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United States Dep’t of the Interior Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, GUIDANCE TO OWNERS AND OPERATORS OF OFFSHORE FACILITIES SEAWARD OF THE COAST LINE CONCERNING REGIONAL OIL SPILL RESPONSE PLANS, NTL No. 2012-N06 (2012), [hereinafter NTL 2012-N06]. NTL 2012 N-06, 3. NTL 2012 N-06, 5.
Wiegand On August 16, 2012, EPA issued new source performance standards (NSPSs) for the oil and gas sector. The standards applied to various sources including storage tanks used in crude oil and natural gas production. By Stephen W. On April 12, 2013, EPA announced proposed amendments to the rule pertaining to storage tanks.
Kelcy Warren, Executive Chairman and founder of Energy Transfer, has made a significant impact in both the energy industry and the realm of philanthropy. Warren has been recognized by numerous energy and business organizations for his innovative leadership and contributions to the industry.
The bill, HB 590 , extends a prior substantive change in the law that was affected by the 2012 amendments to La. As was the case in 2012, this proposed amendment would also extend this direct payment requirement to any overriding royalty interests burdening the nonparticipating owner’s lease.
All-in on oil The political fortunes of Venezuela’s presidents have historically depended on the oil market. In 2012, the year before he passed away in office, he saw the. Hugo Chávez, whose presidency lasted from 1999 to 2013, rode the commodities boom. Under his presidency, Venezuela’s GDP quadrupled.
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Trans Energy, Inc. , requiring the oil and gas company to pay $3 million in civil penalties and to spend approximately $13 million to restore 15 sites in West Virginia that had been developed without dredge and fill permits. Utility lines” are defined broadly enough to include oil and gas gathering lines. 14-117 (N.D.W.Va.),
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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. in TDX Energy, LLC v. report(s)”).
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By Lesley Foxhall Pietras On August 7, 2012, in a 2-1 decision in Summit Petroleum Corp. In 2007, in guidance specifically addressing oil and gas activities, EPA stated that “proximity is the most informative factor in making source determinations.” See Memorandum from William L. 12, 2007). See Summit Petroleum Corp. 09-4348, slip op.
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Kittrell The Texas Court of Appeals for the Eleventh District of Eastland has recently held that a seller of an oil and gas property may be held to the terms of a forged purchase agreement if the seller properly signs an assignment that specifically incorporates the terms of the forged document. 11-09-00348-CV, 2012 Tex. Eastland, Jan.
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09-0901, 2012 Tex. 2, 2012), the Court was asked if a landowner can challenge in court the eminent domain power of a CO 2 pipeline owner with a common carrier permit from the Railroad Commission of Texas (“RRC”). In Texas Rice Land Partners, LTD v. Denbury Green Pipeline-Texas, LLC , No. LEXIS 187 (Tex.
In 2012, the southeast tract lease was assigned to Concho. Samson subsequently drilled a well on the disputed tract north of the public road. The Map depicted provides a helpful visual. Mr. Ellison died in 2011, and his widow continued to maintain the northwest tract lease.
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District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana are: Wendy Vitter Wendy Vitter has been serving as the general counsel for the Archdiocese of New Orleans since 2012. The nominees to the U.S.
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. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University, 2012. However, art. Associate, Liskow & Lewis, B.A., University of Georgia, 2009.
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The Keystone Pipeline is a system of petroleum pipelines designed to transport crude oil from fields in Alberta, Canada and ultimately terminating at refineries on the U.S A few months later, in May 2012, TC renewed its application, and again, the project underwent more than three years of review. energy security, and oil prices. [7].
Background The Keystone Pipeline is a system of petroleum pipelines designed to transport crude oil from fields in Alberta, Canada and ultimately terminating at refineries on the U.S A few months later, in May 2012, TC renewed its application, and again, the project underwent more than three years of review. Constitution. Gulf Coast.
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