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Commissioner of Conservation Issues Letter Addressing Emergency Measures to Help Louisiana Oil and Gas Industry

The Energy Law Blog

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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Advancement of CCS in Louisiana

The Energy Law Blog

The next step for GCS will be to obtain a Class VI Underground Injection Control (“UIC”) permit from the U.S. Once completed, the GCS facility is expected to be the largest CCS project in the United States and one of the largest in the world, according to its press release.

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Advancement of CCS in Louisiana

The Energy Law Blog

The next step for GCS will be to obtain a Class VI Underground Injection Control (“UIC”) permit from the U.S. Once completed, the GCS facility is expected to be the largest CCS project in the United States and one of the largest in the world, according to its press release.