The Energy Law

JANUARY 29, 2007

The Louisiana Department of Natural Resources has issued a proposed amendment to Statewide Order 29-B that details the procedures the Department will follow in implementing oilfield clean-up plans referred to the Department under Act 312 of 2006.

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The Energy Law

JULY 10, 2007

million acres located in the southeastern part of the Central Planning Area, which was made available for leasing by the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006. Notably, the EA will not include approximately 5.8

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The Energy Law

OCTOBER 4, 2007

the Louisiana Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal held that under Act 312 of 2006 (La. In Duplantier v. BP Amoco, et al. , 30:29), there should be a single trial of both the regulatory remediation covered by the statute and the plaintiffs’ separate damages claims (if any). To view the Fourth Circuit’s decision, click here.

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JANUARY 9, 2007

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission , 468 F.3d 2006), , the D.C. In 2004, FERC extended the reach of the Standards so that they applied to the pipeline companies’ relationship not only with marketing affiliates but other entities in the industry. In National Fuel Gas Supply Corp. 3d 831 (D.C.

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The Energy Law

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

The petitioners in the 2006 proceeding stated that they believed it was necessary for the succession to hire counsel to investigate and litigate these claims. The Succession of Mayo Romero. . Second, the appellate court found that the discovery rule did not suspend the running of prescription.

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The Energy Law

MAY 4, 2007

ExxonMobil held Act 312 of 2006, governing remediation of oilfield sites, to be unconstitutional. As previously reported, the trial court in M.

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The Energy Law

JUNE 4, 2007

Hunter MMS has announced proposed amendments to its deep gas royalty relief regulations under the Energy Policy Act of 2005. MMBtu expressed in 2006 dollars. By Jonathan A. The additional relief will only be available in years when the annual NYMEX natural gas price is at or below $4.47/MMBtu Click here to read the Notice.

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The Energy Law

JULY 25, 2013

To understand the stormwater permit requirements for oil and gas activities, you need to review not only the regulations that remain in force, but also the Clean Water Act as amended by the Energy Policy Act of 2005. The 2006 regulations were judicially challenged and eventually vacated. See Natural Resources Defense Council v.

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The Energy Law

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

In Laddex , the lessee of the top lease, Laddex, sued the lessee of the base lease, BP, contending that the prior lease terminated during a period of slow production between August 2005 and November 2006. Both parties filed petitions for review before the Texas Supreme Court.

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The Energy Law

APRIL 30, 2020

In January 2006, approximately 6 months before the servitude would expire for non-use, the mineral servitude owner conveyed the servitude to an affiliated business entity on the condition that it drill a well on the property by June 15, 2006. A well was spud on March 28, 2006.

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The Energy Law

JUNE 27, 2007

but that section was repealed on July 1, 2006. on July 1, 2006 left parties unable to file a memorandum of a mineral lease for public records purposes. Filing a memorandum or extract of a mineral lease was formerly permitted by Louisiana Revised Statute § 9:2721.1, The current legislation resolves this problem.

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Vorys Energy

MARCH 24, 2022

And, while the surface owners argued that the 2006 amendment to the Dormant Mineral Act created a second, extrajudicial avenue to abandonment (separate from the already-existing judicial avenue, which they argued does not require a reasonably diligent search by the surface owner), the Court rejected this argument, holding that the 2006 amendment did (..)

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The Energy Law

MAY 2, 2007

29, 2006, Walter, J.). In a Memorandum Ruling, the district court held that the challenged acknowledgments fully complied with Louisiana Mineral Code articles 54 and 55; accordingly, the acknowledgments interrupted prescription running against the mineral servitudes. Weyerhaeuser Co. Hinton, et al. , 06-0272 (W.D.

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The Energy Law

JUNE 25, 2008

The Decision EPA’s final rule implemented an amendment to the Clean Water Act’s definition of "oil and gas exploration and production" that was contained in the Energy Policy Act of 2005. As for large construction activities, they previously required NPDES permits (prior to June 12, 2006).

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The Energy Law

JULY 1, 2021

Tackling this problem, the Louisiana Legislature in 2006 enacted La. The Energy Law Blog will explore the import of the prescription ruling in a separate post. However, there was no mechanism to ensure that a penny of the $33 million awarded in Corbello would be spent on clean-up. 30:29, known as Act 312.

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The Energy Law

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

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. State of Louisiana through the Department of Natural Resources , 22-0625 (La. 1/1/23), So.

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Rextag

DECEMBER 23, 2024

shale, positioning it as a leader in energy transition discussions. Production increased by 460,000 boe/d, making Chevron a major player in international energy markets. Fact: This was Conocos boldest move since its merger with Burlington Resources in 2006. Sunocos Acquisition of NuStar Energy Value: $7.3

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The Energy Law

DECEMBER 1, 2006

The opinion is available at 2006 WL 3333797 (E.D. 28, 2006).

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The Energy Law

JANUARY 12, 2007

On January 8, 2007, a Louisiana trial judge held Act 312 of 2006 to be unconstitutional. The Louisiana Attorney General’s office immediately filed notice that it will take a suspensive appeal directly to the Louisiana Supreme Court. Farms, Ltd v. ExxonMobil Corporation 24,055 (La.

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The Energy Law

JULY 3, 2008

On July 1, 2008, the Louisiana Supreme Court held that Act 312 of 2006 (“Act 312”) is constitutional and reversed the district court’s judgment declaring Act 312 unconstitutional and unenforceable under La. V, § 16, La. I, § 4 and the Fifth Amendment of the United States Constitution. Farms, Ltd. Exxon Mobil Corp. 2007-2371 (La.

