A lot, when there are conflicting uses of the property. Louisiana Minerals, Ltd. v. Weyerhaeuser Co. resolved a dispute over a 99-year Timber Sale and Lease Contract. Louisiana Minerals (LML) owns and leases 200,000 acres in North Louisiana to Weyerhaeuser, who conducts large-scale timber operations on the property and other lands.
The Timber Contract
Several
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation v. Alternative Environmental Solutions Inc. addressed a Master Services Agreement for environmental services. The busy Fifth Circuit decided what law should apply, excused Anadarko for failing to raise issues in a previous suit, partially reversed an attorney’s fees award, denied punitive damages, and ignored a failure-to-give-notice defense.
The MSC chose General
In re Shale Oil Antitrust Litigation considers whether the nation’s largest shale producers conspired to restrain domestic shale oil production to artificially increase the price of crude oil and its derivative products throughout the United States. The U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico concluded that the allegations against
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 law partners, clients and friends think about this race, Bo French, or Republicans and Democrats
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? In Burlington Resources Oil & Gas Company LP v. Texas Crude Energy, LLC, the
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 about what can happen when affiliated entities don’t sort out, until it’s too late, who
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 gas required lessee Pioneer to pay its lessor Elberta on a cotenant’s production from first
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 is “maybe” … “sometimes” … “it depends on the proof”.
The facts
Independent operator Barrow
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 lease, but maybe isn’t so free if one considers another provision.
The facts
Gringita owns