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. A hotly contested issue is the consumption of water by fracking activities.

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The Energy Law

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

1] Operators face more BSEE inspections, Incidents of Non-Compliance (INCs), and civil penalties than ever before. See Island Operating Co., BSEE collected civil penalties in 22 cases in 2009, 26 cases in 2010, 30 cases in 2011, 31 cases in 2012, 42 cases in 2013, 53 cases in 2014, and 42 cases in 2015. 186 IBLA 199 (2015).

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The Energy Law

AUGUST 11, 2017

IMC) as the “vessel-operating common carrier.” Vessel-operating common carrier’s duty to indemnify non-vessel operating common carrier On the issue of IMC’s duty to indemnify Freightplus for damages arising out of its negligence, the court began by noting that maritime tort indemnification is available in a very limited set of circumstances.

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The Energy Law

JULY 1, 2021

In 2013, the decision in State of Louisiana v. LL&E I held that even without a Corbello -like express contractual provision, defendants who operated unreasonably accrued an implied obligation under the Mineral Code to restore property above and beyond regulatory environmental standards. Louisiana Land and Exploration Co.,

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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. The SNPR also proposes new equipment standards for “Lakers,” which are vessels that operate exclusively on the Great Lakes.

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The Energy Law

AUGUST 29, 2014

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). The IRU investigation of an INC may not be apparent to an operator. Richard Hastings (R-Wash.), In particular, Rep.

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Iraq Business News: Oil & Gas

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

The agreement covers four main fields in Federal Iraq -- the Baba and Avanah domes of the Kirkuk oil field, along with Bai Hassan , Jambur and Khabbaz -- all currently operated by the North Oil Company (NOC). It also builds upon BP's previous work on the Kirkuk fields from 2013 to 2019.

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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

JANUARY 21, 2014

Recent Statutory Changes House Bill 2615 (PDF) (83rd Legislature, 2013) significantly increased the administrative penalties for a water right holder’s failure to submit an annual water use report to TCEQ. Under the new statutory structure, a large water rights holder may have to pay as much as $500 per day for this violation.

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The Energy Law

MARCH 3, 2016

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. Firstly, the decision reaffirms that extraordinary, nonrecurring expenses are not operating expenses.

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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 Chesapeake Operating, Inc. [5] reports from a unit operator. [6]

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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

JUNE 12, 2015

Previous Court Ruling In many cases alleging damage to property arising from historic oil and gas operations, the plaintiff was not the owner at the time of the alleged damage, but instead is the subsequent purchaser of the property at issue. 2013-2132 (La. In Eagle Pipe and Supply, Inc. Amerada Hess Corp. , 10-2267 (La.

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AWS: Energy (Oil & Gas)

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

In our case study, we achieved reduction in operational costs by 5% ($2.5 The Guidance for Monitoring and Optimizing Energy Usage on AWS Organizations have faced challenges in managing building operations and optimizing energy efficiency within their BMS. Figure 3 shows an overview of an economizer operation.

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The Energy Law

JULY 21, 2016

1] Taxes make up a large part of the industry’s direct economic impact in Louisiana: In 2013, the industry paid nearly $1.5 Consider the following hypothetical: Operator X enters into an Oil Purchase Agreement to sell oil from a mineral lease to First Purchaser Y. billion in taxes to the State, about 14.6%

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The Energy Law

AUGUST 9, 2016

. _ Beginning in November 2013 and as recently as two weeks ago, the parishes of Jefferson, Plaquemines, Cameron, and Vermilion filed a combined 40 lawsuits alleging that oil and gas companies’ coastal operations violated the State and Local Coastal Resources Management Act of 1978 (“SLCRMA”), by either failing to obtain coastal use permits for certain (..)

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The Energy Law

JULY 23, 2013

July 12, 2013) (pdf). If EPA finds, pursuant to a Section 126(b) petition, that the upwind source is violating the “good neighbor” provision, the polluting source must cease operations within three months of EPA’s finding. See GenOn REMA, LLC v. 12-1022, slip op. at 29 (3d Cir.

