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SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

The Trans Energy settlement shows that exploration and production (E&P) companies need a rigorous compliance strategy for wetlands permit requirements. On the other hand, the legal commentary has virtually ignored the importance of Nationwide Permits (NWPs) 12 and 39 to E&P activities. Trans Energy, Inc. , 14-117 (N.D.W.Va.),

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The Energy Law Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Through the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (“TCJA”), in 2017 Congress enacted Code Sections 1400Z-1 and 1400Z-2 of the Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”). Privacy Policy: By subscribing to Liskow & Lewis’ E-Communications, you will receive articles and blogs with insight and analysis of legal issues that may impact your industry.

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APRIL 17, 2020

116-136, enacted modifications to the rules for the use of net operating losses (“ NOLs ”) and corporate alternative minimum tax carryforward credits (“ AMT Carryforward Credits ”) for tax years beginning after December 31, 2017 and before January 1, 2021.

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JULY 3, 2019

Privacy Policy: By subscribing to Liskow & Lewis’ E-Communications, you will receive articles and blogs with insight and analysis of legal issues that may impact your industry. Enterprise Products Partners, L.P. , a case concerning Texas partnership law. and has been closely followed by the energy industry.

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The Energy Law Blog

JANUARY 10, 2020

On October 20, 2017, Bouchard Transportation’s ATB BUSTER BOUCHARD/B. In a stark reminder of the sanctity of Coast Guard investigations, and the consequences of impeding such investigations, the U.S. 255 suffered an explosion and fire while transporting roughly 2,000 barrels of oil off Port Aransas, Texas. 2114) (the “SPA”).

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NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Privacy Policy: By subscribing to Liskow & Lewis’ E-Communications, you will receive articles and blogs with insight and analysis of legal issues that may impact your industry. The Succession of Mayo Romero. The Succession of Mayo Romero. A copy of the Third Circuit’s decision can be found here. and Texaco, Inc.

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The Energy Law Blog

MAY 5, 2021

The Plaintiff sued the operator of the Unit Well claiming entitlement to the forfeiture penalty under La. Plaintiff formally requested reports under La. In response to this first demand, Defendant provided the requested reports. In a second demand under La. First, Defendant cited Miller v. J-W Operating Co. [2] and stated as follows: Pursuant to La.

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The Energy Law Blog

MAY 5, 2021

The Plaintiff sued the operator of the Unit Well claiming entitlement to the forfeiture penalty under La. Plaintiff formally requested reports under La. In response to this first demand, Defendant provided the requested reports. In a second demand under La. First, Defendant cited Miller v. J-W Operating Co. [2] and stated as follows: Pursuant to La.

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The Energy Law Blog

MARCH 2, 2021

2017-1144 (La. BP America Production Company, et al. , 20-30224 (5th Cir. Grace Ranch), for alleged contamination of its property. In a prior suit, Grace Ranch sued BP America Production Company (BP) and BHP Petroleum Americas (BHP) in contract and tort for alleged contamination of Grace Ranch’s land. Grace Ranch, LLC v. 7/18/18), 252 So.

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The Energy Law Blog

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

When the primary term ended in February 2017, DBR had drilled on Section 6, but not on Section 2. DBR sued Tier 1 and the mineral owners in September 2017, asserting its right to develop Section 2. All of the provisions. construed as if a separate Lease agreement had been made and executed covering each such tract.” (emphasis added).

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The Energy Law Blog

MAY 5, 2020

Bradford, New IRS Guidance on Obtaining Refunds for Net Operating Loss Carrybacks, Corporate AMT Carryforward Credits and Filing Amended Returns for Partnerships ( the “ Prior Blog Post ”). [1] Additional FAQs have been added since that date, and several have been updated. 3] Instructions on those forms to the contrary should be disregarded.

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The Energy Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

Judge Jerry E. Had the Court of Appeals granted the writ, the district court’s decision would have been reversed and the upcoming test-case trial would have been stopped for lack of jurisdiction and venue. While the Court ultimately denied the writ, it did so in a way that advanced the defendants’ case. In re: DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc. ,

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The Energy Law Blog

MARCH 20, 2019

March 19, 2019), the U.S. Supreme Court resolved a circuit split regarding maritime law and the “bare metal” defense, namely whether manufacturers have a duty to warn when their bare metal product requires later incorporation of a dangerous part in order for the integrated product to function as intended.

