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Texas Supreme Court Upholds Railroad Commission’s Regulation of Commingled Oil and/or Gas Drilling and Production

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By Leta Seletzky : In Seagull Energy E & P, Inc. 03-0364, 2007 WL 1299163 (Tex. Railroad Comm’n, No. The petitioner also asserted that the Commission’s denial of the permit amounted to an unconstitutional taking of gas in the sand from which the well would produce.

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Louisiana Allows Recordation of Memorandum of Mineral Lease

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By Collette Ross The Louisiana legislature has amended Louisiana Revised Statute § 44:104(E) to allow a notice of a mineral lease to be recorded for public records purposes instead of the full lease. The amendment of § 44:104(E) took effect on June 18, 2007. Click here to view the Act amending this statute.

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Fifth Circuit Allows Landowners’ Tort Claim Against Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality to Move Forward

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Baker Hughes a G E Co., In D & J Invs. of Cenla, L.L.C. plaintiffs, forty-eight landowners of property located near the facility, brought a state court action for claims of property damage from groundwater and soil contamination caused by the facility’s improper waste disposal processes. 21-30523, 2022 WL 9862487 (5th Cir.

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2023 Master Plan Brings Updates to Coastal Research and Projects

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The most recent draft is the fourth update since it was first adopted by the Louisiana Legislature in 2007 following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005. [1] Privacy Policy: By subscribing to Liskow & Lewis’ E-Communications, you will receive articles and blogs with insight and analysis of legal issues that may impact your industry.

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The Future of Carbon Capture and Sequestration

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1] [link] [2] Nigel Bankes, Jenette Poschwatta & E. 1] [link] [2] Nigel Bankes, Jenette Poschwatta & E. 585, 589 (2007). [3] By ratifying the 2015 Paris Agreement, [1] nations across the world made a commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by at least 40% by the year 2030.

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Louisiana First Circuit Reaffirms Prescription and Subsequent Purchaser Principles

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Although Lexington Land had these assessments in 2005, it did not file suit until December 2007 following a pipeline rupture on the property. To finance the sale, lenders also required Lexington Land to hire a consultant to prepare environmental assessments of the property. Exxon Mobil Corporation , 2009-2368 (La. 10/19/10), 48 So.

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EPA and Army Corps of Engineers Publish Joint Guidance

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By Robert E. The agencies will take public comments on implementation of the guidance until December 5, 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.