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You Cannot Just Read the Regulations to Understand Stormwater Permitting for Oil and Gas Activities!

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Moreno and Robert E. Holden EPA’s most recent NPDES regulations for stormwater permitting of oil and gas facilities were vacated by the Ninth Circuit in 2008 and new regulations have not been promulgated. Thus, under the 2006 regulations, stormwater from Oil &Gas sites that only contained sediment was always exempt from permitting.

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One Man’s Waste is Another Man’s Treasure: Texas Appellate Court Holds that Produced Water Belongs to Mineral Owners

The Energy Law Blog

COG owned the minerals under four leases in Reeves County, Texas executed between 2005 and 2014. Those leases granted COG the exclusive right to produce “oil and gas” or “oil, gas and other hydrocarbons.” As background, many areas in Texas contain shale formations that are dense and have poor permeability.

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Louisiana First Circuit Reaffirms Prescription and Subsequent Purchaser Principles

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for alleged damage to its property arising out of Chevron’s and its predecessor’s oil and gas operations in the Sardine Point Field from 1959 through 1991. Lexington Land purchased the property in June 2005 but did not obtain from the prior owners an assignment of the right to sue for property damage that occurred before the 2005 sale.

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Ninth Circuit Vacates EPA Rule Excepting Oil and Gas Construction Discharges from NPDES Permitting

The Energy Law Blog

By Claire Bienvenu On May 23, 2008, the Ninth Circuit vacated EPA’s rule exempting discharges of sediment resulting from oil and gas construction activities from National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit requirements. 06-73217 (9th Cir.

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Louisiana First Circuit Reaffirms Prescription and Subsequent Purchaser Principles

The Energy Law Blog

for alleged damage to its property arising out of Chevron’s and its predecessor’s oil and gas operations in the Sardine Point Field from 1959 through 1991. Lexington Land purchased the property in June 2005 but did not obtain from the prior owners an assignment of the right to sue for property damage that occurred before the 2005 sale.

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Louisiana First Circuit Reaffirms Prescription and Subsequent Purchaser Principles

The Energy Law Blog

for alleged damage to its property arising out of Chevron’s and its predecessor’s oil and gas operations in the Sardine Point Field from 1959 through 1991. Lexington Land purchased the property in June 2005 but did not obtain from the prior owners an assignment of the right to sue for property damage that occurred before the 2005 sale.

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United States Court of Appeals Finds BOEM Environmental Impact Statement Deficient, But Declines to Vacate Leases Issued in 2018 Offshore Lease Sales

The Energy Law Blog

They alleged that (1) BOEM failed to adequately consider a “no action” alternative, (2) BOEM unreasonably assumed two environmental rules designed to reduce the risk of oil and gas spills would remain in effect, and (3) that BOEM unreasonably assumed that all rules would be effectively enforced. [4]