The Energy Law

JUNE 19, 2013

By Lesley Foxhall Pietras On April 18, 2013, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or Agency) committed to improving air emissions data for the oil and natural gas production sector. This type of data is used to develop emissions factors, which EPA and states rely on to estimate air emissions. Report at p.

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Texas Oil & Gas Attorney

JANUARY 9, 2025

Wernick is a senior research associate at The Rockefeller University’s Program for the Human Environment and was nominated for a Nobel Prize in 2013 and 2014. Batteries are far less energy dense than other fuels. half the power of the batteries in an EV go to moving the batteries themselves.

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The Energy Law

MAY 12, 2016

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), seeking to compel EPA to “fulfill long-delayed nondiscretionary duties” under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) by issuing revised regulations governing oil and gas wastes. The oil and gas industry will need to monitor this suit. District Court for the District of Columbia.

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The Energy Law

OCTOBER 9, 2012

Moreno On October 1st, 2012, the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) released the final NPDES general permit for discharges from oil and gas facilities in the western and central portion of the Outer Continental Shelf of the Gulf of Mexico (the “final permit”).

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AWS: Energy (Oil & Gas)

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Although they can help organizations achieve their sustainability goals, improve energy management, and other smart building capabilities, they can also turn into a substantial setback if the systems arent set up properly to use the data and analytics. In our case study, we achieved reduction in operational costs by 5% ($2.5

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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

JULY 1, 2021

Iowa Production , landowners sued oil and gas companies for breach of a mineral lease. In 2013, the decision in State of Louisiana v. This was all done in light of this Court’s 2013 La. The Energy Law Blog will explore the import of the prescription ruling in a separate post. Louisiana Land and Exploration Co.,

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Rextag

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Before it was Expand Energy, the largest natural gas-weighted exploration and production company in the U.S., it was Chesapeake Energy. This company faced and survived nearly every extreme the energy industry could throw, including bankruptcy. In 2013, after a shareholder revolt, McClendon stepped down as CEO.

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The Energy Law

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

By Jillian Marullo House Bill 2767, which took effect on September 1, 2013, was enacted to encourage recycling of the wastewater produced in hydraulic fracturing (or “fracking”) and other oil and gas operations. In addition, for every barrel of oil or gas produced by a well, it is estimated that 7-9 barrels of wastewater are generated.

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The Energy Law

JUNE 12, 2015

By: Joe Norman , Kelly Becker , James Lapeze , and Kathryn Gonski Recently the Louisiana Supreme Court handed down a ruling that has significant implications on the oil and gas industry in the state. 2013-2132 (La. In Eagle Pipe and Supply, Inc. Mineral Lease Ruling In Global Mktg. Solutions, L.L.C. Blue Mill Farms, Inc.,

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

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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. in TDX Energy, LLC v. report(s)”).

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The Energy Law

JULY 26, 2013

By Greg Johnson and Stephen Wiegand In a July 17, 2013 decision, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit vacated a $6 million dollar penalty levied under the Clean Water Act (“CWA”) against CITGO Petroleum Corporation (“CITGO”) and remanded the matter to the Western District of Louisiana for further consideration.

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The Energy Law

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

By Jillian Marullo Senate Bill 514, signed into law on June 14, 2013, authorizes saltwater pipeline operators in Texas “to install, maintain, and operate” saltwater pipelines “through, under, along, across, or over a public road” in order to transport the wastewater produced by hydraulic fracturing operations to disposal sites.

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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 October 2013, Lexington Land filed a supplemental and amending lawsuit asserting its assigned claims against Chevron under both tort and contract theories.

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The Energy Law

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

The VIDA, enacted in December 2018, will standardize incidental discharge permits and regulations, replacing the 2013 Vessel General Permit (“VGP”) that commercial vessels are currently required to follow. Although the deadline for doing so was December 4, 2020, these standards have not yet been finalized or implemented.

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The Energy Law

JULY 1, 2021

Iowa Production , landowners sued oil and gas companies for breach of a mineral lease. In 2013, the decision in State of Louisiana v. This was all done in light of this Court’s 2013 La. The Energy Law Blog will explore the import of the prescription ruling in a separate post. Louisiana Land and Exploration Co.,

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The Energy Law

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

In re Oil Spill by Oil Rig “Deepwater Horizon” in Gulf of Mex., 2013); Plaisance v. 2013); Plaisance v. See Barker v. Hercules Offshore, Inc., 3d 208, 224 (5th Cir. Here, the court again left the question open, finding that the complaint failed to satisfy either the physical-injury test or the zone-of-danger test.

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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 October 2013, Lexington Land filed a supplemental and amending lawsuit asserting its assigned claims against Chevron under both tort and contract theories.

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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 October 2013, Lexington Land filed a supplemental and amending lawsuit asserting its assigned claims against Chevron under both tort and contract theories.

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The Energy Law

MARCH 31, 2020

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. Plaintiffs, unleased mineral owners, owned a tract of land adjacent to property leased by Southwestern Energy Production Company. 2] Coastal Oil & Gas Corp.

