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African national oil companies (NOCs) partnering with independents to drive E&P

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In Angola, which has been an LNG producer since 2013, the NOC Sonangol is working with its New Gas Consortium partners Azule Energy, Cabinda Gulf Oil Company and TotalEnergies to increase LNG production capacity. Unlocking new E&P markets A slate of discoveries in recent years have opened up new oil and gas plays across the continent.

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Third Circuit Restores Rule B Attachment Based On Breach of Contract Claim Under English Law, Implied Indemnity Claim Not Enough

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Privacy Policy : By subscribing to Liskow & Lewisโ€™ E-Communications, you will receive articles and blogs with insight and analysis of legal issues that may impact your industry. 3d 488, 495 (2d Cir. Both the time charter and the voyage charter selected the law of England to apply. Fed.R.Civ.P. Shivsu Canadian Clear Waters Tech. (P)

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EPAโ€™s Proposed Rule on Vessel Incidental Discharges Brings VIDA One Step Closer to Full Implementation

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The VIDA, enacted in December 2018, will standardize incidental discharge permits and regulations, replacing the 2013 Vessel General Permit (โ€œVGPโ€) that commercial vessels are currently required to follow. Communications include firm news, insights, and events.

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Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Weighs in on Hydraulic Fracturing and Subsurface Trespass

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The second prelude to the recent Pennsylvania decision was a 2013 Federal District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia ruling in Stone v. 5:12โ€“CVโ€“102, 2013 WL 2097397 (N.D. 6] Briggs , 2020 WL 355911 at p. *5. 10] Briggs , 2020 WL 355911 at p. *7. Chesapeake Appalachia, L.L.C. [4]

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Production in Paying Quantities: Second Circuit Holds Lower Courts Must Consider All Relevant Factors, Not Just Profit

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EP Energy E&P Co., The Middleton plaintiffs filed suit in 2013 claiming that three mineral leases maintained by a unit well had terminated because the well failed to produce in paying quantities for a 41-month period from August 1991 to December 1994. 50,300-CA (La.

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Who Owns the Void? Oral Arguments at SCOTX Regarding Underground Storage Rights

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Anadarko E&P Onshore, LLC , 520 S.W.3d —San Antonio 2013, no pet.) West , 508 S.W.2d 2d 812 , 815 (Tex. 1974), the Court held that the surface owner owns “the matrix of the underlying earth, i.e., the reservoir storage space.” ” This principle was reaffirmed in  Lightning Oil Co.

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Climate Change Jurisdiction: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Kicks Climate Change Case Back to State Court

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251, 258 (2013) (citing Grable & Sons Metal Products, Inc. Privacy Policy: By subscribing to Liskow & Lewisโ€™ E-Communications, you will receive articles and blogs with insight and analysis of legal issues that may impact your industry. Minton , 568 U.S. Darue Engineering & Manufacturing, 545 U.S. 308, 314 (2005)).

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