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MARCH 6, 2023

The Safer Seas Act was passed and enacted into law in December 2022 as part of the National Defense Authorization Act. 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. Click here to access our checklist.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

9/20/2022). On September 20, 2022, the Western District of Louisiana ruled in the defendants’ favor by finding no private right of action generally or specifically under the parties’ agreements. 9/20/2022). 9/20/2022). Of Louisiana), et al. BPX Operating Co., Grayson L.L.C. (Of Of Louisiana), et al. BPX Operating Co.,

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Oil & Gas 360º

MARCH 10, 2025

mtpa Coral South FLNG project has been operating since 2022 while ExxonMobil plans to make FID on Rovuma LNG in 2026. Unlocking new E&P markets A slate of discoveries in recent years have opened up new oil and gas plays across the continent. Algerias Sonatrach will increase hydrocarbon production by 2.5%

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AUGUST 1, 2022

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). The first two meetings were held on June 15, 2021 , and February 2, 2022 , respectively. According to Ms.

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JUNE 3, 2022

The amendment (Act 163 of 2022) was signed by Governor Edwards on May 26, 2022 and will become effective on August 1 st of this year. The amendment (Act 163 of 2022) was signed by Governor Edwards on May 26, 2022 and will become effective on August 1 st of this year. 3] Act 163 of 2022. [4] 1] La. [1] La.

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JULY 5, 2022

On June 23, 2022, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) published a draft guidance on mitigating potential impacts of offshore wind development on commercial and recreational fishing. BOEM is inviting public review and comment on the draft guidance through August 22, 2022. BOEM also recommends gear loss and damage payments.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Baker Hughes a G E Co., 21-30523, 2022 WL 9862487 (5th Cir. 17, 2022) (hereinafter “ D & J Invs. 17, 2022) (hereinafter “ D & J Invs. In D & J Invs. of Cenla, L.L.C. It further concluded that Louisiana law does not create a cause of action against LDEQ for contamination caused by private industry.”.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Within the first six weeks of 2022, both state and federal governments have taken steps toward offshore wind energy development off the coast of Louisiana. 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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AUGUST 29, 2022

A petition filed on July 19 by Sierra Club and Healthy Gulf seeks review of a “dredge and fill” permit granted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to Driftwood LNG – a liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal under construction near Lake Charles. 717r(d)(1)). [2]. 717r(d)(1)). [2].

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MAY 9, 2022

The period for public comment is open 30 days after the date of publication in the Federal Register or May 20, 2022, whichever period is longer, with the SEC aiming to finalize the rule by the end of 2022. For a complete description of the proposals’ background, other key provisions, timing, and filing framework, see [link]. [1]

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JULY 6, 2023

The District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana preliminarily enjoined the enforcement of the Final Rule in Louisiana inshore waters until February 1, 2022, finding the state could sue in its quasi-sovereign capacity with its interest in and ownership of marine resources. This requirement was to go into effect on August 1, 2021.

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MARCH 28, 2022

Enhanced Recovery: Use of carbon dioxide for enhanced hydrocarbon recovery requires the creation of a unit by the Commissioner of Conservation for the purpose of secondary or tertiary recovery under La. However, pilot programs can be available to allow the commencement of an enhanced recovery project prior to creation of the unit. 30:1101-1111).

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JANUARY 11, 2022

On Friday, January 7, 2022, the Louisiana Supreme Court unanimously upheld a COVID-19 vaccine mandate program that the state’s largest private healthcare system implemented for its employees. Hayes, et al. University Health Shreveport , 21-01601 (La. It also held that the informed consent statute codified at La.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

In a recent opinion released by the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, the court declined to vacate a deficient environmental impact statement (“EIS”) prepared in connection with two offshore lease sales held in 2018, the records of decision announcing the sales, or the leases issued.

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The Energy Law Blog

JANUARY 31, 2023

maritime law experienced two significant changes on December 23, 2022—one pertaining to liability for oil pollution, the other concerning small passenger vessels. After significant changes, the SPVA was signed into law on December 23, 2022, as part of the nearly 2000-page James M. 6] The last CPI adjustment occurred in 2019.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

The Livingston Parish proposed ordinance is scheduled for a public hearing at an upcoming parish council meeting on September 8, 2022, at 6:00 p.m. [1] 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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JANUARY 25, 2024

In September 2022, the district court vacated the facility’s air permits finding, among other reasons, that the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (“LDEQ”) had not done a proper analysis under the Louisiana Public Trust Doctrine. Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality , 2023-CA-0578. The First Circuit disagreed.

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Oil & Gas Magazine

MARCH 10, 2025

Con base en su Memorando de Entendimiento (MoU) de 2022, que tena como objetivo avanzar en la descarbonizacin de la cadena de suministro de gas natural, Baker Hughes y Woodside han firmado un Acuerdo de Desarrollo Tecnolgico (TDA) para desarrollar las herramientas a pequea escala.

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APRIL 4, 2023

While 30:10 was amended during the 2022 legislative session, the amendment preserved the limited obligation of remitting the royalty and overriding royalty burdens to the nonparticipating owner for the benefit of the royalty and overriding royalty owners. Perhaps time will tell. The 2023 Regular Session begins on April 10th.

