The Energy Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

On September 2, 2014, the Department of Justice announced a settlement in United States v. requiring the oil and gas company to pay $3 million in civil penalties and to spend approximately $13 million to restore 15 sites in West Virginia that had been developed without dredge and fill permits. Trans Energy, Inc. , 14-117 (N.D.W.Va.),

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The Energy Law Blog

JUNE 9, 2014

On May 30, 2014, in an unanimous decision in National Environmental Development Association’s Clean Air Project v. May 30, 2014). The Court’s decision is good news for the oil and gas industry. See National Environmental Development Association’s Clean Air Project v. Environmental Protection Agency , No. 13-1035, slip op.

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The Energy Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

In Lightning Oil Co. Anadarko E&P Onshore, No. 04-14-00903-CV , 2014 Tex. A mineral “‘lessee’s interest is a separate, real interest, amount[ing] to a defeasible title in fee to the oil and gas in the ground.’” Lightning Oil Co. Lexis 8673 (Aug.

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The Energy Law Blog

OCTOBER 15, 2020

The path to this Proposed Rule has been long and winding, beginning in 2014 with BOEM resisting making changes through formal notice and comment rulemaking pursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act, and instead continuing to regulate this issue through Notice to Lessee (“NTL”) guidance documents.

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The Energy Law Blog

OCTOBER 15, 2020

The path to this Proposed Rule has been long and winding, beginning in 2014 with BOEM resisting making changes through formal notice and comment rulemaking pursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act, and instead continuing to regulate this issue through Notice to Lessee (“NTL”) guidance documents.

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