The issues presented concern what expenses may properly be deducted from a lessee's profits to determine if there is production in paying quantities under the habendum clause of an oil and gas lease. The questions posed are: 1) whether overriding royalties paid by the lessee to a third party may be deducted from profits as a cost of production or a lifting expense; 2) whether administrative expenses qualify...
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