The Energy Law

MARCH 28, 2017

On March 24, 2017, the Louisiana Supreme Court declined to consider the Louisiana Third Circuit Court of Appeal’s decision in XXI Oil & Gas v. 2] For now at least, the Court’s decision to deny writs in XXI Oil & Gas effectively leaves unit operators subject to increased reporting obligations under La.

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The Energy Law

OCTOBER 13, 2020

and European major oil companies are beginning to re-evaluate their business structure and investment strategies in light of the current financial, legal, and social climate. Given the advantages and opportunities, oil companies are investing in wind power as they move into the realm of renewable energy. homes for a year.

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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. The proposed rules would require the reporting of fugitive and vented methane and carbon dioxide emissions, including carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide combustion emissions from flares.

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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

OCTOBER 13, 2020

and European major oil companies are beginning to re-evaluate their business structure and investment strategies in light of the current financial, legal, and social climate. Given the advantages and opportunities, oil companies are investing in wind power as they move into the realm of renewable energy. homes for a year.

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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

JUNE 22, 2021

for alleged damage to its property arising out of Chevron’s and its predecessor’s oil and gas operations in the Sardine Point Field from 1959 through 1991. 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.

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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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CG&A

MAY 2, 2022

Today, we continue the series with a brief review of the SEC rules which govern public oil and gas company filings. Regulatory Documents The SEC oil and gas reserves definitions are located in Regulation S-X (210.4-10) Regulatory Documents The SEC oil and gas reserves definitions are located in Regulation S-X (210.4-10)

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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

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.

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The Energy Law

JUNE 22, 2021

for alleged damage to its property arising out of Chevron’s and its predecessor’s oil and gas operations in the Sardine Point Field from 1959 through 1991. 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.

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The Energy Law

JUNE 22, 2021

for alleged damage to its property arising out of Chevron’s and its predecessor’s oil and gas operations in the Sardine Point Field from 1959 through 1991. 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.

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The Energy Law

FEBRUARY 17, 2009

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. Flint Hills, a crude oil refiner, agreed to purchase Mexican condensate from JAG. JAG Energy, Inc., 08-20152, F.3d

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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

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. First, Salazar extended the public comment period on President Bush’s OCS plan by an additional 180 days. He explained the extension was necessary to “restore order to a broken process.”

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The Energy Law

OCTOBER 6, 2016

requires operators or producers of oil and gas units created by the Louisiana Commissioner of Conservation to provide reports containing information related to well costs and production to owners of “unleased oil and gas interests” (referred to herein as “103.1 1] In XXI Oil & Gas v. report(s)”). 4] Subsequently, the U.S.

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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. that, if left in place, would hinder other users of the OCS.” 250.1700(b).

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The Energy Law

OCTOBER 4, 2018

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.

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The Energy Law

JUNE 12, 2017

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. for the 18 month period prior to Gloria’s Ranch’s letter in December of 2009. [19]

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CG&A

MAY 21, 2022

Warning This article and series is specifically targeted for anyone involved or interested in oil and gas reserves reporting guidelines, methods, issues, calculations and pitfalls. Proceed at your own risk!

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The Energy Law

SEPTEMBER 23, 2008

Further, this section directs FERC with the Secretaries of Energy, Transportation and Interior to “facilitate the.the construction of pipelines necessary to transport oil and natural gas through NPRA to existing transportation of processing infrastructure on the North Slope of Alaska.”

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The Energy Law

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

These standards aim to minimize the discharge of pollutants such as aquatic nuisance species, bacteria or pathogens, and oil and grease into the waters of the United States and the contiguous zone. The VGP requires Lakers built after January 1, 2009, or “New Lakers,” to meet its numeric ballast water discharge standard.

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The Energy Law

JUNE 12, 2017

Cubic”) In October 2009, Tauren assigned its 51% interest in the Lease as to all depths below the Cotton Valley formation to EXCO USA Asset, Inc. Additionally, on November 9, 2009, Cubic assigned to Tauren an overriding royalty interest in the deep rights of its 49% interest in the lease.

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The Energy Law

AUGUST 16, 2012

In 2007, in guidance specifically addressing oil and gas activities, EPA stated that “proximity is the most informative factor in making source determinations.” The question of what is “contiguous or adjacent” has long been vexing for the exploration and production industry. See Memorandum from William L.

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CG&A

APRIL 17, 2022

Warning This article and series is specifically targeted for anyone involved or interested in oil and gas reserves reporting guidelines, methods, issues, calculations and pitfalls. The new(ish) SEC guidelines published in 2009 were initially interpreted to apply a 5-year drilling window to ALL drills. Proceed at your own risk!

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The Energy Law

MARCH 2, 2009

14-07-0069-CV, 2009 WL 442003 at *1 (Tex. Houston [14th] 2009, no pet. Smith”) was the operator of the Bloomberg oil and gas lease, whose operations were governed by two JOAs. By Kevin Connolly On an issue of apparent national first impression, the Houston Court of Appeals, in XTO Energy Inc. Smith Production Inc.,

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The Energy Law

OCTOBER 12, 2022

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), a sub-agency within Interior, promulgated regulations in 2009 which set forth the procedure for leasing, siting, construction, and operation of offshore wind projects. Legal qualification to be an offshore renewables lessee is similar to qualification to hold oil and gas leases.

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The Energy Law

JANUARY 12, 2018

Shortly after the consolidation motion was granted, Mobil Oil (who was a named defendant in Bottley , not Lester ) removed both cases under CAFA, arguing that the consolidation of Bottley and Lester constituted a newly commenced “mass action.” 4] 28 U.S.C. 1332(d)(11)(B)(i). [5] 5] Pub. 109-2, 119 Stat.

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The Energy Law

JANUARY 24, 2018

404 (2009). Liskow & Lewis is committed to remaining at the forefront of developments in all areas of maritime and oil and gas law and is a recognized leader in this field. The issue was later complicated, however, when the Supreme Court decided Atl. Sounding Co. Townsend, 557 U.S.

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The Energy Law

JANUARY 12, 2017

1] In the case, the Plaintiffs granted a mineral lease to the Defendant-Lessee that provided for a 1/5 royalty in 2009. [2] Anglo-Dutch Energy, L.L.C. , 2] The Defendant-Lessee drilled a gas well on the leased premises on February 14, 2012. [3] 10] The trial court accepted the Defendant-Lessee’s argument. [11]

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The Energy Law

MARCH 30, 2017

14] The Second Circuit’s decision in regard to this issue does not represent a departure from the viewpoint that most in the oil and gas industry have towards notarial acts of correction. University of Georgia, 2009. 31] However, the Court recognized that the operator routinely obtained permits as part of its operations. [32]

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The Energy Law

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

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. Judge Cain also noted that using the SCC Estimate in oil and gas lease reviews would “artificially increase the cost estimates of lease sales.”.

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