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African national oil companies (NOCs) partnering with independents to drive E&P

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Boosting production Major oil producers in Africa are striving to boost production and NOC-IOC collaboration is at the forefront. Algerias Sonatrach will increase hydrocarbon production by 2.5% Algerias Sonatrach will increase hydrocarbon production by 2.5%

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Haynesville shale gas production is increasing again; Will Haynesville-related litigation increase again, too?

The Energy Law

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. El Paso E & P Co. , 2d 640, 641-43 (W.D.

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Western District of Louisiana Holds that Unit Operators May Not Recover Post-Production Costs from an Unleased Mineral Ownerโ€™s Share of Production Proceeds

The Energy Law

On March 21, 2019, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana held that a unit operator may not recover post-production costs from an unleased mineral ownerโ€™s share of production proceeds in Allen Johnson, et al. Therefore, because post-production costs were not expressly listed in La.

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Texas Supreme Court Decides Energy Transfer Partners v. Enterprise Products

The Energy Law

The Texas Supreme Court issued an opinion today in Energy Transfer Partners, L.P Enterprise Products Partners, L.P., 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.

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Trudging the Rocky Landscape of Royalty Dispute Litigation with the Texas Supreme Court Yet Again in BlueStone

The Energy Law

BlueStone primes the Court to resolve a Texas appellate court split regarding whether a lease provision requiring royalties to be paid based on โ€œgrossโ€ profits or value received from the sale of oil and gas production nullifies an โ€œat the wellโ€ valuation point elsewhere in a lease. In 2019, the Court heard Burlington Res.

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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

In Litel Explorations, LLC v. and Gary Production Company were named as prior operators of the G.A. 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. Aegis Development Co.,

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Second Remand Order in Coastal Zone Management Cases Pending Before Fifth Circuit

The Energy Law

Riverwood Production Company, et al. (โ€œ Riverwood โ€), No. 18-5217, 2019 WL 2271118 (E.D. May 28, 2019). 18-677, 2019 WL 4734394 (W.D. 26, 2019), โ€”F. One year later, the Eastern District granted motions to remand filed by Plaquemines Parish and the State of Louisiana in Parish of Plaquemines v.

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