The Energy Law

JANUARY 12, 2023

3:19-CV-238, 2023 WL 113740 (S.D. 5, 2023). [2] Consequently, the Court excluded the video from evidence, declined to award Maersk taxable court costs (despite prevailing on the merits), and required Maersk to reimburse the Plaintiffs for their share of the trial transcript. 1] Jana Reed, et al.,

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Energy Central

JUNE 13, 2023

Our continuing mission is to curate an engaging programme featuring visionary keynote presentations, real-life case studies and interactive forums delivered by compelling speakers and expert moderators. The European Energy & Environment Summit aims to foster innovative thinking, share inspiring ideas, and promote community connections.

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Energy Central

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Exploring the next generation of smart and efficient EV charging ports Look for innovations in EV charging ports and make the business case for new charging stations across the.

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The Energy Law

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

On October 30, 2023, the U.S. Flint 1 applied to the case at hand, barring claimants from recovering economic damages for deferred oil production. This case required a complex analysis of Robins Dry Dock due to separate entities, under claimants’ parent company, owning the pipeline, and leasing the wells and platforms.

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Energy Central

JULY 5, 2023

On June 29, 2023, former speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives Larry Householder, 64, was given a 20-year prison sentence by U.S. District Judge Timothy Black in a Cincinnati, OH, courtroom as a result of having been found guilty last March on charges of racketeering and bribery.

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Energy Central

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

°C has narrowed, but clean energy growth is keeping it open The case for transforming the global energy system in line with the 1.5 °C August 2023 was the hottest on record by a large margin, and the hottest month ever after July 2023. °C goal has never been stronger.

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The Energy Law

DECEMBER 20, 2023

19, 2023) (“ D.C. Part I of this blog covers some basics about state and federal courts, explaining why the jurisdictional question of where a case will be decided is often contested. Federal Court “Removal” is the name for the process when a party transfers a case originally filed in a state court to a federal court.

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Energy Central

JANUARY 2, 2024

In this case the bone is the notion that global warming can still be limited to 1.5 The State of Climate Action 2023 report offers 42 progress benchmarks. The World Resource Institute is like a dog with a bone. We can only hope that going beyond that limit doesn’t permanently damage the environment, because beyond it we will go.

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Rextag

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

This decision, delivered in a high-stakes climate case, is seen as a setback for environmental groups hoping to make energy giants accountable for their contributions to climate change. Large polluters are powerful.

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Texas Oil & Gas Attorney

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

The Texas Supreme Court is going to hear a case in which the issue is whether the interest to be paid on past due royalties is simple or compound interest. In the case of Samson Exploration, LLC v. granted September 1, 2023) , the lessors executed a number of oil and gas leases with Samson. Bordages, 662 S.W.3d 3d 501 (Tex.

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The Energy Law

MAY 3, 2023

Under this doctrine, “a court may decline to exercise its jurisdiction and dismiss a case that is otherwise properly before it so that the case can be adjudicated in another forum.” This is the analysis the Court applied in the instant case of Noble House LLC v. The case is Noble House, L.L.C. May 1, 2023).

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Vorys Energy

DECEMBER 6, 2023

In a recent case, Crozier v. 2023-Ohio-4297, Ohio’s Seventh Appellate District grappled with a fundamental issue concerning Ohio’s Marketable Title Act (MTA). Pipe Creek Conservancy, L.L.C.

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The Energy Law

MAY 4, 2023

Instead, BSEE decided to retain the current framework, under which BSEE’s position is that it may issue decommissioning orders to any or all jointly and severally liable parties in the chain of title on a case-by-case basis. 23569 (April 18, 2023). The new regulations take effect on May 18, 2023.

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The Energy Law

APRIL 4, 2023

On Friday, March 31, 2023, Representative Larry Bagley of Louisiana’s District 7 proposed amendments to Louisiana Revised Statutes § 30:10. As was the case in 2012, this proposed amendment would also extend this direct payment requirement to any overriding royalty interests burdening the nonparticipating owner’s lease.

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The Energy Law

MARCH 7, 2023

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. The Texas Supreme Court recently released its opinion in Van Dyke v.

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The Energy Law

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

On September 8, 2023, EPA and the U.S. The final rule additionally does not clarify the phrase “relatively permanent” in the rule, signaling that such decisions will likely be made on a case-by-case basis by the local Army Corps district. The final rule revises the agency regulations in light of the U.S.

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The Energy Law

OCTOBER 13, 2023

As of June 2023, 146 countries have ratified or adopted the International Maritime Organization’s (“IMO”) International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage, 1992 (the “CLC”). The greater of $2,500 per gross ton or $21,521,300 CLC 92 ​Vessel Size 2023 Limit of Liability 3 ​ <5,000/GRT 4.51 <3,000/GRT 2.

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The Energy Law

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

3d , 2023 WL 526075, the Louisiana Supreme Court rejected a writ of mandamus that would have compelled the LDNR to satisfy a $4.7 The Court distinguished those cases, pointing to constitutional and statutory provisions that mandate appropriation under those specific circumstances. In Crooks v. 1/1/23), So.

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The Energy Law

MAY 24, 2023

On May 17, 2023, the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts dismissed plaintiffs’ challenges to the Vineyard Wind Project—the United States’s first major offshore wind project. United States Department of the Interior , 1:21-cv-11091-IT; and Responsible Offshore Development Alliance v.

