Charles Warren v. Chesapeake Exploration, L

How courts have described this case

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• stating that an \amount realized\ clause, standing alone, would create a royalty interest free of post-production costs
• “[I]f anything is clear from the many Texas decisions dealing with royalty provisions, it is that different royalty provisions have different meanings.”
• “[A]ll royalty paid to Lessor shall be free of all costs and expenses related to the exploration, production and marketing . . . including, but not limited to, costs of compression, dehydration, treatment and transportation.”
• “Had the lease provided only that the Warrens are to receive 22.5% of the amount realized by Lessee, there would be little question that the Warrens would be entitled to 22.5% of the sales contract price that the lessee received, with no deduction of post-production costs.”

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