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Louisiana Second Circuit Provides Clarity on Production in Paying Quantities and Affirms Lease Cancellation Under Mineral Code Article 140 for Failure to Pay Royalties

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arose from a 2004 mineral lease covering nearly 1,400 acres in Sections 9, 10, 15, 16, and 21, Township 15 North, Range 15 West, in Caddo Parish. [2] arose from a 2004 mineral lease covering nearly 1,400 acres in Sections 9, 10, 15, 16, and 21, Township 15 North, Range 15 West, in Caddo Parish. [2] Tauren Exploration, Inc.

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

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2003) (“the regulations govern the parties’ joint and several liabilities vis-à-vis the Government not amongst themselves”) and Total E&P USA, Inc. Sojitz Energy Venture, Inc. Union Oil Co. of California , 394 F. 3d 687 (S.D. UNOCAL assigned operating rights in the leases to ATP, who later assigned 20% of those rights to Sojitz.

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Third Circuit Issues Long-Awaited Ruling in OPA Liability Case

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ATHOS I had its genesis in a 2004 vessel allision and oil spill on the Delaware River between New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Procedural History The case was originally tried in a forty-one day bench trial by Judge John P. as Owner of the M/T ATHOS I , Nos. 16-3552, 16-3867 & 16-3868 (3d Cir. 2701, et seq.

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