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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

The “ LL&E II ” decision finds that Act 312 charges the court, not the jury, to determine the funding needed to remediate property to government standards. If (and only if) an express contractual provision allows greater remediation than government standards, a jury may consider and award such “excess remediation” damages.

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BP Signs Agreement for Kirkuk Oil Fields Development

Iraq Business News: Oil & Gas

BP has reached a contractual agreement with the Government of Iraq to invest in the rehabilitation and redevelopment of several giant oil fields in Kirkuk. We thank the Government of Iraq for the trust and privilege to deepen our cooperation in-country. " It also builds upon BP's previous work on the Kirkuk fields from 2013 to 2019.

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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

The “ LL&E II ” decision finds that Act 312 charges the court, not the jury, to determine the funding needed to remediate property to government standards. If (and only if) an express contractual provision requires greater remediation than government standards, a jury may consider and award such “excess remediation” damages.

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EPA and BSEE Team Up to Resolve Offshore Environmental Violations

The Energy Law

The Violation In March 2012, BSEE conducted an inspection of ATP’s floating production platform facility, known as the ATP Innovator, while it was moored to the sea floor about 45 nautical miles offshore of southeastern Louisiana (about 125 miles south of New Orleans) and engaged in the production of oil and natural gas. 955 F.Supp.2d

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U.S. House of Representatives Passes Energy Bill

The Energy Law

Title I addresses the existing moratoria, future OCS access, exploration, production and royalty questions. House of Representatives passed Speaker Pelosi’s Energy Bill, H.R. 6899, titled “Comprehensive American Energy Security and Consumer Protection Act.”

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BSEE’s Investigations and Review Unit Changes the Playing Field on the OCS

The Energy Law

The reorganization gave BSEE regulatory authority (PDF) over safety and environmental affairs for OCS exploration and production activities. Secretary Salazar originally intended the IRU’s functions to continue within the three new bureaus; however, as of fiscal year 2013, the IRU was operating only within BSEE (PDF).

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