The Energy Law

JUNE 21, 2021

On June 9, 2021, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed House Bill 1284 (“HB 1284”), which was introduced along with its Senate companion, SB 450, during the state’s 87th legislative session. A Class VI Underground Injection Control permit is required prior to drilling and operating a Class VI well for CCUS operations.

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The Energy Law

JUNE 21, 2021

On June 9, 2021, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed House Bill 1284 (“HB 1284”), which was introduced along with its Senate companion, SB 450, during the state’s 87th legislative session. A Class VI Underground Injection Control permit is required prior to drilling and operating a Class VI well for CCUS operations.

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The Energy Law

MAY 3, 2023

District Court for the Southern District of Texas in November of 2021. 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

JANUARY 21, 2021

Following through with President Biden’s campaign promise to halt oil and gas drilling on federal lands, on January 20, 2021, the Acting Secretary of 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.

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The Energy Law

JULY 1, 2021

On June 30, 2021, the Louisiana Supreme Court issued an opinion redefining the nature of available damages and the “actual, statutorily permitted role of the jury in Act 312 remediation lawsuits.” 6/30/2021); — So. 3d — (“ LL&E II ”). [1]. Background of Legacy Litigation and LL&E I . LL&E II , at *2.

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The Energy Law

OCTOBER 12, 2022

The Construction and Operations Plan for this project was approved by BOEM in 2021. Also in June 2021, BOEM issued a Request for Interest (RFI) seeking public input on potential wind development in the GOM. Over the past year, the U.S. The regulatory process leading to the Vineyard Wind Project offshore Massachusetts began in 2010.

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The Energy Law

AUGUST 31, 2023

GOM Lease Sale: The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) held its long-anticipated offshore wind lease sale for the federal Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) on Tuesday, August 29, 2023. Disappointingly, the sale resulted in a single $5.6 RWE, as the provisional winner, earned two bidding credits from this auction.

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The Energy Law

AUGUST 3, 2021

On June 29, 2021, the United States Supreme Court, in a 5-4 vote, held that a natural gas company’s right to condemn property for a pipeline under the Natural Gas Act includes the right to condemn state-owned property. In PennEast Pipeline Co. New Jersey moved to dismiss PennEast’s condemnation actions based on its sovereign immunity.

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The Energy Law

AUGUST 1, 2022

The first two meetings were held on June 15, 2021 , and February 2, 2022 , respectively. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) held its third Gulf of Mexico (GOM) Intergovernmental Renewable Energy Task Force meeting on July 27, 2022 (3 rd Meeting). According to Ms. During her presentation, Ms.

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The Energy Law

AUGUST 3, 2021

On July 1, 2021, the Internal Revenue Service published Revenue Ruling 2021-13 , which provides guidance on three important issues related to the income tax credit for carbon oxide sequestration found in section 45Q of the Internal Revenue Code.

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The Energy Law

MARCH 7, 2023

The Texas Supreme Court recently released its opinion in Van Dyke v. Navigators Grp. , 21-0146, 2023 WL 2053175 (Tex. 17, 2023), in which it re-affirmed the axiomatic principle that a text retains the same meaning in the present day as when it was drafted. In support of that notion, the Court cited the 1957 Texas Supreme Court case Garrett v.

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The Energy Law

DECEMBER 9, 2021

On December 3, 2021, the Department of Justice published a notice in the Federal Register of a settlement between Federal and State Trustees and Kirby Inland Marine, LP (“Kirby”) to resolve natural resource damages from a 2014 oil release. In November 2021, the U.S. Additionally, Kirby paid $4.9

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The Energy Law

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

2021) (“Henry Schein II”). The Supreme Court’s rare dismissal of a previously granted cert petition means that the justices have declined to reconsider the Fifth Circuit’s decision refusing to send the underlying dispute to arbitration. It also rejected the “wholly groundless” exception altogether.

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The Energy Law

JUNE 22, 2023

back in 2021. back in 2021. -built offshore wind substation departed from a Texas fabrication facility where Danish multinational energy company, Ørsted, and domestic energy provider, Eversource, partnered to build the revolutionary vessel. The Kansas-engineered substation was designed and built by Kiewit Offshore Services, Ltd.,

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The Energy Law

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Mandara Spa (Hawaii), LLC , 20-13449, 2021 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. The defendant successfully proved its affirmative McCorpen defense and was held not liable.

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The Energy Law

JANUARY 3, 2024

MVN-2021-00270-EG) in December 2021, and the project is currently in the design/permitting phase of the USACE’s environmental review process. The Port of New Orleans has been awarded a $73.8 million federal grant to support the initial construction of its Louisiana International Terminal (LIT) project in St. Bernard Parish.

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The Energy Law

JULY 30, 2021

Both laws become effective on August 1, 2021. 393 of the 2021 Regular Session , Louisiana’s nondiscrimination law protecting “pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions” in employment (La. Amendment to Pregnancy Accommodation Law. Modifying work schedules.

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The Energy Law

JULY 15, 2021

301 (formerly Senate Bill 185), which was signed by Governor Edwards on June 14, 2021 and will become effective on August 1, 2021. As the number of solar projects continues to grow in Louisiana, a chief concern among Louisiana taxpayers is ensuring that these projects are properly decommissioning upon their abandonment.

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The Energy Law

JUNE 21, 2021

On June 9, 2021, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed House Bill 1284 (“HB 1284”), which was introduced along with its Senate companion, SB 450, during the state’s 87th legislative session. A Class VI Underground Injection Control permit is required prior to drilling and operating a Class VI well for CCUS operations.

