The Energy Law

APRIL 21, 2021

The Report concluded that the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (“BSEE”) lacks a robust oversight process (1) for ensuring the integrity of active offshore oil and gas pipelines and (2) to address the environmental risks posed by decommissioning and abandoning pipelines on the seafloor.

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The Energy Law

JULY 15, 2021

As the number of solar projects continues to grow in Louisiana, a chief concern among Louisiana taxpayers is ensuring that these projects are properly decommissioning upon their abandonment. Solar development is largely in its infancy in Louisiana, with only a handful of projects having been constructed to date.

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The Energy Law

AUGUST 1, 2007

By Dana Douglas The Louisiana First Circuit Court of Appeal recently held that an operator is not responsible for payment of a non-operator’s royalties and overriding royalties before payout. Clayton WIlliams Energy Inc. 6/8/07), the operator completed a well that was plugged and abandoned without reaching payout.

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Valor

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Read more BP to abandon green energy target and ramp up oil Summary : BP will abandon its plan to expand renewable energy generation 20-fold by 2030, scrapping its target of reaching 50 gigawatts (GW) and maintaining its current 8.2 energy exports. The post Valor | Energy Connection Feb. GW capacity.

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The Energy Law

JUNE 3, 2022

In response to various pressures on the energy industry to reduce the environmental impact associated with excess carbon dioxide emissions, many energy companies are investigating carbon capture and sequestration projects as a means of reducing their carbon emissions.

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The Energy Law

JANUARY 2, 2013

In response, the Secretary of the Interior drafted a report entitled, “Increased Safety Measures for Energy Development on the Outer Continental Shelf,” which recommended a number of actions to increase safety. To promote consistency, it also imposes on operators the same regulatory oversight in decommissioning required in other subparts.

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The Energy Law

JANUARY 28, 2021

Several pieces of energy-industry legislation are teed up for debate as state legislatures reconvene for their first sessions of 2021. 2] New Mexico’s 2021 Legislative Session will consider a bill that would significantly change how the state regulates oil and gas operations. Pre-filed and introduced by State Sen. Senate Bill 119 ( S.

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The Energy Law

APRIL 30, 2020

In Cannisnia Plantation , the Louisiana Second Circuit faced the issue of whether a mineral servitude owner conducted good faith operations sufficient to interrupt the prescription of non-use of a mineral servitude. The well was a dry hole, however, and was therefore plugged and abandoned on April 21, 2006.

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Rextag

MARCH 3, 2025

BP has announced a shift in its energy strategy, moving away from aggressive renewables investments and increasing its oil and gas production spending. He stated that BPs initial faith in green energy was misplaced , leading to a strategic reset prioritizing stronger financial performance and higher shareholder returns. million and 2.5

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The Energy Law

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Some of the actions are related to development of renewable energy in Louisiana, whereas others aim to manage emissions. Actions under strategy 9 center around drafting new legislation to increase the plugging of abandoned and orphaned wells. Noteworthy actions include: ACTION 5.6 Noteworthy actions include: ACTION 5.6

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The Energy Law

JULY 15, 2021

As the number of solar projects continues to grow in Louisiana, a chief concern among Louisiana taxpayers is ensuring that these projects are properly decommissioning upon their abandonment. Solar development is largely in its infancy in Louisiana, with only a handful of projects having been constructed to date.

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The Energy Law

JANUARY 28, 2021

Several pieces of energy-industry legislation are teed up for debate as state legislatures reconvene for their first sessions of 2021. New Mexico’s 2021 Legislative Session will consider a bill that would significantly change how the state regulates oil and gas operations. Pre-filed and introduced by State Sen. 1] [link]. [2]

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The Energy Law

MARCH 27, 2020

Coupled with the recent decline in oil and gas prices, many operators are left scrambling in an attempt to navigate unprecedented circumstances. With shutdowns and stay-at-home orders in place and regulatory deadlines looming, Louisiana operators are looking for guidance from regulators on how to proceed.

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Rextag

JANUARY 21, 2025

With M&A activity accelerating, companies are securing inventory and refining their operations to meet future demand. Dan Pickering, chief investment officer of Pickering Energy Partners, provides a nuanced look at the trends and challenges shaping the sector, supported by key numbers and forecasts.

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The Energy Law

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Earlier this month, Gulf Coast Sequestration (“GCS”), a limited liability company based in Lake Charles, announced its plans to build and operate a carbon capture and sequestration (“CCS”) project that will create a repository 10,000 feet underground for the permanent storage of more than 80 million tons of carbon.

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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

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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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. Building homes take longer.

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The Energy Law

JANUARY 4, 2007

In the Supreme Court of Texas) Emerald, a subsequent lessee of Exxon, sued Exxon for wrongful conduct “in the development and abandonment of oil and gas wells in the Mary Ellen O’Connor Field.” Exxon failed to act as a reasonably prudent operator in plugging the wells; 3. Corpus Christi Jan. 27, 2005, pet.

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The Energy Law

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Earlier this month, Gulf Coast Sequestration (“GCS”), a limited liability company based in Lake Charles, announced its plans to build and operate a carbon capture and sequestration (“CCS”) project that will create a repository 10,000 feet underground for the permanent storage of more than 80 million tons of carbon.

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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

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., and (2) Does the contract provide or do the parties expect that a vessel will play a substantial role in the completion of the contract? Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc. [3]

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The Energy Law

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

DRD then operated the MEL OLIVER under a time charter to ACL. 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. 2701(32)(A). [2] 2] United States v. 16-31150, p.

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The Energy Law

JUNE 23, 2008

Despite the plaintiff’s cooperation, defendants abandoned their plans to effectuate such an agreement and decided to conduct a document by document privilege review. Acknowledging the risk of inadvertent disclosure typically associated with large document productions, defendants initially sought the court’s approval of a “clawback agreement.”

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Crude Oil Futures

MARCH 8, 2025

oil operations in Venezuela and tighten sanctions on Iran, the nation with the worlds third-largest oil reserves, over its lack of transparency on nuclear activities. Whether these combined factorsOPEC+s output increase, Trumps geopolitical strategies, and seasonal shiftswill stabilize energy markets remains a point of debate among experts.

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