The Energy Law Blog

APRIL 17, 2019

In a victory for the oil and gas industry, the Third Circuit rendered a decision rejecting attempts by the Louisiana Department of Revenue to impose severance taxes on crude oil production based on index pricing. Communications include firm news, insights, and events.

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The Energy Law Blog

MARCH 31, 2021

Burlington Resources Oil & Gas Co., Randle , affirming in part and reversing in part the lower court’s ruling. 19-0459, 2021 WL 936175 (Tex. For almost a decade, the original lessee to the agreements never subtracted post-production costs from the royalty owners’ royalty payments. Texas Crude Energy LLC , 573 S.W.3d 3d 198, 211 (Tex.

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The Energy Law Blog

APRIL 4, 2019

On March 29, 2019, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it had finalized a voluntary disclosure program for new owners of upstream oil and natural gas exploration and production facilities. New owners who acquired facilities in the twelve months before EPA finalized this program are also eligible. 44991 (Aug.

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The Energy Law Blog

MARCH 31, 2021

Burlington Resources Oil & Gas Co., Randle , affirming in part and reversing in part the lower court’s ruling. 19-0459, 2021 WL 936175 (Tex. For almost a decade, the original lessee to the agreements never subtracted post-production costs from the royalty owners’ royalty payments. Texas Crude Energy LLC , 573 S.W.3d 3d 198, 211 (Tex.

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The Energy Law Blog

JULY 3, 2019

The dispute between ETP and Enterprise began in 2011, when Enterprise approached ETP about potentially building a crude oil pipeline together. The dispute between ETP and Enterprise began in 2011, when Enterprise approached ETP about potentially building a crude oil pipeline together. Enterprise Products Partners, L.P. ,

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The Energy Law Blog

MARCH 31, 2022

For nearly three years, unit operators in Louisiana have waited to see whether the Western District of Louisiana would change course or double down on its March 2019 decision in Johnson v. Chesapeake. BPX Operating Co., The district court recognized this was a res nova issue for which there was no authority directly on point.

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The Energy Law Blog

OCTOBER 27, 2020

A 2019 analysis of upcoming projects in the floating offshore wind market showed a vast majority of floating offshore wind farms will be installed on semi-submersible platforms. [2] 4] Royal Dutch Shell increased its presence in the area through its acquisition of floating wind specialist, Eolfi, in November 2019. [5]

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The Energy Law Blog

JUNE 8, 2020

BlueStone primes the Court to resolve a Texas appellate court split regarding whether a lease provision requiring royalties to be paid based on “gross” profits or value received from the sale of oil and gas production nullifies an “at the well” valuation point elsewhere in a lease. In 2019, the Court heard Burlington Res. 2d at 120-21.

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The Energy Law Blog

MARCH 31, 2021

Burlington Resources Oil & Gas Co., Randle , affirming in part and reversing in part the lower court’s ruling. 19-0459, 2021 WL 936175 (Tex. Factual and Procedural Background. For almost a decade, the original lessee to the agreements never subtracted post-production costs from the royalty owners’ royalty payments. 3d 198, 211 (Tex.

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Coolfire Core

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

The manufacturing, oil & gas, and transportation industries offer prime examples of successful IT/OT convergence. Oil and Gas Natural resource industries like oil & gas are becoming increasingly reliant on digital networks to oversee processing and distribution. from 2019 to 2025. billion by 2025, a CAGR of 21.6%

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The Energy Law Blog

JUNE 3, 2019

On May 28, 2019, United States District Judge Martin Feldman issued a sixty-four page Order and Reasons which granted motions to remand filed by Plaquemines Parish and the State of Louisiana in The Parish of Plaquemines v. Riverwood Production Co., The cases were removed to Federal court by Defendants pursuant to 28 U.S.C.

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The Energy Law Blog

APRIL 12, 2022

Sandhill never managed to stop the leak, and it abandoned the well in August 2019. In 1993, the State of Louisiana enacted the Oilfield Site Restoration Law (“OSRL”) with the goal of cleaning up and closing orphaned oilfield sites through the use of the Oilfield Site Restoration Fund (the “Fund”). 30:80 et seq. who last operated the property.

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The Energy Law Blog

JANUARY 15, 2020

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.

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The Energy Law Blog

JANUARY 2, 2020

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”). 18-5217, 2019 WL 2271118 (E.D. May 28, 2019). Auster Oil & Gas Incorporated, et al. (“ Auster ”), No.

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The Energy Law Blog

OCTOBER 27, 2020

A 2019 analysis of upcoming projects in the floating offshore wind market showed a vast majority of floating offshore wind farms will be installed on semi-submersible platforms. [2] 4] Royal Dutch Shell increased its presence in the area through its acquisition of floating wind specialist, Eolfi, in November 2019. [5] 1] [link]. [2]

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JULY 15, 2021

1] According to Senator Bret Allain (R-Franklin), author of Act 301, the purpose of this legislation is to avoid a similar issue Louisiana citizens are far more familiar with—the abandonment of orphaned oil and gas wells. [2] However, lawmakers are acting now to ensure proper decommissioning years down the road.

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The Energy Law Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2018

However, if the current trend continues, the Haynesville could approach its prior peak production average in early 2019. El Paso E & P Co. , El Paso E & P Co. , The chart below depicts Haynesville shale dry natural gas production averages from January 2009 to August 2018 in billion cubic feet per day. Twin Cities Dev.

