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TXO v. Vela Remembered in a Gas Royalty Case

By Charles Sartain on December 19, 2016
Posted in Lease Disputes, Royalty Disputes

flea flickerWestport Oil & Gas Company, L.P. v. Mecom et al. presented this question: Was the lease royalty based on a gas purchase agreement formula or on the royalty clauses’s market value at the well provision?

Spoiler alert: Invoking the seminal Texas Supreme Court decision in Texas Oil and Gas Corporation v. Vela…

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