The Energy Law

JUNE 29, 2023

of Review , 2020-0200 (La. 10/20/2020), 341 So. 3d 492, which addressed similar issues in the context of oil and gas assets, did not apply. 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

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.

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The Energy Law

JANUARY 31, 2023

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. First, the Coast Guard announced [1] increases to the liability limits in the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (“OPA”). [2]

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The Energy Law

JULY 1, 2021

concerning a novel royalty term that may have a huge impact on the way oil and gas royalties are paid in the future. See 13-19-00036-CV, 2020 WL 6164467, at *12 (Tex. 22, 2020, pet. Sheppard is a royalty dispute between several lessees, Devon Energy Production Co., and several lessors, Michael A. Sheppard, et.

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The Energy Law

JUNE 21, 2021

HB 1284 grants the Texas Railroad Commission (“RRC”), the governmental agency that regulates the state’s oil and gas industry, sole jurisdiction over Class VI Injection Wells and carbon capture, use, and sequestration (“CCUS”) activities in Texas.

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The Energy Law

JUNE 21, 2021

HB 1284 grants the Texas Railroad Commission (“RRC”), the governmental agency that regulates the state’s oil and gas industry, sole jurisdiction over Class VI Injection Wells and carbon capture, use, and sequestration (“CCUS”) activities in Texas.

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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

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

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

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Wind development in the GOM began to gain traction in late 2020 when Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards formally requested that BOEM form an intergovernmental task force to study the feasibility of wind energy in the GOM. Over the past year, the U.S. The Construction and Operations Plan for this project was approved by BOEM in 2021.

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The Energy Law

JANUARY 28, 2021

With topics ranging from offshore oil and gas moratoriums to restrictions on natural gas flaring and venting, the following is an overview of notable energy legislation to be heard in state legislatures this year. Antoinette Sedillo Lopez, SB 86 would add several new clauses and amendments to New Mexico’s Oil and Gas 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. The process of building a nuclear power station, wind farm, hydroelectric turbine or oil well can take years. When workers are quarantined, self-isolating, or perhaps even sick?

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The Energy Law

JUNE 22, 2021

2020-0622 (La. for alleged damage to its property arising out of Chevron’s and its predecessor’s oil and gas operations in the Sardine Point Field from 1959 through 1991. for alleged damage to its property arising out of Chevron’s and its predecessor’s oil and gas operations in the Sardine Point Field from 1959 through 1991.

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The Energy Law

JUNE 21, 2021

HB 1284 grants the Texas Railroad Commission (“RRC”), the governmental agency that regulates the state’s oil and gas industry, sole jurisdiction over Class VI Injection Wells and carbon capture, use, and sequestration (“CCUS”) activities in Texas.

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The Energy Law

JANUARY 20, 2021

Climate Change Litigation: 2020 Update, January 15, 2020 ; (2) Climate Change Jurisdiction: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Kicks Climate Change Case Back to State Court, June 2, 2020 ; and (3) U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Kicks Climate Change Case Back to State Court, June 2, 2020 ; and (3) U.S.

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The Energy Law

JANUARY 28, 2021

With topics ranging from offshore oil and gas moratoriums to restrictions on natural gas flaring and venting, the following is an overview of notable energy legislation to be heard in state legislatures this year. Antoinette Sedillo Lopez, SB 86 would add several new clauses and amendments to New Mexico’s Oil and Gas Act.

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The Energy Law

JUNE 22, 2021

2020-0622 (La. for alleged damage to its property arising out of Chevron’s and its predecessor’s oil and gas operations in the Sardine Point Field from 1959 through 1991. for alleged damage to its property arising out of Chevron’s and its predecessor’s oil and gas operations in the Sardine Point Field from 1959 through 1991.

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The Energy Law

JUNE 22, 2021

2020-0622 (La. for alleged damage to its property arising out of Chevron’s and its predecessor’s oil and gas operations in the Sardine Point Field from 1959 through 1991. for alleged damage to its property arising out of Chevron’s and its predecessor’s oil and gas operations in the Sardine Point Field from 1959 through 1991.

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The Energy Law

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

2020-48), the IBLA held the current version of 30 C.F.R. 250.1409 (applicable to appeals of penalties assessed to federal offshore oil, gas, and sulphur leases) and § 290.4 BSEE’s 2024 decommissioning rule would update 30 C.F.R. BSEE is currently authorized to assess civil penalties of up to $52,646 per day per regulatory violation.

