Global Energy

FEBRUARY 28, 2014

Summary The title given to Sir Ian Wood’s “UKCS Maximising Recovery Review: Final Report” (published on 24 February 2014), should […]

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NIOSH Science: Oil & Gas

APRIL 10, 2015

On May 19th, 2014, NIOSH posted a Science blog titled Reports of Worker Fatalities during Flowback Operations. The four workers were employed in the Williston Basin of North Dakota and Montana.

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The Energy Law

MAY 5, 2023

2023), the Texas Supreme Court held that the lessee could not invoke a force majeure clause to save its oil and gas leases when it inadvertently scheduled its operations to begin after the requisite deadline. The lessee, MRC Permian Company, received four identical oil and gas leases from certain lessors in 2014.

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The Energy Law

JUNE 19, 2013

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or Agency) committed to improving air emissions data for the oil and natural gas production sector. EPA made this commitment in response to the Office of Inspector General’s February 20, 2013 report, “EPA Needs to Improve Air Emissions Data for the Oil and Natural Gas Production Sector” (pdf) (Report).

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Vorys Energy

JULY 2, 2022

On May 21, 2021, the Division of Oil and Gas Resources Management issued Chief’s Order 2021-97 (the “Restart Order”), authorizing AWMS Water Solutions, LLC, to resume injection operations at one of its Class II injection wells. Those operations had been suspended by a prior Division order issued in 2014 due to detected seismic activity.

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McKinsey

MARCH 15, 2017

OFSE quarterly revenue edged up for the first time since Q3 2014, helped by an oil price–driven recovery in capex. But most activity is in the US onshore, with sectors elsewhere still facing slim pickings.

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Global Energy

JULY 29, 2014

On 28 July 2014, the Government launched two consultations in parallel on the implementation of the Offshore Safety Directive (the […]

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The Energy Law

AUGUST 29, 2022

Army Corps of Engineers to Driftwood LNG – a liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal under construction near Lake Charles. 1] The petition was filed – and the suit will proceed – in the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, which has jurisdiction over such matters pursuant to The Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C.

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The Energy Law

APRIL 22, 2013

Wiegand On August 16, 2012, EPA issued new source performance standards (NSPSs) for the oil and gas sector. The standards applied to various sources including storage tanks used in crude oil and natural gas production. By Stephen W. On April 12, 2013, EPA announced proposed amendments to the rule pertaining to storage tanks.

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The Energy Law

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Delaware Basin Resources LLC , 08-20-00060-CV, the Court of Appeals for the Eighth District of Texas (El Paso) recently held oral argument on the proper construction of the word “and” used in a Delaware Basin oil and gas lease. When the primary term ended in February 2017, DBR had drilled on Section 6, but not on Section 2.

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Iraq Business News: Oil & Gas

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

2) of 2014. The Iraqi Council of Ministers has approved an increase in the consultancy contract amount for the Basra Refinery Development / Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC) Project with Japan's UNICO and France's Technip. This move aligns with Iraq's strategy to modernize refining capacity and enhance fuel production efficiency.

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The Energy Law

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

By Jillian Marullo House Bill 788, signed into law on June 14, 2013, authorizes the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (“TCEQ”) to regulate emissions of carbon dioxide and five other greenhouse gases (“GHG”) “[t]o the extent that greenhouse gas emissions require authorization under federal law.”

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Texas Oil & Gas Attorney

JANUARY 9, 2025

Dr. Wernick is a senior research associate at The Rockefeller University’s Program for the Human Environment and was nominated for a Nobel Prize in 2013 and 2014. Continue reading The post More Issues with Electric Vehicle Batteries appeared first on Texas Oil and Gas Attorney Blog.

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The Energy Law

AUGUST 4, 2023

COG owned the minerals under four leases in Reeves County, Texas executed between 2005 and 2014. Those leases granted COG the exclusive right to produce “oil and gas” or “oil, gas and other hydrocarbons.” One such conflict arose between Cactus Water Services, LLC (“Cactus”) and COG Operating, LLC (“COG”).

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Iraq Business News: Oil & Gas

MARCH 7, 2025

According to a statement from the company, the funds will provide additional working capital, supporting Petrel's efforts to secure new oil and gas projects in Iraq and beyond. New global oil & gas investment falls short of levels needed to support anticipated demand.

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McKinsey

JUNE 15, 2018

As oil prices rise to levels not seen since 2014—primarily as a result of geopolitical risk and ongoing OPEC production cuts—we expect to see further improvements in the OFSE sector and a renewed emphasis on North American shale.

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The Energy Law

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Delaware Basin Resources LLC , 08-20-00060-CV, the Court of Appeals for the Eighth District of Texas (El Paso) recently held oral argument on the proper construction of the word “and” used in a Delaware Basin oil and gas lease. When the primary term ended in February 2017, DBR had drilled on Section 6, but not on Section 2.

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CG&A

AUGUST 2, 2024

We are thrilled to announce thatJeff Loskorn, a senior reservoir engineer with our firm since 2014, has been named a Partner at Cawley, Gillespie & Associates. CG&A) began serving the oil and gas industry over 60 years ago. We look forward to his continued contributions to our firm and our clients.

