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Fifth Circuit to Hold Oral Argument in Sojitz v. UNOCAL in April 2020

The Energy Law

250, Subpart N, as support for the notion that “BSEE’s primary enforcement mechanisms for violations of the decommissioning regulations are civil fines and criminal penalties,” police powers to which Sojitz cannot subrogate. Oral argument has been tentatively set for the week of April 27, 2020.

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Great South Asian Thaw: ties between India and China limps back to normalcy!

Crude Oil Futures

The situation escalated in 2020, leading to a deadly clash between Indian and Chinese troops. India and China have agreed to disengage their troops along certain sections of the LAC and establish mechanisms for military-level communication to prevent further clashes.

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Overturning 8 Years of “Palpable Error,” The Louisiana Supreme Court Limits Damages Available to Landowners in Oilfield Legacy Litigation

The Energy Law

2020-00685 (La. However, there was no mechanism to ensure that a penny of the $33 million awarded in Corbello would be spent on clean-up. If (and only if) an express contractual provision allows greater remediation than government standards, a jury may consider and award such “excess remediation” damages. State of Louisiana v.

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Sea Change: New BOEM Proposed Rule Signals Major Shift in How Air Emissions Would Be Regulated in the OCS

The Energy Law

While the current rule uses Best Available Control Technology (BACT) as the first and primary control mechanism (and to a lesser degree, emission credits), the proposed rule would allow use of other mechanisms to reduce emissions. Any new exemption thresholds are expected to be finalized no later than the year 2020.

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Booking PUDs in a “Proven Area”… Use Caution Applying Reliable Technology

CG&A

fact, data exclusion should be the exception, not the norm.For example, wells that failed (mechanical issues, for example) are sometimes excluded; but what assurance exists that those failures wont happen again?Has Published on October 7, 2020 view full article here. Has that been demonstrated yet?Is

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Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Weighs in on Hydraulic Fracturing and Subsurface Trespass

The Energy Law

12] Accordingly, the rule of capture is not rendered inapplicable simply because hydraulic fracturing provides an additional mechanism by which operators stimulate production. Southwestern Energy Production Company, 2020 WL 355911 (Pa. 6] Briggs , 2020 WL 355911 at p. *5. 1] Briggs v. 3d 1, 4 (Tx.

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Next-gen shipbrokers are adapting to shifting sands and expanding market share with agile tech

DeepStream Medium

Sealed bids are put in place, unlocking mechanisms set within the platform, allowing the same practice to be donebut with every user able to do it via their secure access to their DeepStream account. We are 100% agile and push out new enhancements every 2 weeks (in 2020 so far we have released 52 new enhancements to the product).