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The Energy Law Blog

JANUARY 27, 2020

Can targeted advertising establish general jurisdiction over a foreign corporation? The Fifth Circuit had not addressed this issue until Frank v. P N K (Lake Charles) L.L.C., 18-31060, 2020 WL 288213 (5th Cir. But in so doing, the court may have announced a new jurisdictional test with significant ramifications for future cases.

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The Energy Law Blog

APRIL 5, 2017

Commencing April 1, 2017, those lenders and their counsel may also have to consult the Hague Convention on the Law Applicable to Certain Rights in Respect of Securities Held with an Intermediary (the “Convention”). [1] The Convention was finally promulgated in 2003 but did not become effective until April 1, 2017. [2]

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The Energy Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

12, 2017), the relators appealed the district court’s grant of summary judgment as well as the court award of $232,809.92 In John King, et al v. Solvay Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 16-20259 (5th Cir. in taxable costs to the defendants. The relators alleged that Solvay Pharmaceuticals, Inc. at 7 (quoting United States ex rel. Reg’l Healthcare Sys.,

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JUNE 28, 2018

2017)(quoting Bartel v. More specifically, Defendants allege that Plaintiffs’ claims: (1) implicate wartime and national emergency activities undertaken at the direction of federal officers, and (2) necessarily require resolution of substantial, disputed questions of federal law. Zeringue v. Zeringue v. Crane Co. , 3d 785,789 (5 th Cir.

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The Energy Law Blog

MARCH 19, 2020

2017-0931-JTL, 2018 WL 6719718 (Del. Corporations generally prefer to litigate these claims in federal court as state court is viewed as inefficient and more inclined to grant plaintiffs a summary judgment ruling. Amendments to the ‘33 Act created uncertainty about whether those jurisdictional and removal provisions applied to class actions.

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The Energy Law Blog

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Privacy Policy: By subscribing to Liskow & Lewis’ E-Communications, you will receive articles and blogs with insight and analysis of legal issues that may impact your industry. The Succession of Mayo Romero. . The Succession of Mayo Romero. . A copy of the Third Circuit’s decision can be found here. and Texaco, Inc.

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The Energy Law Blog

APRIL 4, 2019

Notably, this new program is based on an audit policy agreement that EPA negotiated in 2017 with Range Resources, after it acquired numerous oil and gas assets in Louisiana. On March 29, 2019, the U.S. New owners who acquired facilities in the twelve months before EPA finalized this program are also eligible.

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The Energy Law Blog

MAY 5, 2021

The Plaintiff sued the operator of the Unit Well claiming entitlement to the forfeiture penalty under La. Plaintiff formally requested reports under La. In response to this first demand, Defendant provided the requested reports. In a second demand under La. First, Defendant cited Miller v. J-W Operating Co. [2] and stated as follows: Pursuant to La.

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The Energy Law Blog

MARCH 2, 2021

2017-1144 (La. BP America Production Company, et al. , 20-30224 (5th Cir. Grace Ranch), for alleged contamination of its property. In a prior suit, Grace Ranch sued BP America Production Company (BP) and BHP Petroleum Americas (BHP) in contract and tort for alleged contamination of Grace Ranch’s land. Grace Ranch, LLC v. 7/18/18), 252 So.

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The Energy Law Blog

MARCH 25, 2019

Due to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (“TCJA”) passed by Congress in December 2017, starting in 2018 many 501(c)(3) Exempt Organizations (“EOs”) are required to treat the cost of employer-paid qualified transportation and parking benefits as unrelated business taxable income (“UBTI”) to the EO.

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The Energy Law Blog

JUNE 3, 2019

Instead of being triggered by the allegations in the Rozel Report, as Defendants argued, the Court found that the 30-day “other paper” removal period was triggered on April 13, 2017 (at the latest) by allegations contained in Plaintiffs’ memorandum in support of Plaintiffs’ motion to compel production of pre-SLCRMA documents.

