The Energy Law

JANUARY 17, 2020

ADV Amendments The annual amendment for ADV Parts 1A (and 1B for state-registered advisers) and the Brochure (ADV Part 2A) is due March 30, 2020 (for firms with year-end fiscal years). After June 30, 2020, advisers and brokers will be required to provide retail investors with a copy of Form CRS. Please feel free to give a me a call.

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Oil & Gas 360º

MARCH 10, 2025

Senegals Petrosen and Mauritanias SMH worked alongside bp and Kosmos Energy to develop the Greater Tortue Ahmeyim LNG project situated on the maritime border of the two countries and producing first LNG in January 2025. Algerias Sonatrach will increase hydrocarbon production by 2.5%

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The Energy Law

MARCH 11, 2020

Sojitz Energy Venture, Inc. 2003) (“the regulations govern the parties’ joint and several liabilities vis-à-vis the Government not amongst themselves”) and Total E&P USA, Inc. Union Oil Co. of California , 394 F. 3d 687 (S.D. The only lessee of the Outer Continental Shelf leases at issue in Sojitz was UNOCAL. Parker Drilling Co. ,

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Enverus

MARCH 10, 2025

Kicking off the first large Permian deal of 2025, Diamondback Energy acquired part of the assets of Double Eagle IV for $4.1 The following blog is distilled from Intelligence Research (EIR) publications and EIRs very own Andrew Dittmars media statements on the Diamondback acquisition. million per location. [2] million per location. [2]

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The Energy Law

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

On October 26, 2020, the EPA proposed a set of discharge standards for twenty different types of incidental discharges from vessel equipment and systems. Although the deadline for doing so was December 4, 2020, these standards have not yet been finalized or implemented. It also requires the U.S.

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The Energy Law

JUNE 29, 2023

In addition, the Assessor argued that the Louisiana Supreme Court decision in D90 Energy, LLC v. of Review , 2020-0200 (La. 10/20/2020), 341 So. In Enerfin Field Services v. Vernon Parish Board of Review , No. 22-740 (La. Vernon Parish Board of Review , No. 22-740 (La. Jefferson Davis Parish Bd.

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The Energy Law

MAY 4, 2023

What started in 2020 as a proposed joint rulemaking between the DOI’s Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (“BSEE”) and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (“BOEM”) was recently finalized as a stand-alone BSEE rule addressing decommissioning. 250.1700, et seq. BSEE added a new paragraph (c) to 30 C.F.R.

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The Energy Law

MARCH 10, 2022

In an exclusive report, Bloomberg revealed that “[s]ince April 2020, the U.S. Privacy Policy: By subscribing to Liskow & Lewis’ E-Communications, you will receive articles and blogs with insight and analysis of legal issues that may impact your industry. Communications include firm news, insights, and events.

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The Energy Law

APRIL 30, 2020

A special meeting of the Louisiana State Mineral and Energy Board was held on April 29, 2020, to address the impacts of both COVID-19 and historically low oil prices on operation and maintenance of Louisiana State Leases. The Board approved two proposed resolutions (1. Proposed Enforcement Moratorium Resolution 2.

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The Energy Law

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

On October 26, 2020, the U.S. For example, the borrower must advise whether after March 13, 2020, the borrower was ordered by a state or local authority to shut down or alter its business due to Covid-19. In November of 2020, the taxpayer applied to the lender for forgiveness of the loan.

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The Energy Law

JANUARY 28, 2021

Several pieces of energy-industry legislation are teed up for debate as state legislatures reconvene for their first sessions of 2021. 6] A previous version of the bill was almost unanimously passed by the legislature on January 4, 2020 (vote of 145-9 in the House, 38-2 in the Senate). HB 896 and HB 897 , sponsored by state Rep.

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The Energy Law

JULY 1, 2021

The “ LL&E II ” decision finds that Act 312 charges the court, not the jury, to determine the funding needed to remediate property to government standards. 2020-00685 (La. 3d — (“ LL&E II ”). [1]. Background of Legacy Litigation and LL&E I . LL&E II , at *2. The LL&E II Decision.

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The Energy Law

JUNE 21, 2021

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The Energy Law

JUNE 30, 2023

billion dollars’ worth of holdings in 2020. As of June 7, 2023, a bill aiming to prohibit entities controlled by “foreign adversaries” from buying, leasing, or otherwise acquiring immovable property in the state has passed both the Louisiana House and Senate and is now awaiting the Governor’s approval. Sponsored by Rep.

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The Energy Law

MAY 26, 2020

Discussed below are (1) EBSA Disaster Relief Notice 2020-01, (2) DOL “COVID-19 FAQs for Participants and Beneficiaries,” (3) IRS Notice 2020-23, and (4) IRS “Coronavirus-related relief for retirement plans and IRAs questions and answers.” More information on Participant Loans under the CARES Act can be found here.

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The Energy Law

JUNE 21, 2021

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The Energy Law

JANUARY 20, 2021

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. This case is one of a number of cases brought by states, cities, and other municipalities against energy companies alleging that the companies contributed to climate change.

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The Energy Law

AUGUST 4, 2023

Produced water can also contain certain critical minerals that can be used for the development of clean energy technologies. [1] Produced water—a substance traditionally considered to be a useless byproduct of fracing—has recently become a valuable product that can be treated and sold to operators for drilling.

