, and majors' caution offers opportunities for independents - who have always pioneered new approaches, from offshore drilling to fracking.

Oil

The Energy Law

OCTOBER 26, 2020

on an irreversible path to achieve a “100% clean energy economy,” with benchmark goals of doubling offshore wind production by 2030, de-carbonizing the electricity sector by 2035, and achieving net-zero emissions, economy-wide, by 2050. Biden has indicated that, if elected, he will seek to put the U.S. million barrels of oil and gas per day.

Gas

The Energy Law

OCTOBER 26, 2020

on an irreversible path to achieve a “100% clean energy economy,” with benchmark goals of doubling offshore wind production by 2030, de-carbonizing the electricity sector by 2035, and achieving net-zero emissions, economy-wide, by 2050. Biden has indicated that, if elected, he will seek to put the U.S. million barrels of oil and gas per day.

Gas

The Energy Law

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

In short, the Plaintiff States would suffer increased energy costs, additional regulatory burdens, violation of their procedural rights, and reduced revenue from taxes and royalties as energy production and exploration slowed.

Energy

The Energy Law

JUNE 17, 2021

Further, offshore Lease Sales 257 and 258, which were included in the Five-Year Program that was approved under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (“OCSLA”), were both canceled. It is also possible that Interior could take steps to amend the Five-Year Program to modify the offshore lease sale schedule. at 38-40. (2)

Gas

The Energy Law

JUNE 17, 2021

Further, offshore Lease Sales 257 and 258, which were included in the Five-Year Program that was approved under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (“OCSLA”), were both canceled. It is also possible that Interior could take steps to amend the Five-Year Program to modify the offshore lease sale schedule. at 38-40. (2)

Gas

The Energy Law

JUNE 17, 2021

Further, offshore Lease Sales 257 and 258, which were included in the Five-Year Program that was approved under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (“OCSLA”), were both canceled. It is also possible that Interior could take steps to amend the Five-Year Program to modify the offshore lease sale schedule. at 38-40. (2)

Gas

The Energy Law

OCTOBER 26, 2020

on an irreversible path to achieve a “100% clean energy economy,” with benchmark goals of doubling offshore wind production by 2030, de-carbonizing the electricity sector by 2035, and achieving net-zero emissions, economy-wide, by 2050. Biden has indicated that, if elected, he will seek to put the U.S. million barrels of oil and gas per day.

Gas