The Energy Law

JANUARY 31, 2023

10] While the rule does not specify whether the new limits apply retroactively to oil spills that occur before the effective date, case law indicates that the change will be prospective only. [11] 11] The Coast Guard is not responsible for adjusting OPA limits for offshore facilities (other than deepwater ports).

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MARCH 11, 2025

The global market for education technology is projected to hit $810.3 billion in 2023, according to market research firm Market US. billion — of the 2023 revenues. These indicators aim to simplify the procurement process and ensure that tools align with the best educational practices and policies.

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The Energy Law

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

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The Energy Law

APRIL 3, 2023

By using this blog site you understand and acknowledge that there is no attorney client relationship formed between you and Liskow & Lewis and/or the individual Liskow & Lewis lawyers posting to this site by virtue of your using this site.

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Energy Central

APRIL 5, 2023

3) SC Dept of Education orders 160 electric school buses from North American Daimler subsidiary Thomas Built Buses. 1) Department of Treasury announces IRA EV subsidy battery component and critical minerals eligibility requirements, with minimum amounts rising over time.

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Oil & Gas 360º

MARCH 4, 2025

Pathways to Inclusive Higher Education, the Golf Tournament requires a $150 charity donation to participate. The 2023 Chambers USA Legal Guide ranked 31 different firm practice areas, and in 2024, Haynes Boone became the first Am Law 100 firm to ever earn a Gold-level Bell Seal from Mental Health America. Benefitting IN!

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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. The Safer Seas Act was passed and enacted into law in December 2022 as part of the National Defense Authorization Act. The Act includes many changes for the maritime industry, specifically for owners and operators of vessels.

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The Energy Law

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

On October 30, 2023, the U.S. 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. Flint 1 applied to the case at hand, barring claimants from recovering economic damages for deferred oil production. 303 (1927).

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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. If you have further questions, contact Liskow’s Cristian Solar or James Lapeze.

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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. Bill 1497 on March 9, 2023. The bill aims to amend the Natural Gas Act to provide for expanded natural gas exports in the United States.

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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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Oil & Gas 360º

MARCH 5, 2025

Pathways to Inclusive Higher Education, the Golf Tournament requires a $150 charity donation to participate. The 2023 Chambers USA Legal Guide ranked 31 different firm practice areas, and in 2024, Haynes Boone became the first Am Law 100 firm to ever earn a Gold-level Bell Seal from Mental Health America. Benefitting IN!

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The Energy Law

MAY 4, 2023

23569 (April 18, 2023). The new regulations take effect on May 18, 2023. BSEE’s final rule can be found at 88 Fed.

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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 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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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.

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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. The twenty five-year operations term commences from COP approval.

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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

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.

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The Energy Law

JULY 10, 2023

The Mineral Board’s most recent agenda for its July 12, 2023 meeting noted that the Mineral Board is considering outsourcing these functions to third-party legal counsel as part of the matters to be discussed in its executive session.

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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”). Comments on the SNPR are due by December 18, 2023. The full text of the SNPR can be found here: [link].

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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

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The Energy Law

APRIL 11, 2023

Week 1 Update (4/14/2023): And it begins. The House Committee on Natural Resources and Environment will hear Speaker Schexnayder’s House Bill 571 on CCS next Thursday, April 20 at 9:30 am. Being the Speaker’s bill, one might expect it to pass the committee although CCS as a whole is sure to garner significant discussion.

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The Energy Law

DECEMBER 27, 2023

On December 7, 2023, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) disapproved the state implementation plan (SIP) revisions for the Baton Rouge ozone nonattainment area that Louisiana set forth in response to EPA’s 2015 SIP Call rule. 85112 (December 7, 2023). 85112 (December 7, 2023). LAC 33:III.2201.K

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The Energy Law

JUNE 22, 2023

On May 25, 2023, the Nation’s first U.S.-built The 262-foot-long SOV just reached 50% completion this April of 2023 after logging over 275,000 work hours. The Kansas-engineered substation was designed and built by Kiewit Offshore Services, Ltd., the largest U.S.

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The Energy Law

MAY 3, 2023

22-20281, 2023 WL 3168603 (5th Cir. May 1, 2023). The case is Noble House, L.L.C. Certain Underwriters at Lloyd’s, London, No.

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The Energy Law

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

On September 8, 2023, EPA and the U.S. EPA and Army Corps intend to hold webinars on September 12, 13, and 20, 2023 to discuss the updated WOTUS rule, and the recording will be posted on EPA’s website, [link] [1] The WOTUS definition is subject to certain listed exceptions.

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The Energy Law

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

The final rule, which was announced December 28 th , 2023, revised Louisiana’s Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) section 1422 underground injection control (UIC) program to include Class VI injection well primary enforcement responsibility.

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Energy Transfer

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

In 2023, Warren made the largest single donation to his alma mater, the University of Texas-Arlington in the college’s history. His $10 million donation in 2012 was instrumental in the creation of Klyde Warren Park , a beloved 5.2-acre acre green space that reconnects the citys uptown and downtown areas.

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The Energy Law

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Though only issued last month and generally effective January 30, 2023, the regulation is already under attack by the attorneys general of 25 states, two oil services companies and an oil and gas advocacy group who have sued to stop the regulation from taking effect.

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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. ,

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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 In Crooks v. State of Louisiana through the Department of Natural Resources , 22-0625 (La. 1/1/23), So. million judgment for reimbursement of mineral royalties.

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The Energy Law

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

2023-N02 (March 24, 2023). BSEE also recently proposed amendments to the surety bonding requirements applicable to appeals of its civil penalties, the public comment period for which closed on February 12, 2024. BSEE is currently authorized to assess civil penalties of up to $52,646 per day per regulatory violation. 250.1403; NTL No.

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The Energy Law

DECEMBER 20, 2023

19, 2023) (“ D.C. The appeals court affirmed remand on December 19, 2023. District of Columbia v. Exxon Mobil Corporation, et al., 22-7163 (Dec. Exxon ”), at p. 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.

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The Energy Law

JUNE 20, 2023

22-1276, 2023 WL 3773670 (3d Cir. June 2, 2023). The Third Circuit’s decision acknowledges Rule B attachment as a powerful tool, and declines to extend its reach beyond those claims ready to be adjudicated and actually asserted. Bunge, S.A. ADM Int’l SARL, et al. ,

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The Energy Law

JUNE 9, 2023

22-0095, 2023 WL 3556695 (Tex. 2023), the Texas Supreme Court held that, as a matter of law, the operator of a joint operating agreement, Ovintiv, did not owe interest on production payments owed to the non-operator, 1776 Energy, that Ovintiv withheld until a separate lawsuit involving 1776 Energy was resolved by the Texas Supreme Court.

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