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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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Strategies for Operators to Stay Ahead in a Hot M&A Market

Enverus

Kicking off the first large Permian deal of 2025, Diamondback Energy acquired part of the assets of Double Eagle IV for $4.1 Strategic approaches such as improving capital efficiency, turning towards natural gas, exploring less consolidated basins and leveraging partnerships can provide a path forward. million per location. [2]

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BSEEโ€™s Updated Decommissioning Rules Address RUEs and Formalize Predecessor Enforcement Practices

The Energy Law

What started in 2020 as a proposed joint rulemaking between the DOIโ€™s Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (โ€œBSEEโ€) and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (โ€œBOEMโ€) was recently finalized as a stand-alone BSEE rule addressing decommissioning.

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Overturning 8 Years of โ€œPalpable Error,โ€ The Louisiana Supreme Court Limits Damages Available to Landowners in Oilfield Legacy Litigation

The Energy Law

Louisiana Land and Exploration Co., 2020-00685 (La. Iowa Production , landowners sued oil and gas companies for breach of a mineral lease. Louisiana Land and Exploration Co., The Energy Law Blog will explore the import of the prescription ruling in a separate post. State of Louisiana v. 6/30/2021); โ€” So.

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Survey of Proposed Legislation Across the States Affecting the Energy Industry in 2021

The Energy Law

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). 1] [link]. [2] 2] [link]. [3] 3] [link]. [4]

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Latest Version of Louisiana Property Protection Bill Grants an Exception to Oil and Gas Investment By Companies Controlled By Countries Deemed a โ€œForeign Adversaryโ€

The Energy Law

billion dollarsโ€™ worth of holdings in 2020. With the stateโ€™s future so thoroughly reliant on oil and gas exploration and production, legislation aimed at blocking entities that could otherwise be willing and able to participate in the stateโ€™s energy industry could seem ill-advised.

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Itโ€™s Heating Up: United States Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Proper Jurisdiction for Climate-Change Lawsuit

The Energy Law

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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