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Oil Spill Liability: OPA 90 v. the IMO’S CLC

The Energy Law

No claim for compensation for pollution damage under this Convention or otherwise may be made against operator, manager, charterer (including bareboat charterer) etc. 1 Most nations who have adopted the CLC as law have also adopted the 2001 International Convention on Civil Liability for Bunker Oil Pollution Damages. CLC Art.III.4)

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2023 Begins With Increased (or Unlimited) Liability for Vessel Owners

The Energy Law

10] While the rule does not specify whether the new limits apply retroactively to oil spills that occur before the effective date, case law indicates that the change will be prospective only. [11] Those limits were last increased in 2018 to $137,659,500 by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management. [12] 438, 446 (2001). [14]

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Texas Supreme Court Holds Producer Not Required to Share in Natural Gas Pipeline Compression Costs

The Energy Law

Michael Lillis (“Lillis”) was one of the producers who sold natural gas to Kachina, dating back to 2001. If Lillis’ wells failed to do so, then the Agreement provided Kachina with two options: “[i]t may do nothing, in which case the well will be released from the Agreement. emphasis by Court).

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Dusky Gopher Frog’s Louisiana Critical Habitat Spawns U.S. Supreme Court Writ

The Energy Law

Property modifications, including altering the present timber management practices, could return the land to suitable frog habitat but the landowners do not intent to take these steps and the government concedes it cannot compel them to do so. But the frog’s case has proven to have legs and may endure longer than the species itself.

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