The Energy Law Blog

JANUARY 20, 2021

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. 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.

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Drillers

AUGUST 19, 2020

Necessities include food, shelter and energy. The process of planning, safekeeping and operating energy production facilities is a long term process, running into decades. At the same time, keeping current energy production safe and securing future supplies are utterly essential. The criteria will depend on each use case.

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The Energy Law Blog

FEBRUARY 19, 2008

The Court also addressed the nature of the implied duties in oil and gas leases, whether the ambiguity of the underlying agreement precludes class treatment, and the extent to which class representatives may abandon individualized claims in order to preserve class treatment for common claims. Click here for a copy of the opinion

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The Energy Law Blog

MARCH 27, 2020

Specifically, the letter addressed the following circumstances: Plugging Requirements : Regulations require any well that has been identified by the operator as inactive with no future utility to be placed on a schedule of abandonment or plugged within 90 days.

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Marcellus Shale Coalition

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

billion to Pennsylvania communities, demonstrating the far-reaching benefits of natural gas development beyond providing affordable, reliable energy to residents. Any time we can steer funding toward our communities, the taxpayer and, in this case, park enthusiasts, win big. Since 2012, impact fees have provided more than $2.7

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The Energy Law Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Case: United States v. At the time of the collision, the MEL OLIVER, which was pushing ACL’s barge DM-932 fully laden with oil, was operating without a captain who had effectively abandoned the vessel several days earlier. American Commercial Lines, L.L.C. , 16-31150, F.3d 3d (5th Cir.

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The Energy Law Blog

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 Blog

APRIL 30, 2020

The well was a dry hole, however, and was therefore plugged and abandoned on April 21, 2006. The controlling element in this case focused upon by the Second Circuit was whether the operations were “commenced with reasonable expectation of discovering and producing minerals in paying quantities” at the location and depth chosen.

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The Energy Law Blog

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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