Our blog doesn’t often opine on politics; it can be bad for business. But the voters’ options for Railroad Commission compel a comment. I’m voting for the Democrat Joe Rosenthal. These opinions are mine alone. I don’t know what my
Co-author: David Pruitt
If a Texas operator commits to minimum throughput volumes to secure pipeline capacity and ends up paying “deficiency fees” when production falls short, can it deduct those fees from overriding royalty interest payments as a post-production cost?
A new executive order declares a national emergency regarding the foreign supply of bulk-power system electric equipment, expanding on prior efforts under President Trump’s May 1, 2020, Executive Order 13920. For suppliers, distributors and purchasers of commercial generators, transformers, inverters,
Co-Author: David Pruitt
Why should related companies lawyer-up to protect themselves when entering a contract to manage an oil and gas property? The question is not rhetorical. Mesquite Energy, Inc. v. Sanchez Oil & Gas Corporation is a cautionary tale
Co-Author Gunner West
In Pioneer Nat. Res. USA, Inc. v. Elberta M. Royalty, LLC, a Texas court held that a lease calling for payment of royalty on the “net amount received by Lessee for the sale” of oil and
Co-author: David Pruitt
Can a consulting agreement convey overriding royalty interests without naming the leases? The Bankruptcy court for the Southern District of Texas tackled that question in In re Barrow Shaver Resources Company, LLC. In summary, the answer
Co-author: David Pruitt
Gringita, Ltd v. Ineos USA Oil and Gas, LLC et al is in a way a typical Texas royalty dispute in which the lessor’s royalty is “free of post-production costs” (PPCs) according to one provision of the
In Ankor Energy, LLC et al v. Merit Management Partners I, L.P. et al a Louisiana federal district court addressed a situation commonly encountered by assignors of oil and gas operating interests: You’ve given up the cheese. How do you
Co-author: Gunner West
The words of an instrument conveying real property in Texas mean something, of course. But so does the placement of those words … which leads to the result in SRO Land & Minerals, LP v. BNSF Railway
Co-author David Pruitt
A question, not hypothetical: Can one provision in a comprehensive water purchase agreement lock a mineral lessee into a single alternative for every purpose under the sun? In Davenport v. EOG Resources, Inc., a court of
