La. Admin. Code tit. 43 § I-943

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024

Section I-943 - Price; Deductions; Method of Payment; Reports; Taxes; Administrative Fee

A. The price to be paid by a refiner pursuant to any contract for the purchase of royalty crude oil shall be the maximum price allowed pursuant to the applicable and controlling federal or state law on the effective date of the contract. In the event that such price controls are terminated during the term of a contract, the price to be paid by a refiner shall be the fair market value of the state's royalty oil, which condition shall be effective at any time while the contract is in effect.

B. In calculating the payments for royalty crude oil purchased, the refiner may deduct from the price that portion of the transportation costs reimbursed to the state's lessee which represents the actual cost of transportation to the agreed upon point of delivery utilized. Any additional cost of transportation for delivery to a more distant point shall be borne solely by the refiner.

C. Payments due under any contract shall be made monthly, such payments to be consistent with the volume of royalty oil received by the refiner during such preceding month.

D. The refiner shall be required to file monthly reports with the Office of Mineral Resources setting forth by lease and delivery point all volumes of crude oil received.

E. The state shall assume responsibility for all severance taxes due on its royalty production in effect on the contract date. The refiner shall be liable for all other taxes and any additional or increased taxes which become effective following the date of the contract. The board may require the refiner to advance or remit to the appropriate state lessee all severance taxes paid by such lessee which are attributable to the volume of royalty oil acquired by the refiner. In such event the refiner shall be entitled to deduct such taxes on a monthly basis from payments due the state and remit same to the appropriate state lessee.

F. In addition to all other prices, fees, and charges otherwise authorized in these regulations, the board may assess a fee not in excess of $0.20 per barrel of royalty oil delivered to cover the cost of administration.

La. Admin. Code tit. 43, § I-943

Promulgated by the Department of Natural Resources, Office of the Secretary, LR 6:135 (March 1980), amended by the Department of Natural Resources, Office of Mineral Resources, LR 34:258 (February 2008).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 30:143.