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OPEC Demands Consistency After Another IEA U-Turn

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This weeks call from the International Energy Agency (IEA) for continued investment in existing oil and gas fields is another moment of truth for the Paris-based agency, highlighting its inconsistent messages about upstream investment, OPEC says.

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Nigeria Oil Industry Overview

Drillers

The Oil Industry of Nigeria If anyone asks Chevron or Shell, for example, how they feel about Nigeria, the response would probably be that they were tired of problems, at least if they were honest. History of oil in Nigeria Oil was first discovered in Nigeria in the mid-1950s after decades of fruitless exploration.

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The Coastal Zone Management Act Litigation Removed to Federal Court (Again)

The Energy Law

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.

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Energy Transfer’s Executive Chairman Kelcy Warren

Energy Transfer

Recent awards include Hart Energy , Texas Oil & Gas Associations (TXOGA) , SMU Cox’s Maguire Energy Institute , and D CEO Magazine. Warren gifted UT-Arlington $12 million “to help elevate UTA to the forefront of the growing resource and energy engineering (REE) field,” the university said in a news release.

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Highly Anticipated En Banc Fifth Circuit Opinion Reframes Maritime Contract Analysis

The Energy Law

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.

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Going Horizontal

Permian Basin Oil and Gas Magazine

They also must increase the length and power of their tools to help make the oil flow. Averages of 10,000 were standard by 2018, when 12,500 became the new norm, LeBlanc observed. So you have more oil that wants to come out, but you cant necessarily get double in daily production, LeBlanc explained.

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Third Circuit Issues Long-Awaited Ruling in OPA Liability Case

The Energy Law

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.”

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