Legal Opinion
Kerr-McGee Oil & Gas Corp. v. United States Department of Interior
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 12, 2009No. 08-30069PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KING, Circuit Judge:
The Outer Continental Shelf Deep Water Royalty Relief Act authorizes the Department of the Interior to suspend the collection of oil and gas royalties from all new and preexisting federal, deepwater leases and to impose price or volume thresholds in order to determine when royalty payments should recommence. Additionally, for new deepwater leases issued between 1996 and 2000 for specific areas in the Gulf of Mexico, the act explicitly waives all royalty payments until a specific volume of oil or gas is produced. Kerr-McGee Oil and Gas Corp. obtained eight new deepwater…
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