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Producer's Edge

DECEMBER 30, 2024

The well at issue (the SWD5) was originally drilled for oil and gas production in 1957, but it was converted into a saltwater-disposal well around 2007. However, some of the substantive oil and gas arguments and issues in this case may be notable as a case study for oil and gas practitioners.

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The Energy Law

MAY 6, 2016

The Colorado Oil and Gas Association sought a declaratory judgment invalidating and permanently enjoining the enforcement of the Article. Colorado Oil and Gas Association , 2016 CO 29, P. Oil and Gas Ass’n , 16 CO 28 (Colo. In 2014, St. City of Longmont v. City of Fort Collins v. Tammany Parish Government v.

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The Energy Law

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

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

JUNE 24, 2014

On June 20, 2014, the Supreme Court of Texas ruled in Key Operating & Equipment, Inc. Hegar (PDF) that a mineral lessee in a pooled oil and gas unit has the right to use the entire surface of the pooled acreage, regardless of the location of the producing well or whether actual production from beneath the accessed surface can be proven.

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The Energy Law

JUNE 7, 2018

On Thursday, a divided panel of the Texas Court of Appeals in Houston held that the 2014-2015 drop in oil prices is not a force majeure for purposes of general force majeure contractual protection. In TEC Olmos, LLC v.

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The Energy Law

APRIL 30, 2020

On November 5, 2014, the landowner provided notice to the mineral servitude owner that the mineral servitude expired and requested a recordable act evidencing its expiration effective June 28, 2006. He also testified that the amount of production and gas prices at the time provided an incentive to keep the mineral servitude alive.

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The Energy Law

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

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.’” In Lightning Oil Co. Anadarko E&P Onshore, No. Lexis 8673 (Aug.

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The Energy Law

JANUARY 24, 2018

2014) (en banc). In reaching its decision, the Ninth Circuit was required to distinguish the recent en banc Fifth Circuit McBride decision, which reached the opposite conclusion in 2014. Compare McBride v. Estis Well Service , 768 F.3d 3d 382 (5th Cir. Apex Marine Corp. , 19 (1990) on this area of law.

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The Energy Law

JUNE 8, 2020

BlueStone primes the Court to resolve a Texas appellate court split regarding whether a lease provision requiring royalties to be paid based on “gross” profits or value received from the sale of oil and gas production nullifies an “at the well” valuation point elsewhere in a lease. Oil & Gas Co. El Paso 2014, pet.

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The Energy Law

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

2014), another case involving an arbitration clause which incorporated the AAA rules and explicitly exempted certain claims from arbitration. In reaching its decision, the Fifth Circuit looked to the Second Circuit’s decision in NASDAQ OMX Grp., UBS Securities, LLC , 770 F.3d 3d 1010 (2d Cir.

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The Energy Law

JULY 21, 2016

The oil and gas industry has a significant and far reaching economic impact in Louisiana. According to one 2014 study, the total direct and indirect impact on the state is approximately $73.8 3] Natural resources might include, for example timber, minerals like oil and gas, coal, salt, or sulphur.

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Drillers

MARCH 24, 2020

billion barrels of proven oil reserves as well as 5.675 trillion cubic metres of natural gas, which explains why the supermajors are not too tired of their problems in Nigeria. While bumpy, this road has since 2014 led to a marked drop in attacks on oil infrastructure in the Delta.

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The Energy Law

JUNE 13, 2017

Settoon arose out of a February 2014 collision on the Mississippi River near Convent, Louisiana. A tug owned by Marquette collided with an oil-carrying barge owned by Settoon as the Marquette tug attempted to overtake the Settoon flotilla.

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The Energy Law

MARCH 17, 2020

BSEE’s regulations define “obstructions” as “structures, equipment, or objects that were used in oil, gas, or sulphur operations. The number of offshore lease blocks in the Gulf of Mexico designated as SSRAs doubled from 337 in 2014 to 686 today. that, if left in place, would hinder other users of the OCS.” 250.1700(b).

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The Energy Law

MARCH 26, 2019

1] The dispute in Johnson involved a group of unleased mineral owners (“UMOs”) who filed suit against a unit operator for deducting a litany of post-production costs against their share of production proceeds from an oil and gas unit in the Haynesville Shale. [2] Chesapeake Louisiana, LP. [1] 2] The UMOs argued that La. 12] See id. [13]

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The Energy Law

AUGUST 19, 2020

On September 14, 2014, James Mays, a valve technician and an employee of Furmanite American (“Furmanite”) died while servicing valves on a platform that was part of Chevron’s gas gathering system and located in Louisiana’s territorial waters. Chevron Pipe Line Co.

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The Energy Law

OCTOBER 2, 2017

2751 (2014). Duncan has also recently acted as general counsel for Becket Fund for Religious Liberty and was lead counsel on behalf of Hobby Lobby in the recent U.S. Supreme Court case, Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., Mr. Duncan received his undergraduate and law degrees from Louisiana State University and earned an L.L.M.

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The Energy Law

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Smart Fabricators of Texas (“SmartFab”) fabricates steel and repairs oil and gas drilling equipment. Maintaining that the plaintiff qualified as a seaman under controlling Fifth Circuit precedent but questioning that precedent in light of Supreme Court case law, the panel urged the Fifth Circuit to review the case en banc. 3d 287 (5th Cir.

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