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The Energy Law

JUNE 29, 2021

In 1971 the Texas Supreme Court in Getty Oil Co. 4] The Lyles alleged that solar panels and associated transmission lines on the property impaired their ability to drill for any oil and gas which might lie underneath the surface. [5]. The accommodation doctrine was designed to curtail this harsh result. Jones , 470 S.W.2d 2d 618 (Tex.

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The Energy Law

MARCH 31, 2020

In January of this year, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania tackled an issue that has been confronted by few other courts—whether the rule of capture precludes a claim for subsurface trespass due to hydraulic fracturing. [1] 2] Both the trial court and the appellate court awarded damages to the plaintiffs for the gas drained.

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The Energy Law

JANUARY 20, 2021

Climate Change Litigation: 2020 Update, January 15, 2020 ; (2) Climate Change Jurisdiction: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Kicks Climate Change Case Back to State Court, June 2, 2020 ; and (3) U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Kicks Climate Change Case Back to State Court, June 2, 2020 ; and (3) U.S.

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The Energy Law

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

OCTOBER 26, 2020

2020-C000200. While the case addressed the property tax assessments of a specific taxpayer, its larger importance is the holding regarding the role of the Louisiana Tax Commission in its review of local property tax assessments, including the assessments of oil and gas property. Jefferson Davis Parish Board of Review , No.

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The Energy Law

OCTOBER 26, 2020

2020-C000200. While the case addressed the property tax assessments of a specific taxpayer, its larger importance is the holding regarding the role of the Louisiana Tax Commission in its review of local property tax assessments, including the assessments of oil and gas property. Jefferson Davis Parish Board of Review , No.

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The Energy Law

JUNE 29, 2021

In 1971 the Texas Supreme Court in Getty Oil Co. 4] The Lyles alleged that solar panels and associated transmission lines on the property impaired their ability to drill for any oil and gas which might lie underneath the surface. [5]. The accommodation doctrine was designed to curtail this harsh result. Jones , 470 S.W.2d 2d 618 (Tex.

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The Energy Law

JUNE 29, 2021

In 1971 the Texas Supreme Court in Getty Oil Co. 4] The Lyles alleged that solar panels and associated transmission lines on the property impaired their ability to drill for any oil and gas which might lie underneath the surface. [5]. The accommodation doctrine was designed to curtail this harsh result. Jones , 470 S.W.2d 2d 618 (Tex.

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The Energy Law

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. Oil & Gas Co. Heritage Resources , 939 S.W.2d

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The Energy Law

OCTOBER 26, 2020

61 of the 2020 Regular Legislative Session (Senate Bill 353, by Sen. The new update seeks to further clarify the framework for carbon capture and storage, in part, by authorizing the commissioner to approve the conversion of depleted oil formations and existing enhanced oil or gas recovery operations into geologic storage facilities.

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The Energy Law

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

On July 15, 2020, The Third Circuit Court of Appeals issued an opinion awarding damages for a violation of due process rights against a private pipeline company. 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.

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The Energy Law

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.

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The Energy Law

APRIL 30, 2020

While the long-term fallout from the recent decline in oil prices and the COVID-19 pandemic remains unclear, it is clear that drilling activity has already started to decline. During this downturn in activity, mineral rights owners must remain cognizant of the maintenance activities necessary to preserve their mineral rights.

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The Energy Law

OCTOBER 19, 2020

On October 6, 2020, the Louisiana Supreme Court granted a writ application filed by UNOCAL in State of Louisiana, et al. Louisiana Land & Exploration Co., A detailed summary of the Third Circuit’s decision can be found here. Additionally, a motion to recuse was filed to remove Justice Crain from the case.

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The Energy Law

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

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”). Auster Oil & Gas Incorporated, et al. (“ Auster ”), No. 18-677, 2019 WL 4734394 (W.D. 26, 2019), —F.

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The Energy Law

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

On July 15, 2020, The Third Circuit Court of Appeals issued an opinion awarding damages for a violation of due process rights against a private pipeline company. 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.

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The Energy Law

MARCH 23, 2016

In the next few days, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will publish in the Federal Register a Proposed Rule that would result in a significant change on how the agency regulates air emissions from oil and gas operations on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), in the Central and Western Gulf of Mexico (GOM). 1334(a)(8). 550.303(d).

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