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The Energy Law

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

20-30300, 2021 WL 96168, a three-judge panel of the U.S. On January 11, 2021, the Fifth Circuit panel affirmed. 2021 WL 96168 at *2. 2021 WL 96168 at *2. 2021 WL 96168 at *3. In In re Deepwater Horizon , No. The district court dismissed their case under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6). See Barker v.

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The Energy Law

JANUARY 21, 2021

Following through with President Biden’s campaign promise to halt oil and gas drilling on federal lands, on January 20, 2021, the Acting Secretary of 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.

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The Energy Law

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

On October 26, 2020, the U.S. Many questions on the form, however, ask for information as to actions and events that have occurred well after the borrower’s request for the PPP loan. The borrower also must advise whether at any time after March 13, 2020, the borrower voluntarily ceased or reduced its operations due to Covid-19, and if so, why.

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The Energy Law

APRIL 14, 2021

On April 5, 2021, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) released its advance notice of proposed rulemaking (“ANPRM”) to solicit public comments on questions pertinent to its implementation of the Corporate Transparency Act’s (“CTA”) beneficial owner reporting requirements. The CTA contains many enumerated exceptions.

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Energy Transfer

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Dual Drive Technologies has garnered numerous industry accolades over the years, including the Gulf Energy Information Excellence Award for Innovation in Pipeline Engineering Midstream in 2023; the D CEO Magazine Award for Excellence in Innovation and Sustainability in 2022; and the GPA Midstream Environmental Excellence Award in 2021.

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The Energy Law

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Energen Resources Corporation , 2021-0290 (La. 10/4/21), 2021 WL 4548529, —So. The doctrine provides that a current landowner has no standing to bring a lawsuit for property damage that occurred prior to its acquisition absent a valid assignment from the prior landowner of the personal right to sue.

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The Energy Law

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

ISDA executives also held a virtual press briefing on September 9, 2021 in which they discussed, with senior market participants, the role of derivatives in the rapid growth of sustainable financing products and ISDAs work in supporting this new market. Click here for the paper. Click here for the press briefing.

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The Energy Law

MAY 18, 2021

Updated from May 18, 2021 post. On May 17, 2021, the United States Supreme Court issued a decision in the climate change litigation affecting the fossil fuel industry. In a 7-1 decision (Justice Alito recused), the Court held that an appellate court must consider all grounds for removal when an appeal is taken pursuant to 28 U.S.C.

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The Energy Law

MAY 18, 2021

Updated from May 18, 2021 post. On May 17, 2021, the United States Supreme Court issued a decision in the climate change litigation affecting the fossil fuel industry. In a 7-1 decision (Justice Alito recused), the Court held that an appellate court must consider all grounds for removal when an appeal is taken pursuant to 28 U.S.C.

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The Energy Law

JUNE 22, 2021

5/25/21), 2021 WL 2102932, —So. 3d—, the Louisiana First Circuit recently reaffirmed well-settled principles regarding prescription and the subsequent purchaser doctrine in Louisiana legacy cases. In this case, Lexington Land sued Chevron U.S.A., The First Circuit affirmed both the prescription and subsequent-purchaser rulings on appeal.

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The Energy Law

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

2021) (“Henry Schein II”). The Supreme Court’s rare dismissal of a previously granted cert petition means that the justices have declined to reconsider the Fifth Circuit’s decision refusing to send the underlying dispute to arbitration. It also rejected the “wholly groundless” exception altogether.

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Producer's Edge

JANUARY 20, 2025

In February 2021, during Winter Storm Uri, Pioneer failed to deliver the contracted amounts of gas from February 14 to 19. Winter Storm Uri sent shockwaves through Texas, freezing gas supplies at a time of critical need and plunging the state into widespread power outages. This recent case [ MIECO, L.L.C. Pioneer Nat. ” Section 11.2:

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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

MARCH 10, 2021

TMR Exploration, Inc , 2021 WL 267916, the First Circuit affirmed a district court ruling on summary judgment applying the good faith purchaser defense provision set forth in La. A recent decision from the Louisiana First Circuit Court of Appeal may have lasting effects on good faith purchasers of oil. The district court, applying La Civ.

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The Energy Law

APRIL 19, 2021

18-0983, 2021 WL 1045723, at *1 (Tex. 19, 2021) (“ Eagle II ”). The Texas Supreme Court recently released its anticipated opinion in Eagle Oil & Gas Co. TRO-X, L.P. , The Eagle II case is the second case that arose between TRO-X, L.P. (“TRO-X”) TRO-X”) and Eagle Oil & Gas Co. The jury awarded TRO-X $7,680,000 in damages.

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The Energy Law

JULY 1, 2021

Devon Energy Production Company, L.P. Sheppard is a royalty dispute between several lessees, Devon Energy Production Co., and several lessors, Michael A. Sheppard, et. 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.

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The Energy Law

MAY 5, 2021

In response to this first demand, Defendant provided the requested reports. In a second demand under La. Plaintiff alleged that the Defendant’s reports were neither in the correct format nor did they provide the sufficient level of detail, as required by the statute. First, Defendant cited Miller v. J-W Operating Co. [2]

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The Energy Law

MAY 5, 2021

In response to this first demand, Defendant provided the requested reports. In a second demand under La. Plaintiff alleged that the Defendant’s reports were neither in the correct format nor did they provide the sufficient level of detail, as required by the statute. First, Defendant cited Miller v. J-W Operating Co. [2]

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