Chesapeake Exploration, L.L.C. v. Hyder

delivered, the opinion of the Court, in which

JUSTICE GREEN, JUSTICE’ JOHNSON, JUSTICE BOYD, and JUSTICE DEVINE joined.

We deny the motion for rehearing. We withdraw our opinion of June 12, 2015, and substitute the following in its placel'

Generally, speaking, an overriding royalty on oil and gas production is free of production costs but must bear its share of postproduction costs unless the parties agree otherwise.- The only question in this case is whether the parties’ lease expresses a different agreement. We conclude it does and therefore affirm the court of appeals’ 'judgment.1

The Hyder…