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The Energy Law

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

The water phase (with residual oil) is separated and sent to two equalization tanks, followed by flotation and biological treatment. The district court found Citgo guilty of two counts of knowingly operating two tanks as oil-water separators without CAA emission controls, and three counts of “taking” migratory birds in violation of the MBTA.

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The Energy Law

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

In re Oil Spill by Oil Rig “Deepwater Horizon” in Gulf of Mex., 2013); Plaisance v. 2013); Plaisance v. See Barker v. Hercules Offshore, Inc., 3d 208, 224 (5th Cir. Here, the court again left the question open, finding that the complaint failed to satisfy either the physical-injury test or the zone-of-danger test.

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The Energy Law

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

Recently, when there was talk about Houston-based ATP Oil and Gas’ (ATP) legal problems, it was inevitably about its bankruptcy and its effort to bring the overriding royalty interests it had conveyed back into the bankrupt estate as debt instruments.

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The Energy Law

JUNE 2, 2020

Amidst historically low oil prices and economic shutdowns, fossil fuel companies continue to defend against lawsuits brought by state and local governments claiming climate-change related damages. Thus, the cities and counties sought an order of abatement requiring the energy companies to fund a climate change adaptation program.

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The Energy Law

MAY 26, 2016

allowing an $81 million judgment against the oil company to stand. The judgment is the latest in a suit the EPA filed against CITGO under the Clean Water Act for a 2006 spill at the oil company’s St. See Environmental Enforcement Results for 2015 , 2015 ABA Env’t Energy, & Resources L.: Charles refinery. Adm’r of E.P.A.

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The Energy Law

AUGUST 29, 2014

Background In 2010, in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the Department of Interior renamed the Minerals Management Service (MMS) the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation, and Enforcement (BOEMRE). Richard Hastings (R-Wash.), In particular, Rep.

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The Energy Law

MARCH 16, 2016

Included in its COGS deduction were the costs of labor and materials incurred to acquire and process seismic data that it sold to clients who used the data to determine where to drill oil and gas wells. CGG Veritas took the position that these costs were furnished “to a project for the construction, improvement. Newpark Resources, Inc. ,

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The Energy Law

AUGUST 9, 2016

Atlantic Richfield Company , finding that the statutory scheme at issue provided administrative channels to investigate and resolve alleged permit violations, and thus those remedies must be exhausted before the plaintiffs could pursue civil damages through the courts.

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The Energy Law

APRIL 19, 2021

The Texas Supreme Court recently released its anticipated opinion in Eagle Oil & Gas Co. TRO-X”) and Eagle Oil & Gas Co. Eagle”) regarding their agreement to jointly acquire and sell oil and gas leases. In the first, Eagle Oil & Gas Co. In the first, Eagle Oil & Gas Co. Eastland 2013, pet.

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The Energy Law

APRIL 19, 2021

The Texas Supreme Court recently released its anticipated opinion in Eagle Oil & Gas Co. TRO-X”) and Eagle Oil & Gas Co. Eagle”) regarding their agreement to jointly acquire and sell oil and gas leases. In the first, Eagle Oil & Gas Co. In the first, Eagle Oil & Gas Co. Eastland 2013, pet.

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Producer's Edge

JANUARY 20, 2025

("Pioneer"), a natural gas producer operating in the Permian Basin, entered into a firm contract with MIECO, L.L.C. ("MIECO"), an energy trading firm. Under the contract, Pioneer agreed to deliver 20,000 MMBtu of natural gas daily to MIECO at the Ehrenberg pooling hub on the Arizona-California border. 3d 419 (5th Cir.

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The Energy Law

JANUARY 12, 2017

Anglo-Dutch Energy, L.L.C. , 7] In 2013, the Plaintiffs made demand on the Defendant-Lessee on the grounds that “despite the October 30, 2012 effective date of the Commissioner’s Order, [the Defendant-Lessee] refused to pay Plaintiffs their full [1/5] Lessor’s Royalty” pursuant to the mineral lease between the parties. [8]

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The Energy Law

JULY 6, 2015

Ironshore Specialty Insurance Co. Aspen Underwriting Ltd. 13-51027 (5th Cir. June 10, 2015).

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The Energy Law

MAY 18, 2020

The Louisiana Third Circuit Court of Appeal recently issued an opinion involving issues of prescription and breach of contract claims in the context of Act 312 and “legacy lawsuits” that oil and gas companies must remain cognizant of going forward. In State of Louisiana, et al. Louisiana Land & Exploration Co., 3d 1038 (La.

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The Energy Law

AUGUST 7, 2018

However, his surviving wife and children did not file suit against various pipe yard and oil company defendants until almost four years later – in January 2014. Lennie had worked for the pipe yard for a number of years, and 16 years after his retirement, in 2010, Mr. Lennie was diagnosed with lung cancer and died that same year.

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The Energy Law

AUGUST 11, 2017

Hardy Gulf Oil Corp. , 545, 554 (1866)); see also 2 Benedict on Admiralty § 44 (Matthew/Bender 2013) (“[M]aritime law permits an action in rem against the cargo itself.”). 2d 826, 833 (5th Cir. One of these is when the parties stand in a “special relationship.” Cities Serv. Lee-Vac, Ltd. , 2d 238, 240 (5th Cir. 1985) (citing Fed.

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