Legal Opinion
Burlington Resources Oil & Gas Co. LP v. Texas Crude Energy, LLC
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided March 2, 2017No. NUMBER 13-16-00248-CVPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Opinion by
Justice Contreras
In this permissive appeal, we are asked whether appellant Burlington Resources Oil & Gas Company LP (“Burlington”) may deduct post-production expenses from overriding royalty payments made under certain assignment instruments. The trial court concluded that the assignments did not allow for the deduction of post-production expenses and it rendered summary judgment in favor of appellees Texas Crude Energy, LLC (“Texas Crude”) and Amber Harvest, LLC (“Amber”). We affirm.
I. Background
In 2004, Burlington and Texas Crude entered into a Prospect Development…
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