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In a recent opinion released by the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, the court declined to vacate a deficient environmental impact statement (“EIS”) prepared in connection with two offshore lease sales held in 2018, the records of decision announcing the sales, or the leases issued.
Kelly moved for partial summary judgment against Aethon, citing a December 15, 2017 letter and April 17, 2018 letter as satisfying the requirements of La. In addition, the April 17, 2018 letter also closely tracked La. and sought to enforce the forfeiture penalty contained in La. respectively. because it did not expressly cite La.
On Thursday, a divided panel of the Texas Court of Appeals in Houston held that the 2014-2015 drop in oil prices is not a force majeure for purposes of general force majeure contractual protection. 01-16-00579, 2018 WL 2437449 (Tex. 01-16-00579, 2018 WL 2437449 (Tex. Houston May 31, 2018). In TEC Olmos, LLC v.
and European major oil companies are beginning to re-evaluate their business structure and investment strategies in light of the current financial, legal, and social climate. Given the advantages and opportunities, oil companies are investing in wind power as they move into the realm of renewable energy. homes for a year.
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On or about May 23, 2018, several Defendants in the Coastal Zone Management Act (“CZMA”) Litigation filed Notices of Removal in 42 lawsuits filed against 212 oil and gas companies by six different parishes (Plaquemines, Jefferson, Cameron, Vermilion, St. Bernard, and St. John the Baptist), removing the cases to federal court.
and European major oil companies are beginning to re-evaluate their business structure and investment strategies in light of the current financial, legal, and social climate. Given the advantages and opportunities, oil companies are investing in wind power as they move into the realm of renewable energy. homes for a year.
Recent awards include Hart Energy , Texas Oil & Gas Associations (TXOGA) , SMU Cox’s Maguire Energy Institute , and D CEO Magazine. Additionally, by fostering a partnership between Energy Transfer and the MLBs Texas Rangers, Warren has been a strong supporter of the West Dallas Youth Academy since 2018.
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In August 2018, dry natural gas production from the Haynesville shale averaged 6.774 billion cubic feet per day, which is the highest daily Haynesville production average since September 2012 when production averaged 6.962 billion cubic feet per day. August 2018 was not an anomaly.
Lawsuits against fossil fuel companies: Investor Fraud Lawsuits: The first category of climate change litigation alleges that oil and gas companies defrauded investors by falsely stating that the company had fully considered the risks of climate change regulation and had factored those risks into its business operations.
Despite the successful opening of the succession with administration in 2006, the Succession did not file suit against Defendants, including adjacent landowners and various oil and gas companies, for unpaid royalties, fraud and violations of LUTPA until 2018. A copy of the Third Circuit’s decision can be found here. and Texaco, Inc.
The Lyon Well was leaking in 2018, which prompted the LDNR to task the current operator (Sandhill Production, Inc.) The Litel case began as a legacy lawsuit, in which Pioneer Natural Resources, Inc. and Gary Production Company were named as prior operators of the G.A. Lyon Well #1. with stopping the leak.
8, 2018). The case called upon the court to determine whether a contract for performance of specialty services to facilitate the drilling or production of oil and gas on navigable waters is maritime in nature. Gulf Oil Corp. , 16-30217 (5th Cir. 2d 313 (5th Cir.
That case is one of forty-two Coastal Zone Management Act (“CZMA”) cases that were removed to Federal court in May 2018. In granting Plaintiffs’ motion to remand, the Court first found that Defendants’ removal, which was predicated on allegations made in Plaintiffs’ April 30, 2018 expert report (“ Rozel Report”), was “simply too late.”
Gulf Oil Corp. , [1] for determining whether a contract to perform services related to oil & gas exploration on navigable waters is maritime, the Fifth Circuit took up In re Larry Doiron, Incorporated [2] earlier this year in an effort to streamline the test and bring clarity to an area of the law mired in uncertainty.
The VIDA, enacted in December 2018, will standardize incidental discharge permits and regulations, replacing the 2013 Vessel General Permit (“VGP”) that commercial vessels are currently required to follow. Although the deadline for doing so was December 4, 2020, these standards have not yet been finalized or implemented.
While oil and gas company-defendants—and several courts alike—have deemed the applicability of the subsequent purchaser doctrine to mineral leases a settled issue of law, plaintiff-landowners have continued to argue otherwise. In a unanimous opinion issued July 18, 2018 in Grace Ranch, LLC v. BP America Production Company, et al. ,
In May 2018, oil and gas industry defendants removed a docket of 42 cases alleging violations of Louisiana’s coastal zone management laws to federal court in the Eastern and Western Districts of Louisiana (“CZM cases”). Auster Oil & Gas Incorporated, et al. (“ Auster ”), No. 18-677, 2019 WL 4734394 (W.D. 26, 2019), —F.
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hands a victory to financiers of oil and gas operations and settles a long-running controversy over the amount of damages available for failure to pay mineral royalties. The Louisiana Supreme Court’s reversal of Gloria’s Ranch, L.L.C. Tauren Exploration, Inc.
Union Oil Co. Marubeni Oil & Gas (USA), Inc. , 2018) (“parties will always be jointly and severally liable to the government for the cost of decommissioning, no matter what their contract provides”). Sojitz Energy Venture, Inc. of California , 394 F. 3d 687 (S.D. Parker Drilling Co. , 3d 558, 563 (5th Cir. 3d 515, 530 (S.D.
