The Energy Law Blog

JUNE 21, 2022

Operators may now have the potential to sell carbon credits in exchange for the P&A of inactive, shut-in, or temporarily abandoned wells. The EPA estimates that there are over 3 million known abandoned and orphaned oil and gas wells (AOOG wells) in the United States. Well Eligibility.

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Vorys Energy

MARCH 24, 2022

2022-Ohio-901 , a consolidation of two cases previously decided by the Seventh District Court of Appeals, followed in the footsteps laid before it in its earlier decision in Gerrity v. E), they did not search the public records of the county where the holder was said to have resided. The Court’s decision in Fonzi v.

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The Energy Law Blog

APRIL 12, 2022

The Litel case began as a legacy lawsuit, in which Pioneer Natural Resources, Inc. Sandhill never managed to stop the leak, and it abandoned the well in August 2019. Thereafter, the LDNR intervened in the Litel case, seeking recovery of emergency costs from Pioneer and Gary. 30:80 et seq. who last operated the property.

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The Energy Law Blog

JANUARY 20, 2021

This case is one of a number of cases brought by states, cities, and other municipalities against energy companies alleging that the companies contributed to climate change. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Kicks Climate Change Case Back to State Court, June 2, 2020 ; and (3) U.S.

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The Energy Law Blog

JANUARY 20, 2021

This case is one of a number of cases brought by states, cities, and other municipalities against energy companies alleging that the companies contributed to climate change. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Kicks Climate Change Case Back to State Court, June 2, 2020 ; and (3) U.S.

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Drillers

AUGUST 19, 2020

x has stood for Drilling, Logging, Supplying and Abandonment so far!). Once we go back to the new normal we expect that each E&P company will decide which is the most suitable for their needs, in-person or virtual? The criteria will depend on each use case. When workers are quarantined, self-isolating, or perhaps even sick?

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The Energy Law Blog

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. However, Conservation stated that does have the authority to grant extensions and deferments on a case-by-case basis and currently utilizes this authority.

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