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Fifth Circuit to Hold Oral Argument in Sojitz v. UNOCAL in April 2020

The Energy Law

MARCH 11, 2020

Sojitz Energy Venture, Inc. 2003) (“the regulations govern the parties’ joint and several liabilities vis-à-vis the Government not amongst themselves”) and Total E&P USA, Inc. Union Oil Co. of California , 394 F. 3d 687 (S.D. The only lessee of the Outer Continental Shelf leases at issue in Sojitz was UNOCAL. 611 (Bankr.

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Royalty E&P Offshore E&A

Is the Frequency of Louisiana Environmental Quality Act Citizen Suit Litigation Increasing?

The Energy Law

JANUARY 28, 2021

In 2003, the Louisiana Supreme Court rendered its landmark decision in Corbello, et al. 30:2025(E). Iowa Production, et al. Since then, Louisiana courts have seen a steady stream of “legacy litigation” claims being filed. The purpose of the Louisiana Environmental Quality Act is twofold. 30:2025. (c)

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Is the Frequency of Louisiana Environmental Quality Act Citizen Suit Litigation Increasing?

The Energy Law

JANUARY 28, 2021

In 2003, the Louisiana Supreme Court rendered its landmark decision in Corbello, et al. 30:2025(E). Iowa Production, et al. Since then, Louisiana courts have seen a steady stream of “legacy litigation” claims being filed. The purpose of the Louisiana Environmental Quality Act is twofold. 30:2025. (c)

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E&A Exploration and Production Oil Operator

A New Opinion Report is Published: Assistance for Real Estate Financing Transactions

The Energy Law

APRIL 16, 2019

241 (2003). A Lender in a real estate financing transaction often requires borrower’s counsel to opine on certain aspects of the transaction as a condition to the closing. Often, the negotiations between borrower and lender counsel are as contentious and extended as are negotiations regarding the loan documents themselves. & Est. L.

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Texas Supreme Court Update: The Court Decides Issue of First Impression Related to the Scope of an Oil and Gas Lease’s

The Energy Law

MARCH 31, 2021

Texas Crude Energy LLC , 573 S.W.3d While the Court is no stranger to interpreting (and often muddling) the familiar royalty clause interpretation questions surrounding the first issue, in a case of first impression, the Court also analyzed the breadth of a lease’s free-use clause. Burlington Resources Oil & Gas Co., 3d 198, 211 (Tex.

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Texas Supreme Court Update: The Court Decides Issue of First Impression Related to the Scope of an Oil and Gas Lease’s Free-Use Clause and Further Interprets Conflicting Royalty Clause Provisions

The Energy Law

MARCH 31, 2021

Texas Crude Energy LLC , 573 S.W.3d While the Court is no stranger to interpreting (and often muddling) the familiar royalty clause interpretation questions surrounding the first issue, in a case of first impression, the Court also analyzed the breadth of a lease’s free-use clause. Burlington Resources Oil & Gas Co., 3d 198, 211 (Tex.

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Royalty Gas Oil Downstream

Texas Supreme Court Offers Exemplary Damage Guidance

The Energy Law

JUNE 29, 2010

408, 418 (2003), that is, (1) the degree of reprehensibility of the defendant’s conduct; (2) the disparity between the actual or potential harm suffered by the plaintiff and the punitive damages award; and (3) the difference between the punitive damages awarded by the jury and the civil penalties authorized or imposed in comparable cases.

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COVID-19 as a Force Majeure? The Texas and Louisiana Perspectives

The Energy Law

MARCH 27, 2020

Today, countries worldwide are responding to a pandemic of respiratory disease spreading from person-to-person caused by a novel coronavirus. The disease has been named “coronavirus disease 2019” (abbreviated “COVID-19”). Does this pandemic and resultant disruption constitute a force majeure event under Louisiana and Texas law?

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Department of Interior Proposes New Financial Assurance and Decommissioning Regulations

The Energy Law

OCTOBER 15, 2020

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (“BOEM”) and the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (“BSEE”) recently issued a proposed rule on Risk Management, Financial Assurance and Loss Prevention (“Proposed Rule”), which was published in the Federal Register on October 16, 2020 and is now open for public comment.

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Pipeline Operator E&A Abandonment

UCC8, UCC9, and The Hague Convention

The Energy Law

APRIL 5, 2017

The Convention was finally promulgated in 2003 but did not become effective until April 1, 2017. [2] That provides that the local law of the securities intermediary as specified in Section 8.110(e) governs that question. financings will also need to understand the rules of the Convention.

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Texas Supreme Court Update: The Court Decides Issue of First Impression Related to the Scope of an Oil and Gas Lease’s Free-Use Clause and Further Interprets Conflicting Royalty Clause Provisions

The Energy Law

MARCH 31, 2021

Texas Crude Energy LLC , 573 S.W.3d Factual and Procedural Background. While the Court is no stranger to interpreting (and often muddling) the familiar royalty clause interpretation questions surrounding the first issue, in a case of first impression, the Court also analyzed the breadth of a lease’s free-use clause. 3d 198, 211 (Tex.

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Royalty Gas Oil Downstream

Louisiana Second Circuit Addresses: (1) Creation of Mineral Servitudes Via Notarial Acts of Correction; (2) Obstacles Suspending the Prescription of Nonuse from Running Against Mineral Servitudes; and (3) Payment of Court Costs in Concursus Actions

The Energy Law

MARCH 30, 2017

Flat River Farms, L.L.C. , the Louisiana Second Circuit addressed issues affecting the creation and preservation of mineral servitudes and payment of court costs in a concursus action. [1] 1] In the case, an operator initiated a concursus action seeking to resolve ownership interest in minerals underlying property on which it was operating.

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Spud-in Operator IT E&A

Department of Interior Proposes New Financial Assurance and Decommissioning Regulations

The Energy Law

OCTOBER 15, 2020

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (“BOEM”) and the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (“BSEE”) recently issued a proposed rule on Risk Management, Financial Assurance and Loss Prevention (“Proposed Rule”), which was published in the Federal Register on October 16, 2020 and is now open for public comment.

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Fifth Circuit to Hold Oral Argument in Sojitz v. UNOCAL in April 2020

Is the Frequency of Louisiana Environmental Quality Act Citizen Suit Litigation Increasing?

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Is the Frequency of Louisiana Environmental Quality Act Citizen Suit Litigation Increasing?

A New Opinion Report is Published: Assistance for Real Estate Financing Transactions

Texas Supreme Court Update: The Court Decides Issue of First Impression Related to the Scope of an Oil and Gas Lease’s

Texas Supreme Court Update: The Court Decides Issue of First Impression Related to the Scope of an Oil and Gas Lease’s Free-Use Clause and Further Interprets Conflicting Royalty Clause Provisions

Texas Supreme Court Offers Exemplary Damage Guidance

COVID-19 as a Force Majeure? The Texas and Louisiana Perspectives

Department of Interior Proposes New Financial Assurance and Decommissioning Regulations

UCC8, UCC9, and The Hague Convention

Texas Supreme Court Update: The Court Decides Issue of First Impression Related to the Scope of an Oil and Gas Lease’s Free-Use Clause and Further Interprets Conflicting Royalty Clause Provisions

Louisiana Second Circuit Addresses: (1) Creation of Mineral Servitudes Via Notarial Acts of Correction; (2) Obstacles Suspending the Prescription of Nonuse from Running Against Mineral Servitudes; and (3) Payment of Court Costs in Concursus Actions

Department of Interior Proposes New Financial Assurance and Decommissioning Regulations

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