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Nigeria Oil Industry Overview

Drillers

While the NDA’s methods were undoubtedly questionable, the rise in militant activity in the Delta coincided with the 2014 oil price collapse which plunged Nigeria into a recession. While bumpy, this road has since 2014 led to a marked drop in attacks on oil infrastructure in the Delta.

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EPA and Army Corps of Engineers Propose Significant Revisions to Definition of “Waters of the United States”

The Energy Law

On March 25, 2014, the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and the Army Corps of Engineers (“Corps”) jointly released a proposed rule purporting to clarify the scope of the “waters of the United States” protected under the Clean Water Act. The agencies claim that, as a result of the Supreme Court’s decision in Rapanos v.

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Trudging the Rocky Landscape of Royalty Dispute Litigation with the Texas Supreme Court Yet Again in BlueStone

The Energy Law

El Paso 2014, pet. Burlington , 573 S.W.3d Alas, we have arrived at BlueStone Natural Resources II, LLC v. The trial court and court of appeals both found that “gross value received” could not be harmonized with “market value at the well.” Comm’r of Gen. Land Office of Tex. SandRidge Energy, Inc. , 3d 603, 608-09 (Tex.

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