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The Energy Law

SEPTEMBER 25, 2008

Dillon As previously reported, the Louisiana Supreme Court held that Act 312 of 2006 is constitutional and reversed the district court’s judgment declaring Act 312 unconstitutional and unenforceable under La. By Anundra M. V, § 16, La. I, § 4 and the Fifth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. Farms, Ltd. Exxon Mobil Corp. 2007-2371 (La.

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The Energy Law

JANUARY 4, 2007

The opinion in Via Net is available on Westlaw at 2006 WL 3759389 and is also available on the Texas Supreme Court’s web site at [link].

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The Energy Law

FEBRUARY 17, 2009

JAG Energy, Inc., In 2006, Flint Hills received information that PMI/Pemex had been experiencing thefts of condensate. By Sarah Steward-Lindsey In Flint Hill Resources, LP v. 08-20152, F.3d 3d , 2009 WL 336129 (5th Cir. Flint Hills, a crude oil refiner, agreed to purchase Mexican condensate from JAG.

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The Energy Law

AUGUST 7, 2007

After the Levee Board failed to pay further, the plaintiffs filed suit in federal court in June 2006, arguing that the Levee Board’s failure to pay the terms of the settlement agreement was an unconstitutional taking. The district court agreed.

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The Energy Law

APRIL 30, 2008

Because the defendant filed his reconventional demand on May 17, 2006, the court held that thirty years had not passed, and the trial court had erred in ruling in favor of the defendant. Cathey , 99-923 (La. 2/2/00), 762 So. 2d 29, the court held that 1977 La. 514 § 1 was not retroactive.

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The Energy Law

JULY 6, 2007

2208 (2006). In 2006, the Supreme Court decided two consolidated cases involving the Corps’ authority to require dredge and fill permits under CWA § 404 for discharge into wetlands having only indirect connections to navigable waters. 2208 (2006). United States , 126 S. United States , and Carabell v. United States , 126 S.

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The Energy Law

JANUARY 9, 2007

12, 2006), the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit granted the petition for panel rehearing, withdrew its earlier panel opinion, and held that Louisiana law did not apply to a settlement agreement that arose out of earlier litigation over mineral servitudes. In Waterfowl Limited Liability Co. United States , No.

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The Energy Law

DECEMBER 11, 2006

Burton , 549 U.S. — (2006), the Supreme Court resolved a legal issue that has been at the center of federal royalty litigation for twenty years: viz. In BHP America Petroleum Co. whether 28 U.S.C. 2415(a), which imposes a 6-year statute of limitations for Government “every action for money damages.

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The Energy Law

JANUARY 4, 2007

12/06/06), 2006 La. Thus, the right did not expire after the passage of ten years, but was kept alive by mineral production. Mary Operating Company v. Lester Joseph Champagne , 06-984 (La.

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The Energy Law

JANUARY 30, 2008

2006-G02, which requires a lessee “to show that a drilling rig was scheduled to commence operations prior to lease expiration and to have an approved plan (in this case , the EP) and APD.” Due to weather conditions and the limitations of ATP’s contracted drilling rig, ATP was unable to get a well drilled prior to the lease expiration date.

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The Energy Law

JULY 26, 2013

The case relates to a 2006 oil spill which occurred at CITGO’s Lake Charles, Louisiana, refinery. CITGO Petroleum Corp., 11-31117 (5th Cir. July 17, 2013) (pdf).

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The Energy Law

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

2006), requiring EPA to fulfill its statutory duties of promulgating emissions standards by June 15, 2009. At a January 26 hearing of the House Energy & Commerce Committee, Rep. EPA , 489 F. 3d 1250 (D.C. The deadline for EPA to issue its Boiler MACT Rule was judicially imposed on EPA in Sierra Club v. Johnson , 444 F.

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The Energy Law

JANUARY 10, 2020

The obvious intent of the SPA is to guaranty “that, when seamen provide information of dangerous situations to the Coast Guard, they will be free from the “debilitating threat of employment reprisals for publicly asserting company violations” of maritime statutes or regulations.” Riverboat Services of Indiana, Inc., 451 F.3d 3d 424 , 444 (7th Cir.

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The Energy Law

MAY 17, 2007

Douglas On April 20, 2007, the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources (“DNR”) issued regulations establishing procedures for agency hearings and the submission and approval of remediation plans under Act 312 of 2006. Act 312, which enacted La.

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The Energy Law

JANUARY 2, 2024

As detailed in our prior Sackett blog article , CWA jurisdictional decisions have been plagued by administrative rulings, guidance, and court opinions that attempted to implement the plurality opinion in the Supreme Court’s 2006 Rapanos v.

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The Energy Law

JULY 1, 2021

Tackling this problem, the Louisiana Legislature in 2006 enacted La. The Energy Law Blog will explore the import of the prescription ruling in a separate post. However, there was no mechanism to ensure that a penny of the $33 million awarded in Corbello would be spent on clean-up. 30:29, known as Act 312.

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The Energy Law

MAY 26, 2016

The judgment is the latest in a suit the EPA filed against CITGO under the Clean Water Act for a 2006 spill at the oil company’s St. See Environmental Enforcement Results for 2015 , 2015 ABA Env’t Energy, & Resources L.: allowing an $81 million judgment against the oil company to stand. Charles refinery. Year in Rev.

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