The Energy Law

FEBRUARY 12, 2009

On February 10, 2009, United States Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar detailed a four-part strategy to establish a comprehensive offshore energy plan. Finally, Salazar announced that in the coming months he will issue a final rulemaking on offshore renewable energy resources.

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The Energy Law

MARCH 12, 2009

By Jason Johanson On Friday, March 6, 2009, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar stated that the agency is considering an appeal to the United States Supreme Court of the decision in Kerr-McGee Oil & Gas Corp. 3d __, 2009 WL57883 (5th Cir. Department of the Interior , __ F.3d

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The Energy Law

OCTOBER 13, 2020

In response, the industry is seeing a varying degree of investments in renewable energy and commitments to climate-related goals. As companies make this transition into renewable energy, one sector picking up speed is wind energy. The wind energy sector is gaining global traction, as exemplified by U.K.

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The Energy Law

OCTOBER 5, 2009

The high court’s refusal to consider Interior’s appeal allows the Fifth Circuit’s January 2009 decision to stand. The United States Supreme Court has denied the Petition for Certiorari filed by the United States Department of the Interior in Kerr-McGee Oil & Gas Corp. Dep’t of the Interior , 554 F.3d 3d 1082 (5th Cir.

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The Energy Law

SEPTEMBER 23, 2008

House of Representatives passed Speaker Pelosi’s Energy Bill, H.R. 6899, titled “Comprehensive American Energy Security and Consumer Protection Act.” Title I addresses the existing moratoria, future OCS access, exploration, production and royalty questions.

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The Energy Law

JANUARY 16, 2009

3d __, 2009 WL 57883 (5th Cir. Kerr-McGee Oil & Gas Corp. Dep’t of Interior , __ F.3d Relying on its 2004 decision in Santa Fe Snyder Corp. Norton , 385 F.3d 3d 884 (5th Cir. 2004), the court held that Section 304 of the RRA unambiguously entitled Kerr-McGee to unconditional royalty relief on minimum volumes of production.

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The Energy Law

AUGUST 21, 2009

Hinnigan This entry updates an earlier blog entry posted on May 4, 2009, discussing two lawsuits filed by the tax assessor for Terrebonne Parish against Burlington and LL&E for alleged underpayment of property taxes. On August 17, 2009, they filed an additional 29 new lawsuits against “big oil” companies.

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Energy Central

AUGUST 1, 2023

The release of a batch of e-mails among a number of climate scientists in 2009 laid bare a coordinated effort to manage the consensus climate narrative by controlling which scientific studies.

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The Energy Law

OCTOBER 13, 2020

In response, the industry is seeing a varying degree of investments in renewable energy and commitments to climate-related goals. As companies make this transition into renewable energy, one sector picking up speed is wind energy. The wind energy sector is gaining global traction, as exemplified by U.K.

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The Energy Law

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

Together, these developments will undoubtedly lead to more litigation and a higher cost of doing business on the Outer Continental Shelf. The number of civil penalty cases has risen gradually since 2009, with a sharp increase over 2013-2015. The civil penalty dollar amount has also grown significantly. million in civil penalties.

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The Energy Law

OCTOBER 11, 2021

In 2009, several of the Bailey family members formed New 90, LLC to manage this and other family-owned property. After creating New 90, the individual Bailey family owners of the property executed an Act of Transfer on March 20, 2009 that transferred their interests in the property to New 90 in exchange for membership interests in the LLC.

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The Energy Law

MARCH 13, 2009

Secretary Timothy Geithner said when speaking to Congress on March 4, 2009. Geithner explained, “we don’t believe it makes sense to significantly subsidize the production and use of sources of energy that are dramatically going to add to our climate change. By Emma Hinnigan U.S. billion from 2011 to 2019. oil and gas supplies.

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The Energy Law

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

09-0579, 2009 WL 3735798 (W.D. 6, 2009), the Western District of Louisiana remanded a case seeking rescission of a mineral lease back to state court after the defendant failed to provide proof of the amount in controversy, namely the total value of the lease. Hinnigan In Sullivan v. Chesapeake Louisiana, L.P.,

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The Energy Law

FEBRUARY 17, 2009

JAG Energy, Inc., 3d , 2009 WL 336129 (5th Cir. 12, 2009), a panel of the United State Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit heard an action arising from a contract to supply natural gas condensate in south Texas. By Sarah Steward-Lindsey In Flint Hill Resources, LP v. 08-20152, F.3d

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The Energy Law

MARCH 31, 2009

Even though Petrohawk Energy, Chesapeake, and other producers are scaling back production activity nationally because of reduced demand for natural gas, many producers are ramping up their activities in North Louisiana. million cubic feet of production.

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The Energy Law

JUNE 18, 2009

Hinnigan On June 10, 2009, the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission (IOGCC) reaffirmed its strong stance that the states remain best positioned to regulate the use of hydraulic fracturing for the production of oil and natural gas. For more information, go to [link]

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The Energy Law

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

by Elisabeth Lorio Baer Interior Secretary Ken Salazar informed Congress on September 17, 2009 that he would kill a controversial program, currently in effect, that allows energy companies to pay the government royalties for drilling on public lands in actual oil and gas in lieu of cash.

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The Energy Law

JANUARY 6, 2010

By Stephen Wiegand On December 15, 2009, EPA published in the Federal Register its final endangerment findings with respect to greenhouse gases. 15, 2009) [[link] This rulemaking is a response to Massachusetts v. See 74 Fed. 66496 (Dec. EPA, 549 U.S.

