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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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Texas Supreme Court Holds JOA Exculpatory Clause Applicable to All Activities of Operator

The Energy Law

By Jana Grauberger The Texas Supreme Court distinguished several Texas appellate court decisions and held the exculpatory clause in a joint operating agreement (“JOA”) applicable not just to operational activities undertaken by the operator, but to all activities of the operator under the JOA. Tyler 2003, pet.

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Taxation of Fuel Provided to Compression Service Operators at No Cost

The Energy Law

Production Operators, Inc. 2d 54, at issue was whether the provision of fuel by customers to a compression services operator at no cost for use in powering the operator’s compressors was subject to Louisiana sales or use tax. Production Operators, Inc. (“POI”) Production Operators, Inc. In Bridges v. 2007-0648 (La.

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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). 5112, Table 51.1. The original exemption did not authorize LDEQ to mandate the maintenance of emissions records for exempt sources.

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

The Energy Law

Last year, in another dispute over who should bear the cost of decommissioning offshore facilities, the Southern District of Texas held that a former sub-assignee of offshore operating rights was entitled to equitable subrogation from the record title owner and initial assignor. Sojitz Energy Venture, Inc. Union Oil Co. of California , 394 F.

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Department of Interior Proposes New Financial Assurance and Decommissioning Regulations

The Energy Law

Decommis sioning liability for predecessors: Current regulations – All lessees and owners of operating rights are jointly and severally liable for meeting decommissioning obligations. A party that assigns a record title interest or operating rights remains liable for decommissioning liability. This first of such NTLs, NTL No.