The Energy Law

JANUARY 31, 2023

Those limits were last increased in 2018 to $137,659,500 by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management. [12] 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.

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Enverus

MARCH 10, 2025

Kicking off the first large Permian deal of 2025, Diamondback Energy acquired part of the assets of Double Eagle IV for $4.1 Although the recent Diamondback deal sets a new benchmark at $7 million per location, exceeding a comparable 2023 Permian deal of OXY’s CrownRock acquisition at $4.8 million per location. [2]

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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. 122); The lessee of a renewable energy lease would be “bound to.

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The Energy Law

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Department of Interior has taken several important steps toward making wind energy development a reality in the Gulf of Mexico. This is the first in a series of articles in which Liskow’s offshore team will discuss the regulatory framework for wind energy projects in federal waters and highlight legal issues pertinent to this dynamic area.

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The Energy Law

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

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 legislative session begins April 10, and one bill has already been filed to remove expropriation authority from all CCUS activity. [1] Helena Parish. [3]

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The Energy Law

APRIL 3, 2023

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. 1] HB 35, which would prevent the Commissioner of Conservation from permitting any activity related to CCS in St. Helena Parish. [2] Helena Parish. [2]

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The Energy Law

APRIL 5, 2023

On February 16, 2023, Senators John Kennedy, Ted Cruz, Shelley Moore Capito, and Kevin Cramer filed Senate Bill (SB) 438, which is the reintroduction of the Natural Gas Export Expansion Act. from and/or to a foreign country to first obtain an authorization from the United States Department of Energy. Bill 1497 on March 9, 2023.

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The Energy Law

AUGUST 31, 2023

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. based offshore wind industry supply chain that would facilitate this or other renewable energy projects permitted by BOEM.”

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The Energy Law

JUNE 9, 2023

1776 Energy Partners, LLC , — S.W.3d 22-0095, 2023 WL 3556695 (Tex. The dispute originated from certain joint operating agreements executed by Ovintiv and 1776 Energy, under which Ovintiv was the operator, to develop and produce minerals from oil and gas leases in Karnes County, Texas. In Freeport-McMoRan Oil & Gas LLC v.

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The Energy Law

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

On October 30, 2023, the U.S. 21-1062, 2023 WL 7128849 (E.D. 21-1062, 2023 WL 7128849 (E.D. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana found that the rule established by the U.S. Supreme Court in Robins Dry Dock & Repair Co. The Court maintained Robins Dry Dock ’s status as a bright line rule. 303 (1927).

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The Energy Law

MARCH 6, 2023

The below checklist, current as of March 3, 2023, summarizes the required operational and onboard changes. 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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The Energy Law

JUNE 22, 2023

On May 25, 2023, the Nation’s first U.S.-built 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 largest U.S. the largest U.S. 1331 et seq. back in 2021.

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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. The plaintiffs’ arguments centered mostly on the project’s impact on an endangered species, the North Atlantic right whale.

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The Energy Law

MAY 4, 2023

What started in 2020 as a proposed joint rulemaking between the DOI’s Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (“BSEE”) and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (“BOEM”) was recently finalized as a stand-alone BSEE rule addressing decommissioning. 250.1700, et seq. BSEE added a new paragraph (c) to 30 C.F.R.

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Energy Central

DECEMBER 16, 2022

E-Waste World Conference and Expo is returning to Frankfurt Messe in June 2023 as Europe's largest international trade fair for the collection, sorting, processing, and reduction of all forms of electrical waste.

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The Energy Law

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

The rulemaking process is ongoing, but the earliest effective date of the rule is October 20, 2023. 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. Communications include firm news, insights, and events.

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Energy Transfer

DECEMBER 10, 2024

As a result of the increased use of natural gas to generate electricity, the air we breathe is cleaner today than it has been since the 1990s , and energy costs for the average U.S. In addition, 15 units were operated by third parties across the West Texas region in 2023, saving another 112,000 tons of CO 2.

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The Energy Law

JULY 10, 2023

The Louisiana State Mineral & Energy Board (“Mineral Board”) is the body tasked with overseeing the mineral resources owned by the State 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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Energy Central

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Maersk plans to produce up to two million tonnes of e-methanol a year in Spain by 2030 to supply its fleet of cargo ships and reduce its carbon footprint, the shipping giant and the Spanish government said.

