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Louisiana Third Circuit Affirms that LDNR Can Only Recover Emergency Response Costs Under La. R.S. 30:93(A)(4) from the Operator of Record and its Working Interest Owners

The Energy Law Blog

The Lyon Well was leaking in 2018, which prompted the LDNR to task the current operator (Sandhill Production, Inc.) Sandhill never managed to stop the leak, and it abandoned the well in August 2019. 30:80 et seq. This revision to the OSRL also allowed the LDNR to tap into the Fund to pay for emergency response costs. Lyon Well #1.

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FIFTH CIRCUIT BEGINS TO CLEAN UP ITS JURISPRUDENCE ON HOW TO DETERMINE WHETHER A CONTRACT IS (OR IS NOT) MARITIME

The Energy Law Blog

Recently, the court applied Doiron in the context of a contract to plug and abandon a series of offshore wells in Crescent Energy Services, L.L.C., Recently, the court applied Doiron in the context of a contract to plug and abandon a series of offshore wells in Crescent Energy Services, L.L.C., Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc. [3]

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Advancement of CCS in Louisiana

The Energy Law Blog

Statewide Order 29-N-6 provides clear guidelines for Class VI wells, which cover the permitting process, siting criteria, area of review, well construction and completion, operational protocol, testing and monitoring specifications, plugging and abandonment procedures, and reporting requirements. On the state level, Act No.

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It’s Heating Up: United States Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Proper Jurisdiction for Climate-Change Lawsuit

The Energy Law Blog

Yesterday, the United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the climate change lawsuit filed by the City of Baltimore in 2018 against energy companies. This case is one of a number of cases brought by states, cities, and other municipalities against energy companies alleging that the companies contributed to climate change.

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Advancement of CCS in Louisiana

The Energy Law Blog

2] Statewide Order 26-N-6 provides clear guidelines for Class VI wells, which cover the permitting process, siting criteria, area of review, well construction and completion, operational protocol, testing and monitoring specifications, plugging and abandonment procedures, and reporting requirements. tons of CO? On the state level, Act No.

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It’s Heating Up: United States Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Proper Jurisdiction for Climate-Change Lawsuit

The Energy Law Blog

Yesterday, the United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the climate change lawsuit filed by the City of Baltimore in 2018 against energy companies. This case is one of a number of cases brought by states, cities, and other municipalities against energy companies alleging that the companies contributed to climate change.

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