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allowing an $81 million judgment against the oil company to stand. The judgment is the latest in a suit the EPA filed against CITGO under the Clean Water Act for a 2006 spill at the oil company’s St. Charles refinery. In the original judgment , U.S. Adm’r of E.P.A. CITGO Petroleum Corp., 3d 547, 549 (5th Cir. million dollars.
In 2018, Charles Steib (“Mr. Parsons”) from 1975 through 1977 when he worked on the initial construction of Marathon Petroleum Company LP’s (“Marathon”) oil refinery in Garyville, Louisiana. Lamorak Ins. 20-0424 (La. Steib alleged he was exposed to asbestos while employed by Parsons Government Services, Inc.
1] (“ Bayou Bridge ”) centers around the construction of a crude oil pipeline from the Clifton Ridge terminal in Lake Charles, Louisiana to a marketing hub in St. On July 27, 2018, Peter Aaslestad, one of the Landowners, brought suit to enjoin BBP from illegally continuing its construction on the property. Martin Parish, et al. [1]
On March 29, 2018, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued its ruling in In re: Petition of Frescati Shipping Co., ATHOS I had its genesis in a 2004 vessel allision and oil spill on the Delaware River between New Jersey and Pennsylvania. as Owner of the M/T ATHOS I , Nos. 2701, et seq. 2701, et seq.”
This decision is likely to have far-reaching consequences for Louisiana legacy litigation, where courts have seen a recent uptick in claims by landowner-plaintiffs brought under the citizen suit provision of Louisiana Revised Statute 30:16, seeking to have their property remediated due to alleged contamination by historical oil and gas operations.
1/9/2018), the U.S. Shortly after the consolidation motion was granted, Mobil Oil (who was a named defendant in Bottley , not Lester ) removed both cases under CAFA, arguing that the consolidation of Bottley and Lester constituted a newly commenced “mass action.” In Warren Lester, et al. Exxon Mobil Corp., 14-31383, F.3d 3d (5th Cir.
3d 550, a three-judge panel of the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal held on August 14, 2020, that seaman status under the Jones Act may apply to an injured welder on a jack-up oil rig adjacent to an inland pier. Smart Fabricators of Texas (“SmartFab”) fabricates steel and repairs oil and gas drilling equipment.
The new update seeks to further clarify the framework for carbon capture and storage, in part, by authorizing the commissioner to approve the conversion of depleted oil formations and existing enhanced oil or gas recovery operations into geologic storage facilities. A state with UIC primacy oversees the UIC program in that state.
The court reasoned that every oil and gas well, whether conventional or otherwise, artificially creates a pressure gradient that causes minerals to flow towards the wellbore that otherwise would have remained in place. [12] 2] Coastal Oil & Gas Corp. 1] Briggs v. Garza Energy Trust, 268 S.W.3d 3d 1, 4 (Tx.
In 2018, Charles Steib (“Mr. Parsons”) from 1975 through 1977 when he worked on the initial construction of Marathon Petroleum Company LP’s (“Marathon”) oil refinery in Garyville, Louisiana. Lamorak Ins. 20-0424 (La. Steib alleged he was exposed to asbestos while employed by Parsons Government Services, Inc.
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. Second, the Court questioned counsel for the oil companies and the Federal Government about the ratification doctrine.
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. Second, the Court questioned counsel for the oil companies and the Federal Government about the ratification doctrine.
23, 2018). Liskow & Lewis is committed to remaining at the forefront of developments in all areas of maritime and oil and gas law and is a recognized leader in this field. The stage appears to be set for intervention by the United States Supreme Court following the Ninth Circuit’s recent panel decision in Batterton v.
This decision is likely to have far-reaching consequences for Louisiana legacy litigation, where courts have seen a recent uptick in claims by landowner-plaintiffs brought under the citizen suit provision of Louisiana Revised Statute 30:16, seeking to have their property remediated due to alleged contamination by historical oil and gas operations.
A counter-example is Continental Oil Co. The Louisiana court found that this did not make the performance impossible but merely rendered it more difficult, burdensome, and unprofitable, causes which could not be excused. Courts are not entirely consistent on this point, however. Crutcher , 434 F. See TEC Olmos v. ConocoPhillips , 555 S.W.3d
3d 550, a three-judge panel of the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal held on August 14, 2020, that seaman status under the Jones Act may apply to an injured welder on a jack-up oil rig adjacent to an inland pier. Smart Fabricators of Texas (“SmartFab”) fabricates steel and repairs oil and gas drilling equipment.
The Keystone Pipeline is a system of petroleum pipelines designed to transport crude oil from fields in Alberta, Canada and ultimately terminating at refineries on the U.S energy security, and oil prices. [7]. November 8, 2018). [11] Constitution. Background. Gulf Coast. 112-78, 125 Stat. 1280, § 501. [5] 5] [link]. [6]
Background The Keystone Pipeline is a system of petroleum pipelines designed to transport crude oil from fields in Alberta, Canada and ultimately terminating at refineries on the U.S energy security, and oil prices. [7] November 8, 2018) [11] [link] [12] Id. [13] Constitution. Gulf Coast. 112-78, 125 Stat. 1280, § 501. [5]
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