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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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Production increased by 460,000 boe/d, making Chevron a major player in international energy markets. Fact: Hesss Guyana operations were so lucrative that some analysts called this deal the crown jewel of 2024. It enhanced Conocos shale oil dominance, focusing on cost-efficient production and mature assets.

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

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The 1987 amendments to the Clean Water Act (“CWA”) added language creating a permitting exemption for uncontaminated runoff from Oil and Gas operations. The regulations clarified that the permitting exemption only applied to oil and gas operational activities; thus, construction activities were not included in CWA §402(l). c)(1)(iii).

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Overturning 8 Years of “Palpable Error,” The Louisiana Supreme Court Limits Damages Available to Landowners in Oilfield Legacy Litigation

The Energy Law

Louisiana Land and Exploration Co., Iowa Production , landowners sued oil and gas companies for breach of a mineral lease. Tackling this problem, the Louisiana Legislature in 2006 enacted La. Louisiana Land and Exploration Co., The Energy Law Blog will explore the import of the prescription ruling in a separate post.

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Third Circuit Affirms Trial Court’s Refusal to Adopt DNR’s Most Feasible Plan in Sweet Lake Land & Oil Co. v. Oleum Operating Company

The Energy Law

30:29, in 2006 to provide a procedure for ensuring that amounts awarded to remediate environmental damage are actually spent on remediation. Louisiana Land & Exploration Co. , The Louisiana Legislature passed “Act 312,” La. In May 2015, a jury found BP was responsible for the damage. 30:29(F), M.J. Farms, Ltd. Exxon Mobil Corp. ,

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Pipeline Canal Class Action Dismissed

The Energy Law

Judge Sarah Vance of the Eastern District of Louisiana dismissed a suit in which plaintiffs claimed that oil and gas production and pipeline companies’ activities in South Louisiana marshes contributed to the destruction wreaked by hurricanes Katrina and Rita. The opinion is available at 2006 WL 3333797 (E.D. 28, 2006).

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

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Before it was Expand Energy, the largest natural gas-weighted exploration and production company in the U.S., The newly formed company, now known as Expand Energy, operates under the Nasdaq ticker EXE, symbolizing its fresh identity in the energy landscape. From Bankruptcy to #1! it was Chesapeake Energy. With its recent $7.4

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Overturning 8 Years of “Palpable Error,” The Louisiana Supreme Court Limits Damages Available to Landowners in Oilfield Legacy Litigation

The Energy Law

Louisiana Land and Exploration Co., Iowa Production , landowners sued oil and gas companies for breach of a mineral lease. Tackling this problem, the Louisiana Legislature in 2006 enacted La. Louisiana Land and Exploration Co., The Energy Law Blog will explore the import of the prescription ruling in a separate post.

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