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Texas Supreme Court to Review $500 Million Verdict in Case Involving Formation of Partnership to Construct Crude Oil Pipeline

The Energy Law

a case concerning Texas partnership law. At the end of a four-week trial held in 2014, the jury found that ETP and Enterprise created a partnership to market and pursue a pipeline project and that Enterprise had failed to prove that it complied with its duty of loyalty. Enterprise Products Partners, L.P. ,

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Supreme Court Punts on Important Arbitrability Question

The Energy Law

The distributor argued that the inclusion of its request for injunctive relief brought the case under the carve-out in the arbitration provision. This is now the second time this case has been before the Supreme Court on issues of arbitrability.

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Act 312: Federal Court Holds That Plaintiff Cannot Pocket “Additional Remediation Damages” Without Express Contractual Provision

The Energy Law

The court interpreted the 2014 amendments to Act 312 (La. 1/30/13) (“ LL&E ”), that legacy plaintiffs are entitled to additional remediation damages in two circumstances: (1) if required by an express contractual provision, or (2) if the mineral lessee has acted unreasonably or excessively under the lease. Denbury , — F.3d

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Force Majeure Clause Fails to Protect Oil and Gas Lessee From Mistakenly-Scheduled Deadline

The Energy Law

The lessee, MRC Permian Company, received four identical oil and gas leases from certain lessors in 2014. That drilling rig was also scheduled to drill two other wells before drilling the well at issue, but MRC could have forgone drilling the two other wells to drill the new well, in which case it would have met the May 21, 2017 deadline.

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Riding to the Danger Zone: U.S. Fifth Circuit Panel Considers the Zone-of-Danger Test for Maritime Emotional Distress

The Energy Law

The district court dismissed their case under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6). The district court dismissed their case under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6). The district court dismissed their case under Rule 12(b)(6). 2] Here, this was not the case. In In re Deepwater Horizon , No. See Barker v.

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One Man’s Waste is Another Man’s Treasure: Texas Appellate Court Holds that Produced Water Belongs to Mineral Owners

The Energy Law

COG owned the minerals under four leases in Reeves County, Texas executed between 2005 and 2014. Produced water—a substance traditionally considered to be a useless byproduct of fracing—has recently become a valuable product that can be treated and sold to operators for drilling. But more than minerals are released.

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Trans Energy Settlement Shows Need for E&P Wetlands Compliance Strategy

The Energy Law

On September 2, 2014, the Department of Justice announced a settlement in United States v. The Trans Energy settlement shows that exploration and production (E&P) companies need a rigorous compliance strategy for wetlands permit requirements. Trans Energy, Inc. , 14-117 (N.D.W.Va.),

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