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LDEQ May Require Louisiana Facilities Exempt From Air Permitting to Maintain Emission Records

The Energy Law

30:2054(B)(2)(b)(ix) (as enacted by Act 918 in 2003). The original exemption did not authorize LDEQ to mandate the maintenance of emissions records for exempt sources. 5112, Table 51.1. As such, exempt facilities in Louisiana should be on the lookout for the implementing rule from LDEQ.

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Production in Paying Quantities: Maintaining Mineral Leases Beyond Their Primary Terms with Production of Oil or Gas

The Energy Law

The sharp decline in oil prices over the past year and a half has had a significant impact on operators and mineral lessees in Louisiana and in other oil-producing states. 2] Implicit in the term “paying quantities” is the requirement that the lessee show a profit, meaning production revenues must exceed “operating expenses.” [3]

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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

In Petro-Chem Operating Co., 1] In the case, an operator initiated a concursus action seeking to resolve ownership interest in minerals underlying property on which it was operating. 21] Prior to spudding the well, the operator faced weather delays and was required to obtain a CUA permit. [22] Flat River Farms, L.L.C. ,

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