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a barrel since Januaryhovering uncomfortably around $68New Mexico lawmakers just gave oil producers something else to stew over: higher royalty rates. The bill raises the maximum royalty rate on the states premium oil and gas leases from 20% to 25%the first change since 1970, when disco was en vogue and the EPA started
Some O&G producers in West Virginia are gaming the system by not paying landowners/rights owners the royalties they are due. The post WV Legislature Advances Bill to Fine Drillers for Royalty Nonpayment first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. Typically, this does not apply to shale drillers, mostly larger companies.
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).
(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.
The West Virginia Supreme Court was scheduled to hear two significant oil and gas royalty disputes during a morning session today. Both cases center on whether natural gas companies can deduct post-production costs from royalty payments and, if so, under what circumstances. The first case,
Another case interpreting a royalty reservation in an old conveyance has been decided by the 11th Court of Appeals in Eastland: Boren Descendants and Mabee Descendants v. The deed reserves “an undivided one-fourth (1/4th) of the usual one eighth (18th) royalty.” Fasken Oil and Ranch, Ltd. , two consolidated appeals, Nos.
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.
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.
Renewed growth sentiment among miners’ management teams, combined with the rise of streaming-and-royalty financing over the past ten years, suggests that this particular type of alternative financing could be set for significant expansion over the next decade.
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. (..)
CALGARY, Alberta, March 12, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Freehold Royalties Ltd. Freehold or the Company) (TSX:FRU) announces fourth quarter and year-end results for the period ended December 31, 2024. Fourth Quarter 2024 Highlights $77 million in revenue; $61 million in funds from operations ($0.40/share)(1)(3);
CALGARY, Alberta, May 13, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Freehold Royalties Ltd. Freehold or the Company) (TSX:FRU) announces first quarter results for the period ended March 31, 2025. First Quarter 2025 Highlights $91 million in revenue; $68 million in funds from operations ($0.42/share) share) (1)(3); $44 million in dividends paid ($0.27/share)(2);
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
Encino will pay a $218,715 signing bonus and 18% royalties on any oil and. The Ohio Oil and Gas Land Management Commission (OGLMC) met for about 15 minutes on Friday and voted to award Encino Energy the right to drill under (not on) 62.5 acres of Leesville Wildlife Area located in Carroll County.
By EDF Blogs By Aaron Wolfe, Ari Pottens , and Scott Seymour EDF economic analysis found that in 2022 oil and gas operators across Alberta wasted $671 million in natural gas, costing the provincial government over $120 million in lost royalties and uncollected corporate taxes.
CALGARY, AB, April 28, 2025 /CNW/ – Source Rock Royalties Ltd. (“Source Rock”) (TSXV: SRR), a pure-play oil and gas royalty company with an established portfolio of oil focused royalties, announces results for the three-month period and year ended December31, 2024.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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, May 22, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Freehold Royalties Ltd. (“Freehold” or the “Company“) (TSX FRU) is pleased to announce that the Toronto Stock Exchange (the “TSX“) has accepted Freehold’s notice of intention to commence a normal course issuer bid (the “NCIB“).
CALGARY, AB, March 10, 2025 /CNW/ – Source Rock Royalties Ltd. (“Source Rock”) (TSXV: SRR), a pure-play oil and gas royalty company with an established portfolio of oil royalties, announces unaudited(1) operational and financial highlights for fiscal 2024 and the fourth quarter of 2024 (“Q4 2024”).
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.
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.
3d 544 (2024) , the Texas Supreme Court addressed a case where the Plaintiff claimed that two leases had terminated because a shut in royalty payment was made late. The leases in question had a pretty standard shut in royalty clause that allowed a payment of $50.00 Taylor Properties, 704 S.W.3d
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.
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.
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.,
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.”
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).
The old lease provided for 1/8 royalty, and 3/4 of the royalty had been reserved or transferred to other owners long before Enervest acquired the lease, so the Opielas owned only 1/4 of 1/8 royalty. Enervest and Magnolia drilled some horizontal EagleFord wells located wholly on the lease.
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.
The Texas Supreme Court is going to hear a case in which the issue is whether the interest to be paid on past due royalties is simple or compound interest. The leases provide for an 18% late-charge penalty on past-due royalties to be calculated each month but do not expressly state whether the interest should be compound or simple.
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 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
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.
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.
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.
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