September 18, 2012
A Kansas federal judge on Monday approved a $19 million BP America Production Co. deal to end allegations of royalty underpayments on natural gas leases after excluding Chesapeake Energy Corp. from the settlement class due to conflicts of interest with the rest of the plaintiffs.
August 03, 2012
Chesapeake Energy Corp. shouldn't be allowed to participate in a $19 million BP America Production Co. settlement over alleged royalty underpayments on natural gas leases, a class of royalty owners told a Kansas federal court Thursday, saying Chesapeake's interests weren't aligned with the rest of the settlement class.
July 31, 2012
BP America Production Co. on Monday agreed to pay $19 million to settle a class action brought by owners of gas lease royalites seeking contractual payments, six months after a Kansas federal judge refused to let the oil giant escape the lawsuit.
January 25, 2012
A federal judge in Kansas on Tuesday largely denied BP America Production Co.'s request to throw out claims brought by a class of gas lease stakeholders seeking royalty payments, finding that previous legal disputes did not render the allegations moot.