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Libya Restarts Mabruk Oil Field

Mees

The field in the countrys Sirte Basin oil heartland had been out of service since being overrun and badly damaged by IS-affiliated militants in 2015 (MEES, 6 March 2015). Libyas NOC on 12 March announced the restart of TotalEnergies Mabruk field following a 10-year hiatus.

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Expanding Machine Learning Models for Better Production Forecasting in Emerging Shale Basins

Novi

As consolidators move to acquire acreage in core shale basins, smaller operators are looking for opportunities in underappreciated basins and fringe areas in core basins. Forecasting the Northwest Shelf of the Delaware Basin One of these new areas of interest is the Northwest Shelf of the Delaware Basin.

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Louisiana Supreme Court holds that payment of mineral royalties judgment against LDNR is a matter of legislative discretion, reversing grant of mandamus

The Energy Law

In 2006, a group of landowners filed a class action lawsuit against the State of Louisiana through the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources (“LDNR”) concerning the ownership of riverbanks in the Catahoula Basin. million in mineral royalties attributable to ownership of these banks.

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Fifth Circuit Rejects EPA’s Overreaching on CAA and MBTA

The Energy Law

14-40128, 2015 U.S. 4, 2015). The regulations define “oil-water separators” in part as wastewater treatment equipment “used to separate oil from water consisting of a separation tank, which also includes the forebay and other separator basins, skimmers, weirs, grit chambers, and sludge hoppers.” United States v.

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Pipeline Expansion = Affordable Energy

Marcellus Shale Coalition

In 2015, then-Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey released a report asserting that no new natural gas pipelines were needed into the region and that the regions power grid faced no reliability deficiency through at least 2030. All was fine, said the Attorney General.