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By Zvi Bar:This week, BP Prudhoe Bay Royalty Trust (BPT) fell to its lowest level since late 2009. BPT was formed as a trust in 1989 by BP Alaska and Standard Oil, two wholly owned subsidiaries of BP PLC (BP). BPT holds a royalty interest for 16.4246% of the first 90,000 barrels of daily production from the Prudhoe Bay Field.

By Zvi Bar:Last week, BP Prudhoe Bay Royalty Trust (BPT) was one of the most volatile equities in the market, losing about one-third of its value on the first three days of the week, and gaining nearly 20 percent on Thursday.

By StreetAuthority: By Nathan Slaughter Last week, I told you about Chesapeake Granite Wash Trust (NYSE: CHKR) -- a royalty trust paying a double-digit yield.

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Double Dividend Stocks submits: If you're looking for dividend paying stocks that will benefit from the current rise in oil prices, royalty trusts might interest you. With oil ending the week at over $113/barrel today, it seems logical that energy-based royalty trusts with exposure to oil should be able to increase their dividends in the near future.

Tyler Lewis submits:To start with a small credential, I work for the company that bought out Santa Fe Royalty Trust when it dissolved in 2007. So, I think it’s fair to say that we know a thing or two about royalty trusts. I’ve modeled and valued many royalty trusts; probably every one out there right now.

ByBill Cunningham:I believe that BP Prudhoe Bay Royalty Trust (BPT) can be more accurately described as a derivative security, rather than a royalty trust, since its value is not directly related to the profitability of the Prudhoe Bay oil fields, but rather some artificial constructs only tangentially related to the economics of the oil field.

ByDerek Blain:Royalty trusts are a specialized class of investment assets. They are equity instruments with strict limitations, meaning that the underlying property or mine or well whose production they own cannot change -- royalty trusts cannot add new properties or assets once they have been created. Once the trust is formed, it exists until the underlying resource has been fully exploited, and then closes down.