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The Energy Law

JUNE 21, 2023

On June 16, 2023, the Supreme Court of Texas released the plurality opinion in Sarah Gregory and New Prime, Inc. 21-0017, 2023 WL 4035886 (Tex. June 16, 2023). Jaswinder Chohan, et al. , __ S.W.3d This case arises from a fatal accident on an icy, unlit stretch of highway near Amarillo, Texas. The jury awarded approximately $16.8

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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. The 2023 Regular Session begins on April 10th. The bill, HB 590 , extends a prior substantive change in the law that was affected by the 2012 amendments to La. Perhaps time will tell.

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The Energy Law

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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The Energy Law

JUNE 30, 2023

As of June 7, 2023, a bill aiming to prohibit entities controlled by “foreign adversaries” from buying, leasing, or otherwise acquiring immovable property in the state has passed both the Louisiana House and Senate and is now awaiting the Governor’s approval. Sponsored by Rep. Valerie Hodges, Louisiana House Bill No.

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The Energy Law

DECEMBER 20, 2023

A federal appeals court has affirmed that a “greenwashing” lawsuit by the District of Columbia against several major energy companies should not be heard in federal court. 19, 2023) (“ D.C. Exxon , while the energy companies desired to be in federal court, the District of Columbia desired not to be in federal court.

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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

JANUARY 25, 2024

Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality , 2023-CA-0578. The court stated, “[W]e find the directives from the Louisiana Supreme Court in Save Ourselves ,… which require consideration of ‘economic, social, and other factors,’ broad enough to include an analysis of environmental justice, as defined by the EPA.” What is EJ?

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The Energy Law

MAY 5, 2023

In Point Energy Partners Permian, LLC v. 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. MRC Permian Company , — S.W.3d

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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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The Energy Law

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

On October 18, 2023, the EPA published a Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“SNPR”) regarding incidental discharges from vessels, proposing national performance standards under the Vessel Incidental Discharge Act (“VIDA”). It also requires the U.S. The USCG will then have two years to develop and finalize corresponding regulations.

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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. The Texas Supreme Court recently released its opinion in Van Dyke v. Navigators Grp. , Dils Co. , 2d 904 (Tex.

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The Energy Law

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

On September 8, 2023, EPA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers published a final rule narrowing the scope of “waters of the United States” (WOTUS) under the Clean Water Act (CWA) such that certain wetlands are removed from federal jurisdiction. The final rule revises the agency regulations in light of the U.S.

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The Energy Law

JANUARY 12, 2023

3:19-CV-238, 2023 WL 113740 (S.D. 5, 2023). [2] 1] Mr. Reed’s widow, Jana, named both Maersk and the Maersk Idaho in her suit, which alleged that the vessel violated 33 C.F.R. She contended that these violations triggered The Pennsylvania Rule and made the actions of the vessel negligence per se. 1] Jana Reed, et al.,

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The Energy Law

DECEMBER 29, 2023

On December 4, 2023, in Marquette Transportation Co. On January 3, 2019, the M/V STRANDJA and the M/V KIEFFER E. The KIEFFER E. A collision resulted due to the STRANDJA being outside of the anchorage and not adequately communicating with the KIEFFER E. The KIEFFER E. Gulf-Inland, LLC v. 4 1 87 F.4th 3 46 U.S.C.

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The Energy Law

JUNE 20, 2023

On June 2, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit analyzed what constitutes a prima facie maritime claim sufficient to support attachment of property under Rule B of the Supplemental Rules of Admiralty of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Property of the defendant within the district is then subject to seizure. Bunge appealed.

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The Energy Law

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

On November 13, 2023, the U.S. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2023. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2023. The requirement for surveillance equipment is codified in 46, U.S.C. 14502, or an alternate tonnage measured under 46 U.S.C. 1331(a))). .

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The Energy Law

AUGUST 4, 2023

Produced water can also contain certain critical minerals that can be used for the development of clean energy technologies. [1] Produced water—a substance traditionally considered to be a useless byproduct of fracing—has recently become a valuable product that can be treated and sold to operators for drilling.

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The Energy Law

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

On February 22 nd , three environmental groups, Deep South Center for Environmental Justice, Healthy Gulf, and Alliance for Affordable Energy, filed a petition with the 5th U.S. The decision came after four public hearings between 2021 and 2023, and review of over 45,000 public comments.

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