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Louisiana Supreme Court Denies Writ Application in XXI Oil & Gas v. Hilcorp

The Energy Law

7] Before the decision, some practitioners believed that this phrase only required an operator to forfeit drilling costs associated with a well and excluded other costs associated with completing, equipping, or operating a well. [8] 2016-C-2181 (2017). [2] 9/28/2016), 2016 WL 5404650 [3] See id. [4] 2016 WL 1179206 (W.D.

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Environmental Groups File Suit to Compel EPA to Review and Revise Oil and Gas Waste Regulations

The Energy Law

On May 4, 2016, environmental groups sued the U.S. According to the complaint, EPA “has not completed these necessary revisions,” nor has it reviewed the Subtitle D regulations for oil and gas wastes since that time.

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Department of Interior Proposes New Financial Assurance and Decommissioning Regulations

The Energy Law

2016-N01, in 2016, which created widespread industry concern, and, as a result, was never fully implemented. A prior lessee could be held liable for decommissioning a hurricane-toppled platform years after its exit and completion of all lease decommissioning obligations. BOEM issued the last and most controversial NTL, NTL No.

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EPA Biting Off More Than It Can Chew? Agency Publishes First Year Implementation Plan for New TSCA Legislation

The Energy Law

On June 29, 2016, the U.S. For notices received prior to enactment, EPA’s goal is to complete the review within the remaining time under the original deadline, but in any event no later than 90 days from enactment. This is Part II of our TSCA update following the recent changes to the TSCA legislation.

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Mastering NSTA Infrastructure Reporting: ArcGIS Pro Best Practice

Exprodat

As part of this, the Energy Act 2016 requires each UKCS operator to appoint a named Information and Samples Coordinator (ISC), who is responsible for reporting petroleum-related information to NSTA. The North Sea Transition Authority are the UKs oil, gas and carbon storage regulator, tasked with driving the energy transition in the North Sea.

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Mastering NSTA Infrastructure Reporting: ArcGIS Pro Best Practice

Exprodat

As part of this, the Energy Act 2016 requires each UKCS operator to appoint a named Information and Samples Coordinator (ISC), who is responsible for reporting petroleum-related information to NSTA. The North Sea Transition Authority are the UKs oil, gas and carbon storage regulator, tasked with driving the energy transition in the North Sea.

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Department of Interior Proposes New Financial Assurance and Decommissioning Regulations

The Energy Law

2016-N01, in 2016, which created widespread industry concern, and, as a result, was never fully implemented. A prior lessee could be held liable for decommissioning a hurricane-toppled platform years after its exit and completion of all lease decommissioning obligations. BOEM issued the last and most controversial NTL, NTL No.