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Louisiana Second Circuit Provides Clarity on Production in Paying Quantities and Affirms Lease Cancellation Under Mineral Code Article 140 for Failure to Pay Royalties

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6] On September 1, 2009, Gloria’s Ranch executed a top lease to Chesapeake on the property in Section 21. [7] 7] In November of 2009, Tauren assigned the deep rights (all depths below the base of the Cotton Valley formation) to EXCO USA Asset, Inc. 1] The dispute in Gloria’s Ranch, L.L.C. Tauren Exploration, Inc.

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U.S. House of Representatives Passes Energy Bill

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Title I addresses the existing moratoria, future OCS access, exploration, production and royalty questions. per MMBtu, unless lease royalties were renegotiated with the Secretary , imposes Conservation of Resources Fee on nonproducing lease acreage of $3.75 House of Representatives passed Speaker Pelosi’s Energy Bill, H.R.

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Haynesville shale gas production is increasing again; Will Haynesville-related litigation increase again, too?

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The chart below depicts Haynesville shale dry natural gas production averages from January 2009 to August 2018 in billion cubic feet per day. The first began in early 2009 with average daily Haynesville production surpassing 1 billion cubic feet per day for the first time in June of that year. El Paso E & P Co. ,

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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

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Flat River Farms, L.L.C. , the Louisiana Second Circuit addressed issues affecting the creation and preservation of mineral servitudes and payment of court costs in a concursus action. [1] 1] In the case, an operator initiated a concursus action seeking to resolve ownership interest in minerals underlying property on which it was operating.

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Federal Court Enjoins Biden’s Social Cost of Carbon Efforts On the Basis of Negative Impact to Energy Industry and Energy Producing States

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In 2009, the Obama administration established estimates of the social cost of carbon (“SCC Estimate”) that all agencies were required to use in their regulatory cost/benefit analysis. On February 11, 2022, the Biden Administration’s climate change agenda sustained a major blow as Judge James D. Background. The Court Had Standing.

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