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The Energy Law

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

ATP operated a float cell on the platform as an essential part of its wastewater treatment system to separate and remove oil and suspended solids from its produced water prior to its discharge into the Gulf. ATP is the ATP Innovator’s operator and ATP-IP is the platform’s owner. ATP Oil & Gas Corp. , 955 F.Supp.2d 2d 616 (E.D.

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The Energy Law

SEPTEMBER 23, 2008

Further, this section directs FERC with the Secretaries of Energy, Transportation and Interior to “facilitate the.the construction of pipelines necessary to transport oil and natural gas through NPRA to existing transportation of processing infrastructure on the North Slope of Alaska.”

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Rextag

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

The newly formed company, now known as Expand Energy, operates under the Nasdaq ticker EXE, symbolizing its fresh identity in the energy landscape. In 2013, after a shareholder revolt, McClendon stepped down as CEO. Chesapeake and Southwesterns $7.4 He later became CEO of Mach Natural Resources. and globally.

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Producer's Edge

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

This case presents two critical questions: Who owns subsurface caverns created by salt mining operations, and How should in-kind royalties be calculated for salt production? —San Antonio 2013, no pet.) Part I: The Battle Over Subsurface Storage Rights A. National Park Service , 630 F.3d 3d 431 , 441 (5th Cir. Jones , 421 S.W.3d

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The Energy Law

JULY 1, 2021

In 2013, the decision in State of Louisiana v. LL&E I held that even without a Corbello -like express contractual provision, defendants who operated unreasonably accrued an implied obligation under the Mineral Code to restore property above and beyond regulatory environmental standards. Louisiana Land and Exploration Co.,

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Rextag

JANUARY 22, 2025

FROM STARTUP TO GIANT Founded in 2013 by Michael Sabel, a former investment banker, and Robert Pender, an energy lawyer, Venture Global introduced a groundbreaking approach to LNG production. Recent policy changes are expected to remove restrictions on new LNG export projects, opening the door for aggressive expansion.

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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. Southwestern operated several wells on the leased tract, several of which were hydraulically fractured. 5:12–CV–102, 2013 WL 2097397 (N.D. Chesapeake Appalachia, L.L.C. [4]

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Producer's Edge

JANUARY 20, 2025

Pioneer Natural Resources USA, Inc. ("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. The court also relied on its prior decision in Ergon-West Virginia, Inc. Dynegy Marketing & Trade, 706 F.3d 3d 419 (5th Cir.

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The Energy Law

JANUARY 12, 2017

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] Anglo-Dutch Energy, L.L.C. ,

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The Energy Law

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

Citgo’s Corpus Christi refinery operates a wastewater treatment system that sends all oily wastewater to several Corrugated Plate Interceptor (“CPI”) separators. Under NSPS Subpart QQQ, refinery operators are required to put roofs on “oil-water separators.” Citgo appealed the convictions. 60.691. . § 703(a); 16 U.S.C. § 65844 (Nov.

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Producer's Edge

JANUARY 27, 2025

LLC sought to enforce a provision in a 1948 mineral lease requiring Unitex WI, LLC and Unitex Oil and Gas, LLC (Unitex) to bury pipelines on the ranch land surface CT Land acquired in 2013. In this case, CT Land and Cattle and Cattle Co., The lessor relied on BlueStone Nat. Randle, 620 S.W.3d 3d 380, 387 (Tex.

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The Energy Law

JULY 21, 2016

A group of private landowners (“the Landowners”), who owned all of Unit 1, brought a lawsuit in 2013 for declaratory judgment and injunctive relief against the FWS, its director, the United States Department of the Interior, and the Secretary of the Interior. Tammany Parish (“Unit 1”). On August 22, 2014, District Judge Martin L.C.

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The Energy Law

JUNE 2, 2020

251, 258 (2013) (citing Grable & Sons Metal Products, Inc. Minton , 568 U.S. Darue Engineering & Manufacturing, 545 U.S. 308, 314 (2005)). Removal is also allowed “where federal law completely preempts a plaintiffs’ state-law claim.”

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The Energy Law

OCTOBER 16, 2014

The Proposed Regulations Following a series of train accidents in 2013, and a number of petitions asking for more stringent railroad safety regulations, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) and Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) published an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) on September 6, 2013.

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