July 25, 2014
An Oklahoma federal judge on Thursday affirmed a U.S. Department of the Interior decision challenged by a ConocoPhillips Co. unit determining that the company owed additional royalties on gas it extracted and sold from federally owned lands, ruling that the DOI's reasoning was sound.
June 03, 2014
A ConocoPhillips Co. unit told an Oklahoma federal court Monday that the U.S. Department of Interior improperly reviewed the marketable condition of gas that Burlington extracted and sold from federally owned lands before determining that Burlington owed additional royalties on the gas, pushing the court to order a proper analysis of the product.
April 30, 2014
An Oklahoma federal judge ruled Tuesday that the U.S. Department of the Interior need not factually justify a finding that midstream gas companies are "intermediaries" in the sale of processed gas in a royalties dispute over gas sales from wells on federally-owned land.