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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

Turning to the second test, the court noted that the specific work order for the P&A job called for the use of three vessels — a supply barge, a tug, and the spud barge OB 808. After some thirty years of wrestling with the cumbersome six-part test set forth in Davis & Sons, Inc. Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc. [3]

E&P 40