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The Energy Law

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

On October 26, 2020, the U.S. For example, the borrower must advise whether after March 13, 2020, the borrower was ordered by a state or local authority to shut down or alter its business due to Covid-19. In November of 2020, the taxpayer applied to the lender for forgiveness of the loan.

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The Energy Law

JANUARY 28, 2021

Several pieces of energy-industry legislation are teed up for debate as state legislatures reconvene for their first sessions of 2021. 6] A previous version of the bill was almost unanimously passed by the legislature on January 4, 2020 (vote of 145-9 in the House, 38-2 in the Senate). HB 896 and HB 897 , sponsored by state Rep.

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The Energy Law

APRIL 17, 2020

1] The Internal Revenue Service (“ IRS ”) now has published guidance on how refunds attributable to the newly-permitted 5-year carryback of NOLs in section 172 of the Internal Revenue Code (the “ Code ”) and the accelerated use of AMT Carryforward Credits in section 53(e) of the Code can be obtained.

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The Energy Law

MARCH 26, 2020

The SEC announced on March 25, 2020 additional regulatory relief for investment advisers impacted by the Coronavirus. The SEC extended relief from May 15 until June 30, 2020 for filing an amendment to Form ADV Part 1A and the Brochure (ADV Part 2A) and related delivery obligations.

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The Energy Law

MAY 20, 2020

On May 19, 2020, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) issued two noteworthy enforcement memos. The first memo announced the reversal of OSHA’s April 10, 2020 policy that limited the requirement to track on-the-job cases of COVID-19 to health-care facilities, emergency response providers, and corrections facilities.

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The Energy Law

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

First, the Louisiana Supreme Court on November 4, 2020 denied the Louisiana Department of Revenue’s writ application in Smith International, Inc. Second, the Louisiana legislature amended the Louisiana tax penalty regime in Acts 2020, No. Now, the penalties imposed by Acts 2015, No. In addition, the late payment penalty in La.

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The Energy Law

MAY 3, 2023

District Court for the Southern District of Florida in October of 2020. On August 20, 2018, Noble House’s yacht lost its port-side rudder while entering a channel in the Bahamas. The following day, Noble House advised Underwriters at Lloyd’s, its insurer, of the casualty, whose policy allegedly covered the claim.

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The Energy Law

JULY 2, 2020

On June 19, 2020, the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) issued Notice 2020-50 which expands the categories of individuals eligible for coronavirus-related distributions (“CRDs”), loans, and loan repayment suspensions as well as resolves some of the issues that were concerning plan administrators and employers under the CARES Act.

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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. Necessities include food, shelter and energy. The process of planning, safekeeping and operating energy production facilities is a long term process, running into decades.

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The Energy Law

JANUARY 31, 2023

Those limits were last increased in 2018 to $137,659,500 by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management. [12] A Regulatory Increase to the Limits of Liability for Oil Pollution and an Amendment Exempting Small Passenger Vessels from the Limitation of Liability Act Present New Challenges for Vessel Owners U.S.

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The Energy Law

JANUARY 20, 2021

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. This case is one of a number of cases brought by states, cities, and other municipalities against energy companies alleging that the companies contributed to climate change.

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The Energy Law

MAY 5, 2020

2] FAQs began appearing on its website on April 14, 2020, when the IRS announced the temporary policy allowing filing by fax beginning on April 17, 2020 and the appropriate fax numbers for corporations ((844) 249-6236) and individuals ((844) 249-6237) to use. 3] Instructions on those forms to the contrary should be disregarded.

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The Energy Law

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

The DOI’s Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (“BSEE”) is slated to make further revisions to its decommissioning regulations, following other decommissioning amendments made last year as previously reported on The Energy Law Blog. 2020-48), the IBLA held the current version of 30 C.F.R. 250.1403; NTL No.

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The Energy Law

AUGUST 27, 2020

On July 15, 2020, the Unites States Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) issued a ruling (HQ H309672) in connection with the installation of an offshore wind farm located off the coast of Rhode Island and Massachusetts in U.S. territorial waters (the “July 15 Ruling”). 55102) (or the Passenger Vessel Services Act (46 U.S.C. 1333(a)(1).

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Vorys Energy

MARCH 24, 2022

3d 694, 2020-Ohio-6705. E), they did not search the public records of the county where the holder was said to have resided. The Court’s decision in Fonzi v. Brown , Slip Opinion No. Brown , Slip Opinion No. Chervenak , 162 Ohio St.3d

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The Energy Law

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

18-30652, 2020 WL 878930 (5th Cir. The Fifth Circuit recently issued an en banc opinion in Latiolais v. Huntington Ingalls, Inc. , [1] a case previously featured on the Blog , overruling “extraordinarily confused” precedent and establishing a new removal test under the Federal Officer Removal Statute, 28 U.S.C. 1442(a)(1).

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The Energy Law

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

First, the Louisiana Supreme Court on November 4, 2020 denied the Louisiana Department of Revenue’s writ application in Smith International, Inc. Second, the Louisiana legislature amended the Louisiana tax penalty regime in Acts 2020, No. Now, the penalties imposed by Acts 2015, No. In addition, the late payment penalty in La.

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The Energy Law

MARCH 31, 2020

Plaintiffs, unleased mineral owners, owned a tract of land adjacent to property leased by Southwestern Energy Production Company. 1] Prior to the Pennsylvania ruling, there were two seminal cases that have addressed the issue and reached conflicting results. Chesapeake Appalachia, L.L.C. [4]

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The Energy Law

JUNE 21, 2021

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