Supreme Court of Oklahoma March 4, 1997, No. 84446 (Helmerich & Payne, Inc. v. State ex rel. Commissioners of the Land Office)

SIMMS, Justice:

Is the State of Oklahoma ex. rel. Commissioners of the Land Office (CLO) entitled to additional royalty payments in a sum equal to its fractional share of the value of all gross production and excise taxes that were assessed against gas production and which were paid by the purchaser? We hold that the CLO is not entitled to additional royalty.

The material facts are not in dispute.