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OCS Lease Expiration: MMS Denial of Suspension of Operations Upheld

The Energy Law

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. In denying ATP’s request for an SOO, the MMS relied upon its Notice to Lessees No.

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Louisiana Second Circuit Addresses: (1) Creation of Mineral Servitudes Via Notarial Acts of Correction; (2) Obstacles Suspending the Prescription of Nonuse from Running Against Mineral Servitudes; and (3) Payment of Court Costs in Concursus Actions

The Energy Law

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] 25] In addition, the operator was unable to move a drilling rig onto the wellsite due to weather in February 2004, and as a result, the operator had to pay standby time for the rig. [26]

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