The Energy Law

DECEMBER 16, 2015

The Louisiana Supreme Court recently issued a decision in a downhole damages case, reversing the Third Circuit’s misguided application of the manifest error standard of review. The second, the “Hayes Lumber well”, produced the lower zone in the Nodosaria formation until 2007 when the operators ran into sanding problems. LEXIS 2530 (La.

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The Energy Law

DECEMBER 3, 2007

2007 WL 4111191 (5th Cir. As a result, the district court held that no continuing tort was at issue and the case therefore prescribed. As a result, the district court held that no continuing tort was at issue and the case therefore prescribed.

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The Energy Law

DECEMBER 11, 2007

On November 21, 2007, the Louisiana Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal affirmed the trial court’s ruling in favor of Chevron U.S.A., Further, the real “cause of action” for res judicata purposes in both the Tract 87 litigation and the instant case was the immovable known as the 1938 BLD Lease, not any single tract of land contained therein.

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The Energy Law

JUNE 22, 2021

3d—, the Louisiana First Circuit recently reaffirmed well-settled principles regarding prescription and the subsequent purchaser doctrine in Louisiana legacy cases. In this case, Lexington Land sued Chevron U.S.A., This opinion reinforces several key concepts in legacy cases. 5/25/21), 2021 WL 2102932, —So.

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The Energy Law

JUNE 22, 2021

3d—, the Louisiana First Circuit recently reaffirmed well-settled principles regarding prescription and the subsequent purchaser doctrine in Louisiana legacy cases. In this case, Lexington Land sued Chevron U.S.A., This opinion reinforces several key concepts in legacy cases. 5/25/21), 2021 WL 2102932, —So.

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The Energy Law

MAY 27, 2008

2007-1145 (La. For another case involving the same issue of a bifurcated trial under Act 312, see Bernard v. BP America Production Company , 2007-1249 (La. In Germany v. ConocoPhillips Co. 3/5/08), — So. BP Amoco , 07-293 (La. 5/16/07), 955 So. 2d 763, writs denied, 07-1241, 07-1265, 07-1271 (La. 9/28/07), 964 So.

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Producer's Edge

DECEMBER 30, 2024

A recent SWD failure case dives into critical questions of proximate cause and explores whether the reasonable prudent operator defense may shield against surface damage claims. In this case, Lee v. Investigation revealed that there was severe degradation of the well’s tubing and casing. Memorial Prod. Operating LLC , No.

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The Energy Law

MARCH 15, 2023

The lessees owned working interests in certain oil and gas leases that were executed in 2007. The Texas Supreme Court recently released its opinion in Devon Energy Production Company, L.P. Sheppard , — S.W.3d 20-0904, 2023 WL 2438927 (Tex. The leases contained the following royalty provisions: 3. NationsBank”, 939 S.W.2d 2d 118 (Tex.

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The Energy Law

JUNE 2, 2009

By Marie Carlisle On May 28, 2009, the Fifth Circuit decided In the Matter of: Lease Oil Antitrust Litigation, case no. On December 12, 2007, the district court approved the cy pres distribution but, anticipating an intervention and appeal by the State, set the funds aside rather than immediately distributing them.

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The Energy Law

APRIL 7, 2010

497 (2007), the Supreme Court held that greenhouse gases are “pollutants” under the Clean Air Act but left open the specific question of whether greenhouse gases could be regulated under the PSD Program. In Massachusetts v. EPA, 549 U.S. On March 29, 2010, EPA announced its final decision regarding the reconsideration.

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The Energy Law

JULY 6, 2007

The agencies will take public comments on implementation of the guidance until December 5, 2007. EPA-HQ-OW-2007-0282, or by email to OW-Docket@epa.gov , with the docket number in the “subject” line. United States, June 8, 2007. Comments may be submitted online at www.regulations.gov , to Docket No.

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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.” By Jana Grauberger : A recent Interior Board of Land Appeals (“IBLA”) ruling, ATP Oil & Gas Corp. ,

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The Energy Law

JUNE 26, 2013

By Bob Holden and Jillian Marullo On April 23, 2013, in a case of first impression, the D.C. In 2007, after a lengthy and litigious review process, the Corps, without objection from the EPA, issued a permit authorizing Mingo Coal to discharge material into three streams and their tributaries.

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The Energy Law

APRIL 6, 2009

The court’s original unanimous decision in August 2007 that a Texas premises owner can be a statutory employer for workers’ compensation purposes produced a great deal of political heat and a flurry of amicus briefs; so much so that the court departed from its normal practice and entertained oral argument on the motion for rehearing.

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The Energy Law

JULY 3, 2008

2007-2371 (La. 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.

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The Energy Law

JANUARY 25, 2008

07-834, 2007 WL 4409686 (La. Next, the court noted the dearth of reported cases involving Mineral Code articles 212.21-23 In CLK Company, L.L.C. CXY Energy, Inc. , 12/19/07), the court addressed the payment of royalties and penalties under Mineral Code article 212.23(c) as a prerequisite to a judicial demand for damages.’” 31:212.21).

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The Energy Law

OCTOBER 5, 2020

In Texas, for example, case law has not yet settled critical questions regarding real property rights for capture, injection, and storage such as the issue of who owns the rights to lease subsurface pore space for carbon storage when the mineral and surface estates have been severed. 585, 589 (2007). [3]

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The Energy Law

OCTOBER 5, 2020

In Texas, for example, case law has not yet settled critical questions regarding real property rights for capture, injection, and storage such as the issue of who owns the rights to lease subsurface pore space for carbon storage when the mineral and surface estates have been severed. 585, 589 (2007). [3] 1] [link]. [2] 3] [link]. [4]

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The Energy Law

JUNE 12, 2017

4] In 2007, Fossil Operating, Inc. between May 2007 and February 2010. [20] (“Tauren”) and contained a three year primary term as well as a horizontal and vertical Pugh clause. [3] 3] Tauren subsequently assigned a 49% interest in the lease to Cubic Energy, Inc. 5] Chesapeake Operating, Inc. The defendant’s appealed.

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The Energy Law

MARCH 30, 2017

1] In the case, an operator initiated a concursus action seeking to resolve ownership interest in minerals underlying property on which it was operating. The first tract, which covered 63 acres, was transferred through a series of agreements including an act of exchange and a subsequent cash sale in 2007. [8]

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