Appeals court backs earlier ruling for Kerr-McGee in deepwater royalty suit

A federal appeals court affirmed a US district court's ruling that Kerr-McGee Oil & Gas Corp. should not have to pay royalties on eight deepwater leases from 1996 to 2000 despite price thresholds imposed by the US Department of the Interior.

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