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Vorys Energy

MARCH 24, 2022

On March 24, 2022, the Supreme Court of Ohio once again addressed the level of diligence a surface owner must exercise in attempting to identify and locate holders of a severed mineral interest under the Ohio Dormant Mineral Act. E), they did not search the public records of the county where the holder was said to have resided.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Coast Guard published Policy Letter 23-05 which provides the first actual guidance for vessel owners and operators on the expectations for the surveillance equipment that they are required to install and maintain under the Safer Seas Act, which became law in December 2022 as part of the James M. 1331(a))). .

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

On August 30, 2022, the Texas Railroad Commission approved proposed regulations relating to Class VI wells utilized for injecting and sequestering carbon dioxide in geologic formations. The Blog/Web Site should not be used as a substitute for legal advice from a licensed professional attorney in your state regarding a particular matter.

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JUNE 22, 2023

On April 14, 2022, in the wake of the Garamendi Amendment, the Department of Homeland Security’s U.S. On May 25, 2023, the Nation’s first U.S.-built The Kansas-engineered substation was designed and built by Kiewit Offshore Services, Ltd., the largest U.S. the largest U.S. 1331 et seq. back in 2021. documented under U.S.

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The Energy Law Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Valero Refining Meraux, LLC , 2022-00469 (La. On January 27, 2023, the Louisiana Supreme Court issued a ruling involving claims for negligent infliction of emotional distress (“NIED”) absent physical damage. In Spencer v. 1/27/23), — So.

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Vorys Energy

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

On February 1, 2022, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit affirmed the lower court’s decision in Zehentbauer Family Land, LP, et al. TotalEnergies E&P USA, Inc, et al. Moreover, the court observed that, as a consequence, “Plaintiffs’ royalties are based on those gross proceeds paid to the Lessee.

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Energy Transfer

DECEMBER 10, 2024

In 2023, this one-of-a-kind compression technology allowed us to reduce our emissions in Texas by 789,908 tons of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ), up from 752,062 tons in 2022 using 82 Dual Drive units running on electricity approximately 80 percent of the time. Also of note are advancements U.S. Its nice to know that the U.S.

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The Energy Law Blog

MARCH 31, 2022

Today, on March 31, 2022, the Western District of Louisiana reversed that ruling and applied the same rationale to a pending motion for partial dismissal in one of the putative class actions, Self v. BPX Operating Co., The district court recognized this was a res nova issue for which there was no authority directly on point.

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MARCH 17, 2022

11, 2022), provides further guidance on what must be contained in correspondence from parties making demand on an operator under La. 11, 2022), provides further guidance on what must be contained in correspondence from parties making demand on an operator under La. Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:103.1 Kelly Land Company, L.L.C.

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OCTOBER 12, 2022

In early 2022, BOEM announced its intention to prepare an Environmental Assessment (EA) evaluating the environmental impacts of issuing wind leases within the Call Area. BOEM issued the Draft EA in July 2022. Over the past year, the U.S. Those impacts would be considered at a later date once wind energy leases are awarded.

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DECEMBER 9, 2021

68686, and goes through January 3, 2022. 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 released oil impacted Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico, including the wildlife refuge on Matagorda Island.

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DECEMBER 21, 2022

On December 16, 2022, Congress passed the National Defense Authorization Act of 2023 which contains a material expansion of the United States Maritime Administration’s Capital Construction Fund Program. The Capital Construction Fund (“CCF”) program is designed to encourage owners of U.S. flagged vessels by offering tax incentives to do so.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2024

However, on July 7, 2022, in Petro Ventures, Inc. 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. BSEE’s 2024 decommissioning rule would update 30 C.F.R. 250.1403; NTL No. 2023-N02 (March 24, 2023).

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Exprodat

MARCH 3, 2025

Weve been helping customers collate and submit this data to NSTA since spatial became a requirement, and have previously presented alongside NSTA and others at the Esri Energy Resource conference in Nov 2022. Embedding digitalisation and making data open and available is one initiative to drive this. What do you need to submit?

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Exprodat

MARCH 3, 2025

Weve been helping customers collate and submit this data to NSTA since spatial became a requirement, and have previously presented alongside NSTA and others at the Esri Energy Resource conference in Nov 2022. Embedding digitalisation and making data open and available is one initiative to drive this. What do you need to submit?

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The Energy Law Blog

JANUARY 5, 2024

On December 29, 2023, the USCG issued Maritime Safety Information Bulletin (MSIB) 13-2023, Change 1 , an updated version of MSIB 13-23, that now includes a Frequently Asked Questions section addressing compliance with the Safer Seas Act that was passed in December of 2022. Why is there no compliance deadline mentioned in Policy Letter 23-04?

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APRIL 14, 2021

FinCEN has until January 1, 2022, to implement the regulations regarding reporting requirements, although FinCEN is also using this ANPRM to solicit comments on the implementation of the related database maintenance use and disclosure provisions. The ANPRM seeks to better develop these definitions for the final regulations.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Reporting will not begin until the Treasury adopts regulations, which the Act mandates must be done by January 1, 2022. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) the identities of their beneficial owners and applicants. Who is a beneficial owner or applicant?

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