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The Energy Law

JANUARY 2, 2024

On December 18, 2023, the U.S. United States , Case No. In this case, the parties’ ten-year conflict centered on USACE’s attempts to assert CWA jurisdiction over “wetlands” on the subject property throughout the shifting regulatory landscape that attempted to apply that test. Supreme Court’s Sackett v. In Lewis v.

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The Energy Law

JULY 6, 2023

On June 15, 2023, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held that the State of Louisiana lacked standing to challenge the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Final Rule requiring certain shrimping vessels in Louisiana waters to use turtle excluder devices (TEDs).

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Producer's Edge

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Several 2023 decisions rendered by the El Paso Court of Appeals, reflect a trend toward near-automatic application of the presumption. This article discusses a couple more cases in 2024. Many anticipate that double-fraction cases will continue to steadily flow through Texas courts for the foreseeable future. Montgomery, Tr.

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The Energy Law

APRIL 3, 2023

The Louisiana Legislature’s 2023 Regular Session begins on April 10th, and last Friday, Louisiana Senator Allain of District 21 filed SB 154 proposing to enact a statutory framework directly governing the rights and obligations of parties to renewable energy leases.

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The Energy Law

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

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. Valero Refining Meraux, LLC , 2022-00469 (La. 1/27/23), — So. should apply equally to NIED claims without corresponding physical harm.

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The Energy Law

AUGUST 4, 2023

08-22-00037-CV, 2023 WL 4846861 (Tex. El Paso July 28, 2023, no pet. That being the case, Justice Palafox did not believe the regulations had any role in determining the ownership of produced water. The trial court granted summary judgment in COG’s favor, leading Cactus to file an appeal with the El Paso Court of Appeals.

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The Energy Law

DECEMBER 29, 2023

On December 4, 2023, in Marquette Transportation Co. 1 the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held that state law—and specifically in this case, Louisiana law—governs the applicable negligence standard and burden of proof for a pilot’s error. Gulf-Inland, LLC v. Navigation Maritime Bulgare JSC, et al. , 4 1 87 F.4th 3 46 U.S.C.

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Producer's Edge

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

The Texas Supreme Court heard oral arguments last week in a case that could substantially clarify, or even fundamentally reshape, the characterization and ownership of underground storage rights in Texas. The case was Myers-Woodward v. The case remains pending before the Texas Supreme Court on petition for review.

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The Energy Law

JUNE 20, 2023

In this case, Tongli Shipping Pte. 22-1276, 2023 WL 3773670 (3d Cir. June 2, 2023). Property is defined broadly and includes traditional maritime assets, but also other tangible and intangible assets, including bank accounts, accounts receivable, and debts. Tongli”) time chartered the cargo ship M/V Orient Rise to Bunge S.A.

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The Energy Law

MAY 5, 2023

21-0461, 2023 WL 3028100 (Tex. 2023), the Texas Supreme Court held that the lessee could not invoke a force majeure clause to save its oil and gas leases when it inadvertently scheduled its operations to begin after the requisite deadline. In Point Energy Partners Permian, LLC v. MRC Permian Company , — S.W.3d

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The Energy Law

MARCH 15, 2023

20-0904, 2023 WL 2438927 (Tex. 2023), in which it held that lessees owed royalties in excess of their gross proceeds, specifically “adding back” costs incurred by third-party buyers that were enumerated in the sales contract and subtracted from the sales price. Sheppard , — S.W.3d NationsBank”, 939 S.W.2d 2d 118 (Tex.

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SmartBrief

MARCH 3, 2025

OSHA conducted fewer fatality investigations in fiscal 2024 than fiscal 2023 while recording fewer deaths involving trench collapses and falls. ” This cultural shift appears to be gaining momentum, with more manufacturers recognizing the business case for offering expanded size ranges.

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The Energy Law

MAY 26, 2023

The Fifth Circuit agreed with the lower court that state statutes and case law characterize SRA-L as an arm of the state; but caveated that the factor was restricted and “given the inconsistent descriptions in the same statutes and the lack of a more-definite characterization in either statute or case law.” [7] Sabine River Auth.,

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Energy Transfer

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Your cell phone case, artificial heart valves, any kind of clothing thats not made with animal or plant fibers, soap, hand lotion, garbage bags, fishing boats, you name it. of our countrys electricity in 2023 (renewables accounted for 21.4%). That road we came in on. The wheels on every car ever made, including yours.

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True Energy

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

However, 2023 saw a 35% increase in EV sales, with 2024 well on the way to bring total EV numbers close to 40 million. The utilities and EVs business case The EV customer journeyfrom deciding what EV to buy to learning to optimise driving and chargingpresents multiple touchpoints where utilities can enhance the experience.

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The Energy Law

MARCH 1, 2021

In the world of oil and gas, there are a lot of companies with debt maturities coming due in 2020 or 2021 ( see this article from the Wall Street Journal discussing the $120 billion debt wall these companies will face through 2023), and oil prices have been below the break-even point for many drilling sites.

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The Energy Law

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. Earnings on deposit in a CCF account also grow tax free. This bill is currently awaiting Biden’s signature.

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True Energy

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

Use cases and results emerging With extreme weather events becoming more frequent and severe, utilities are shifting their resilience strategies to account for long-term climate risks.

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