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Offshore Companies Face Surge in BSEE Enforcement Actions and Penalties

The Energy Law

1] Operators face more BSEE inspections, Incidents of Non-Compliance (INCs), and civil penalties than ever before. For example, in 2014 the agency imposed a civil penalty of $1,230,000—an unprecedented figure in the history of the BSEE civil penalty program. See Island Operating Co., 186 IBLA 199 (2015). 1 RMMLF-INST PAPER NO.

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Unpacking Proximate Cause in SWD Failure

Producer's Edge

Saltwater disposal wells rarely fail, but when they do, a complex web of legal issues can arise, such as potential regulatory matters, and potential claims for surface or subsurface damages, among other related operational concerns. Operating LLC , No. Operating LLC , No. In this case, Lee v. Memorial Prod. 29, 2024, no pet.),

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Ninth and Fifth Circuits Split on Issue of Punitive Damages Under Maritime Law

The Energy Law

2014) (en banc). The plaintiff in Batterton was a deckhand injured when a hatch cover blew open crushing his left hand during an operation to pump pressurized air into a compartment below deck. Compare McBride v. Estis Well Service , 768 F.3d 3d 382 (5th Cir. Apex Marine Corp. , 19 (1990) on this area of law. Apex Marine Corp. ,

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