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LNG Facilities Facing Environmental Challenges

The Energy Law

A petition filed on July 19 by Sierra Club and Healthy Gulf seeks review of a “dredge and fill” permit granted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to Driftwood LNG – a liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal under construction near Lake Charles. 717r(d)(1)). [2]. 717r(d)(1)). [2].

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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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Texas Court of Appeals Rules on Permission Needed for Off-Lease Horizontal Drilling

The Energy Law

Anadarko E&P Onshore, No. 04-14-00903-CV , 2014 Tex. 19, 2015), Anadarko leased the mineral estate under the Chaparral Wildlife Management Area (CWMA), and entered into a Surface Use and Subsurface Easement Agreement (Agreement) with the adjacent surface estate owners. In Lightning Oil Co. Lexis 8673 (Aug. Lexis 8673 (Aug.

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Federal Offshore Pipeline Decommissioning in BOEM Significant Sediment Resource Areas

The Energy Law

550.101, the Minerals Management Services (“MMS”) began designating certain Outer Continental Shelf (“OCS”) lease blocks as SSRAs to be used in future coastal restoration, beach nourishment, and levee reconstruction projects. And rarely, if ever, will the order identify a specific project involving the use of the SSRA at issue.

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Department of Interior Proposes New Financial Assurance and Decommissioning Regulations

The Energy Law

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (“BOEM”) and the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (“BSEE”) recently issued a proposed rule on Risk Management, Financial Assurance and Loss Prevention (“Proposed Rule”), which was published in the Federal Register on October 16, 2020 and is now open for public comment.

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Department of Interior Proposes New Financial Assurance and Decommissioning Regulations

The Energy Law

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (“BOEM”) and the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (“BSEE”) recently issued a proposed rule on Risk Management, Financial Assurance and Loss Prevention (“Proposed Rule”), which was published in the Federal Register on October 16, 2020 and is now open for public comment.