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The Energy Law

JUNE 22, 2021

In 2009, the trial court granted Chevron’s motion for partial summary judgment to dismiss all claims for pre-2005 damage to the property under the subsequent purchaser doctrine. Exxon Mobil Corporation , 2009-2368 (La. The First Circuit affirmed both the prescription and subsequent-purchaser rulings on appeal. 10/19/10), 48 So.

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The Energy Law

OCTOBER 4, 2018

Although the recent Haynesville production increases are a positive sign for the Louisiana energy industry, the August 2018 daily production average is still below the previous Haynesville peak production average, which was 7.403 billion cubic feet per day in January 2012. For example, in Alyce Gaines Johnson Special Trust v.

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The Energy Law

APRIL 6, 2009

Summers April 3, 2009. They are also available on Westlaw at 2009 WL 884906. By Andrew Wooley: The Supreme Court of Texas issued a decision on rehearing in Entergy Gulf States, Inc. We reverse the court of appeals’ judgment and render judgment for Entergy.

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The Energy Law

JUNE 12, 2017

3] Tauren subsequently assigned a 49% interest in the lease to Cubic Energy, Inc. 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.

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The Energy Law

APRIL 28, 2009

Department of the Interior, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued a ruling on April 17, 2009 vacating the Department of the Interior’s statutorily-mandated five-year offshore oil and gas leasing program for the period 2007-2012. By Jessica Gladney In Center for Biological Diversity v.

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The Energy Law

MARCH 17, 2020

The denials are accompanied by an order from BSEE to decommission the pipelines by removal, with reference to Notice to Lessees (“NTL”) 2009-G04 and/or “significant sediment resource areas” (“SSRA”) in the vicinity of the pipeline.

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The Energy Law

JUNE 22, 2021

In 2009, the trial court granted Chevron’s motion for partial summary judgment to dismiss all claims for pre-2005 damage to the property under the subsequent purchaser doctrine. Exxon Mobil Corporation , 2009-2368 (La. The First Circuit affirmed both the prescription and subsequent-purchaser rulings on appeal. 10/19/10), 48 So.

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The Energy Law

JUNE 22, 2021

In 2009, the trial court granted Chevron’s motion for partial summary judgment to dismiss all claims for pre-2005 damage to the property under the subsequent purchaser doctrine. Exxon Mobil Corporation , 2009-2368 (La. The First Circuit affirmed both the prescription and subsequent-purchaser rulings on appeal. 10/19/10), 48 So.

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The Energy Law

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

These regulations are scheduled to take affect on November 1, 2009. Last, lighting within three hundred feet of public roads or adjacent property may not shine directly on those sites.

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Scambio Termico

JANUARY 21, 2022

Energy losses, lost productivity, manpower and cleaning expenses cause immense costs. Deposits create an insulating layer over the surface of the heat exchanger that decreases the heat transfer between fluids and increases the pressure drop. Heat exchangers are often oversized by 70 to 80%, of which 30 to 50% is assigned to fouling.

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The Energy Law

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

The VGP requires Lakers built after January 1, 2009, or “New Lakers,” to meet its numeric ballast water discharge standard. The SNPR explains that the “EPA does not expect that this option would result in a change to the compliance costs estimated in the Regulatory Impact Analysis accompanying the proposed rule.”

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The Energy Law

MARCH 31, 2010

By Stepehen Wiegand In October 2009, EPA promulgated the Mandatory Reporting of Greenhouse Gases Rule.

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The Energy Law

APRIL 7, 2010

In October 2009, new EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson announced that EPA would reconsider and accept public comment on the Johnson memorandum. However, pollutants such as carbon dioxide, for which EPA regulations only require monitoring and reporting, are not subject to PSD permitting.

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CG&A

MAY 2, 2022

Current Rules The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the Society of Petroleum Engineers Reserves Management System publication in 2007, and the increased development of shale resources starting in the early 2000s paved the way for the SEC to revise those rules.On

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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. 08-40230, reversing the District Court’s denial of the State of Texas’ motion to intervene in a matter concerning unclaimed settlement money from the oil antitrust action.

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The Energy Law

MARCH 2, 2009

By Kevin Connolly On an issue of apparent national first impression, the Houston Court of Appeals, in XTO Energy Inc. 14-07-0069-CV, 2009 WL 442003 at *1 (Tex. Houston [14th] 2009, no pet. In XTO Energy, Smith Production Inc. Several months later, Chevron sold its interest in the lease to XTO Energy Inc. (“XTO”).

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The Energy Law

OCTOBER 6, 2016

in TDX Energy, LLC v. 5] Similar to XXI Oil & Gas I , TDX Energy involved a claim by a non-operating working interest owner that it was entitled to 103.1 15] The Third Circuit’s recent decision in XXI Oil & Gas II clearly conflicts with the Western District’s ruling in TDX Energy. University of Georgia, 2009.

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The Energy Law

APRIL 20, 2009

17, 2009), addresses when mandamus relief is available in connection with an order compelling arbitration. By Natalie Barletta The Texas Supreme Court in, In re Gulf Exploration, LLC , No. 07-0055 (Tex.

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The Energy Law

JUNE 26, 2013

In 2009, the EPA requested that the Corps revoke or modify the Mingo permit, but the Corps refused, finding no factors present requiring modification. Although the EPA had expressed its environmental concerns to the Corps during the permitting process, it did not exercise its veto power before or at the time of issuance.

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