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Russia denounces nuclear waste management agreement with Western donors

Energy Central

The Russian government has recently submitted a draft law to the State Duma to unilaterally denounce the Framework Agreement on the Multilateral Nuclear Environmental Program (MNEPR), which was signed in 2003 in Stockholm to help Russia cope with the expensive nuclear and radioactive cleanup operations in.

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UCC8, UCC9, and The Hague Convention

The Energy Law

Lenders who take security interests in securities accounts are familiar with the rules of Articles 8 and 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code that identify the governing jurisdiction for these transactions. The Convention was finally promulgated in 2003 but did not become effective until April 1, 2017. [2]

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

The Energy Law

2003) (“the regulations govern the parties’ joint and several liabilities vis-à-vis the Government not amongst themselves”) and Total E&P USA, Inc. 2018) (“parties will always be jointly and severally liable to the government for the cost of decommissioning, no matter what their contract provides”).

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

The Energy Law

The pandemic poses a serious public health risk, and government response has included closure of schools and businesses, declarations of emergency, and issuance of a variety of “stay home” orders—typically instructing all but “essential personnel” to remain in their residences other than to gather necessaries.

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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

which governs notarial acts of correction: A. (1) 19] Petro-Chem then requested that the surface owner, Lott, obtain a Compatible Use Authorization (“CUA permit”) from the USDA, which would be required before the spudding of Petro-Chem’s proposed unit well on December 17, 2003. [20] 20] The CUA permit was obtained on January 20, 2004.

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