The Energy Law

JANUARY 2, 2013

Dicharry and Robert E. Specifically, the new final rule adds a section to 30 CFR 250, subpart Q regarding submission of decommissioning applications and reports when a blowout preventer (“BOP”) is used for abandonment operations, 250.1704(g)(1)(ii). Initially, BOEMRE implemented the recommendations through an interim final rule.

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The Energy Law

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

The DOI’s Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (“BSEE”) is slated to make further revisions to its decommissioning regulations, following other decommissioning amendments made last year as previously reported on The Energy Law Blog. BSEE’s 2024 decommissioning rule would update 30 C.F.R. 250.1403; NTL No. 2023-N02 (March 24, 2023).

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The Energy Law

MAY 1, 2017

If a Notice of Contract has not been filed, subcontractors and suppliers have a sixty-day period to file a lien, which begins running on the date of substantial completion, the owner’s abandonment of the work, or the filing of a Notice of Termination. This can occur on any project involving any physical change to real property in Louisiana.

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The Energy Law

MARCH 27, 2020

For wells that have already been placed on a schedule of abandonment, Conservation already allows operators to delay the plugging of wells for up to a year. Fortunately, yesterday the Louisiana Office of Conservation, at the request of LOGA and LMOGA, provided some guidance on leniencies that might be granted during these uncertain times.

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The Energy Law

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Statewide Order 29-N-6 provides clear guidelines for Class VI wells, which cover the permitting process, siting criteria, area of review, well construction and completion, operational protocol, testing and monitoring specifications, plugging and abandonment procedures, and reporting requirements. On the state level, Act No.

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The Energy Law

JANUARY 28, 2021

With topics ranging from offshore oil and gas moratoriums to restrictions on natural gas flaring and venting, the following is an overview of notable energy legislation to be heard in state legislatures this year. The Texas Legislature convened for its 2021 session earlier this month with several issues on the agenda. Senate Bill 119 ( S.

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The Energy Law

JANUARY 20, 2021

Additional procedural history pertaining to this case, and information related to other similar, climate-change cases, can be found in our related blog posts titled (1) U.S. Yesterday, the United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the climate change lawsuit filed by the City of Baltimore in 2018 against energy companies.

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The Energy Law

JULY 20, 2018

Recently, the court applied Doiron in the context of a contract to plug and abandon a series of offshore wells in Crescent Energy Services, L.L.C., Recently, the court applied Doiron in the context of a contract to plug and abandon a series of offshore wells in Crescent Energy Services, L.L.C., Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc. [3]

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The Energy Law

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Actions under strategy 9 center around drafting new legislation to increase the plugging of abandoned and orphaned wells. Governor Edwards’ Climate Initiatives Task Force, charged with making recommendations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions originating in Louisiana, recently took another step towards that goal.

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The Energy Law

APRIL 30, 2020

The well was a dry hole, however, and was therefore plugged and abandoned on April 21, 2006. Cecil Blount Farms, LLC , [1] is the most recent decision that provides the industry with a real-life application of the rules under Louisiana law for maintaining mineral servitudes. A well was spud on March 28, 2006.

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The Energy Law

OCTOBER 26, 2020

2] Statewide Order 26-N-6 provides clear guidelines for Class VI wells, which cover the permitting process, siting criteria, area of review, well construction and completion, operational protocol, testing and monitoring specifications, plugging and abandonment procedures, and reporting requirements. tons of CO? On the state level, Act No.

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The Energy Law

JANUARY 28, 2021

With topics ranging from offshore oil and gas moratoriums to restrictions on natural gas flaring and venting, the following is an overview of notable energy legislation to be heard in state legislatures this year. The Texas Legislature convened for its 2021 session earlier this month with several issues on the agenda. Senate Bill 119 ( S.

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The Energy Law

JANUARY 20, 2021

Additional procedural history pertaining to this case, and information related to other similar, climate-change cases, can be found in our related blog posts titled (1) U.S. Yesterday, the United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the climate change lawsuit filed by the City of Baltimore in 2018 against energy companies.

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The Energy Law

OCTOBER 15, 2020

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (“BOEM”) and the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (“BSEE”) recently issued a proposed rule on Risk Management, Financial Assurance and Loss Prevention (“Proposed Rule”), which was published in the Federal Register on October 16, 2020 and is now open for public comment.

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The Energy Law

OCTOBER 15, 2020

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (“BOEM”) and the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (“BSEE”) recently issued a proposed rule on Risk Management, Financial Assurance and Loss Prevention (“Proposed Rule”), which was published in the Federal Register on October 16, 2020 and is now open for public comment.

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