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The Energy Law Blog

MARCH 26, 2019

On March 21, 2019, the U.S. 1] The dispute in Johnson involved a group of unleased mineral owners (“UMOs”) who filed suit against a unit operator for deducting a litany of post-production costs against their share of production proceeds from an oil and gas unit in the Haynesville Shale. [2] Chesapeake Louisiana, LP. [1]

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The Energy Law Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

The Supreme Court’s rare dismissal of a previously granted cert petition means that the justices have declined to reconsider the Fifth Circuit’s decision refusing to send the underlying dispute to arbitration. This is now the second time this case has been before the Supreme Court on issues of arbitrability.

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The Energy Law Blog

MARCH 11, 2020

Union Oil Co. 2003) (“the regulations govern the parties’ joint and several liabilities vis-à-vis the Government not amongst themselves”) and Total E&P USA, Inc. Marubeni Oil & Gas (USA), Inc. , Sojitz Energy Venture, Inc. of California , 394 F. 3d 687 (S.D. UNOCAL also reserved a 3% overriding royalty. 611 (Bankr.

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Drillers

AUGUST 19, 2020

After starting in October and November 2019 The global impact of the COVID-19 pandemic spread around the world in the first few months of 2020. The process of building a nuclear power station, wind farm, hydroelectric turbine or oil well can take years. Necessities include food, shelter and energy. Did it deliver on its objectives?

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The Energy Law Blog

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

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. 3d 726 (S.D.

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The Energy Law Blog

JANUARY 31, 2020

This case began in 2011 when ETP and Enterprise explored the possibility of partnering to modify and extend, or construct anew, a pipeline to transport oil southbound from Cushing, Oklahoma. The Court of Appeal reversed, and the Texas Supreme Court heard argument in the case on October 8, 2019. Enterprise Products Partners, L.P.,

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The Energy Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

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. In answering the BBP’s expropriation petition, the Landowners alleged that the expropriation system was unconstitutional as it applied to oil pipelines. James, Louisiana.

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The Energy Law Blog

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

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. 3d 726 (S.D.

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The Energy Law Blog

MARCH 27, 2020

The disease has been named “coronavirus disease 2019” (abbreviated “COVID-19”). Today, countries worldwide are responding to a pandemic of respiratory disease spreading from person-to-person caused by a novel coronavirus. Does this pandemic and resultant disruption constitute a force majeure event under Louisiana and Texas law?

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

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. In answering the BBP’s expropriation petition, the Landowners alleged that the expropriation system was unconstitutional as it applied to oil pipelines. James, Louisiana.

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The Energy Law Blog

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

In re Oil Spill by Oil Rig “Deepwater Horizon” in Gulf of Mex., In In re Deepwater Horizon , No. 20-30300, 2021 WL 96168, a three-judge panel of the U.S. The district court dismissed their case under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6). The district court dismissed their case under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6).

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The Energy Law Blog

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

In re Oil Spill by Oil Rig “Deepwater Horizon” in Gulf of Mex., In In re Deepwater Horizon , No. 20-30300, 2021 WL 96168, a three-judge panel of the U.S. The district court dismissed their case under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6). The district court dismissed their case under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6).

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The Energy Law Blog

MARCH 30, 2020

Day-to-day life has been dramatically impacted by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), and many courts in Louisiana and Texas have been forced to close or limit operations in conjunction with stay-at-home orders. A brief discussion of how COVID-19 has affected Louisiana and Texas courts is discussed here.

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JUNE 17, 2021

Doughty of the Western District of Louisiana granted Plaintiff States’ request for an injunction to block the Biden Administration’s pause on new federal oil and gas lease sales (“Lease Pause”). On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Terry A. Louisiana v. 2:21-cv-00778-TAD-KK, 2021 WL 2154963 (W.D. June 15, 2021). at 26-27.

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The Energy Law Blog

JUNE 17, 2021

Doughty of the Western District of Louisiana granted Plaintiff States’ request for an injunction to block the Biden Administration’s pause on new federal oil and gas lease sales (“Lease Pause”). On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Terry A. Louisiana v. 2:21-cv-00778-TAD-KK, 2021 WL 2154963 (W.D. June 15, 2021). at 26-27.

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The Energy Law Blog

JUNE 17, 2021

Doughty of the Western District of Louisiana granted Plaintiff States’ request for an injunction to block the Biden Administration’s pause on new federal oil and gas lease sales (“Lease Pause”). On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Terry A. Louisiana v. 2:21-cv-00778-TAD-KK, 2021 WL 2154963 (W.D. June 15, 2021). at 26-27.

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The Energy Law Blog

APRIL 2, 2019

On March 29, 2019, Alaska Federal District Court Judge Sharon Gleason granted summary judgment in favor of plaintiff environmental groups in League of Conservation Voters v. Trump , 3:17-00101. President Trump issued an Executive Order in 2017 which revoked the Obama withdrawals. Instead, such revocation remains vested with Congress.

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The Energy Law Blog

MARCH 31, 2021

s March 2019 permit to construct and operate cross-border pipeline facilities at the U.S.-Canada 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]. Gulf Coast.

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The Energy Law Blog

MARCH 31, 2021

s March 2019 permit to construct and operate cross-border pipeline facilities at the U.S.-Canada 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] Gulf Coast.

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OCTOBER 26, 2020

But the oil and gas industry stands to be impacted regardless of the election outcome in November, and those impacts will have wide-reaching effects on the U.S. But the oil and gas industry stands to be impacted regardless of the election outcome in November, and those impacts will have wide-reaching effects on the U.S.

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