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Offshore Companies Face Surge in BSEE Enforcement Actions and Penalties

The Energy Law

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. In 2013, the average penalty was $67,714 over 42 cases. million in civil penalties.

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Overturning 8 Years of “Palpable Error,” The Louisiana Supreme Court Limits Damages Available to Landowners in Oilfield Legacy Litigation

The Energy Law

However, there was no mechanism to ensure that a penny of the $33 million awarded in Corbello would be spent on clean-up. In 2013, the decision in State of Louisiana v. This was all done in light of this Court’s 2013 La. Tackling this problem, the Louisiana Legislature in 2006 enacted La. 30:29, known as Act 312. “The

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Overturning 8 Years of “Palpable Error,” The Louisiana Supreme Court Limits Damages Available to Landowners in Oilfield Legacy Litigation

The Energy Law

However, there was no mechanism to ensure that a penny of the $33 million awarded in Corbello would be spent on clean-up. In 2013, the decision in State of Louisiana v. This was all done in light of this Court’s 2013 La. Tackling this problem, the Louisiana Legislature in 2006 enacted La. 30:29, known as Act 312. “The

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

The Energy Law

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. 12] Accordingly, the rule of capture is not rendered inapplicable simply because hydraulic fracturing provides an additional mechanism by which operators stimulate production.