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Producer's Edge

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Anadarko E&P Onshore, LLC , 520 S.W.3d 2017), where the Court emphasized that “the surface owner owns and controls the mass of earth undergirding the surface.” The case was Myers-Woodward v. Underground Services Markham. The case remains pending before the Texas Supreme Court on petition for review. West , 508 S.W.2d

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The Energy Law Blog

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

After failed attempts to expand the scope of the Jones Act’s prohibition on activities by non-coastwise endorsed vessels in 2009 and 2017, CBP recently published a notice of proposed modification and revocation of certain ruling letters interpreting the Jones Act ( see [link] ).

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The Energy Law Blog

MARCH 31, 2020

The EPSL benefit is 80 hours of pay that is subject to caps based on the reason for leave. The first two weeks of this leave are unpaid, but eligible employees can take their EPSL pay during these two weeks. The employee may not be terminated during this twelve-week period. PPP loans have favorable terms and are eligible for partial forgiveness.

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The Energy Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

On July 15, 2020, The Third Circuit Court of Appeals issued an opinion awarding damages for a violation of due process rights against a private pipeline company. Bayou Bridge Pipeline, LLC v. Acres, More or Less, Located in St. Martin Parish, et al. [1] James, Louisiana. One landowner had an interest of.0000994 0000994 and the other two owned an.0005803

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The Energy Law Blog

JUNE 12, 2017

On June 2, 2017 the Louisiana Second Circuit Court of Appeal affirmed a trial court’s judgment cancelling a mineral lease under Mineral Code article 140 and provided further clarity on a production in paying quantities analysis under Louisiana Mineral Code article 124. [1] 1] The dispute in Gloria’s Ranch, L.L.C. Tauren Exploration, Inc.

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The Energy Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

On July 15, 2020, The Third Circuit Court of Appeals issued an opinion awarding damages for a violation of due process rights against a private pipeline company. Bayou Bridge Pipeline, LLC v. Acres, More or Less, Located in St. Martin Parish, et al. [1] James, Louisiana. One landowner had an interest of.0000994 0000994 and the other two owned an.0005803

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The Energy Law Blog

MARCH 30, 2017

Flat River Farms, L.L.C. , the Louisiana Second Circuit addressed issues affecting the creation and preservation of mineral servitudes and payment of court costs in a concursus action. [1] 1] In the case, an operator initiated a concursus action seeking to resolve ownership interest in minerals underlying property on which it was operating.

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Oil & Gas 360º

MARCH 10, 2025

Cornelius commented: Founding CanCambria as an international unconventional resource E&P company has been one of the highlights of my career. Piet Van Assche will be promoted internally to Chief Operating Officer while maintaining his current role as Managing Director of Hungary. Pierce was CEO and Director of TAG Oil Ltd.,

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NOVEMBER 28, 2022

The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), signed into law on November 15, 2021, amended Section 40307 of the Outer Continental Shelfs Act (OCSLA) to provide authority to the U.S. However, the DOI’s proposed implementing regulations authorized by the IIJA have yet to be issued for public comment.

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The Energy Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

On September 14, 2022, the 19 th Judicial District Court revoked air permits issued by the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (“LDEQ”) under Louisiana’s Prevention and Significant Deterioration (“PSD”) regulations [1] for a Formosa Plastics facility (“FG LA”) planned to be built in St. James Parish. [2] Env’tl Control Com’n , 452 So.

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JULY 7, 2022

The proposed plan, which generally tracks the 2017-2022 plan issued under the Obama Administration, contemplates 10 potential Gulf of Mexico lease sales, plus 1 potential Alaska Cook Inlet lease sale over the next five years. a five-year plan). The time for the public to weigh in on our future is now.

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MARCH 28, 2020

Those provisions include the following four significant changes to the business tax provisions contained in the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. Taxpayers intending to take advantage of the expanded use of NOLs per the CARES Act should consider the impact on other changes in the tax law brought about by TCJA 2017.

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Oil and Gas Investments

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

It is roughly the same price Intel paid to take Mobileye over in 2017. Elon Musk is all over the news these days for reasons that have nothing to do with investing. Musk said that Tesla’s future, and in his opinion everyone’s future, lies in two innovations: autonomous vehicles and autonomous humanoid robots.

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