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Christmas Eve Edition: 2024 Oil and Gas Results – Top Deals and a Bonus to End the Year

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billion Date: October 11, 2024 ExxonMobil made waves by acquiring Pioneer Natural Resources, securing 850,000 net acres in the Permian Basin. Fact: This was Conocos boldest move since its merger with Burlington Resources in 2006. ExxonMobils Acquisition of Pioneer Natural Resources Value: $64.5

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Louisiana Supreme Court holds that payment of mineral royalties judgment against LDNR is a matter of legislative discretion, reversing grant of mandamus

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In 2006, a group of landowners filed a class action lawsuit against the State of Louisiana through the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources (“LDNR”) concerning the ownership of riverbanks in the Catahoula Basin.

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Expand Energy: From Chesapeake’s Fall to America’s Top Natural Gas Producer

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gas basins, rising LNG demand and domestic consumption growth is well-aligned to support long-term gas price improvements and sustained company growth. 2006 Tom Ward Resigns Ward, who co-founded the company, left Chesapeake in 2006. DellOsso and industry analysts believe combining a premium portfolio across top U.S.

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EPA and Army Corps of Engineers Issue Draft Guidance on Waters Protected by Clean Water Act

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715 (2006). Army Corps of Engineers (the Corps) released new proposed guidance on how the agencies will identify waters protected by the Clean Water Act (CWA) in light of Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County v. Army Corps of Engineers, 531 U.S. 159 (2001) (SWANCC) and Rapanos v. United States, 547 U.S.