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Force Majeure Clause Fails to Protect Oil and Gas Lessee From Mistakenly-Scheduled Deadline

The Energy Law

On June 13, 2017, MRC sent force majeure letters to the lessors claiming that it experienced a delay in the well’s drilling around April 21, 2017. The lessee is also engaged in operations on an old well that will not be completed until Day 50, and it cannot begin operations on the new well until operations on the old well are complete.

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Subsea Plugging & Abandonment: Light Well Intervention Vessel Overview

Drillers

The Challenge I have recently been writing some articles about a keen interest of mine, Subsea Well Intervention. Category C: Drilling rigs capable of performing all well operations through marine riser and BOP. Category D: Production Drilling, with focus on completion and intervention needs. MODUs or cat.

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Louisiana Second Circuit Addresses: (1) Creation of Mineral Servitudes Via Notarial Acts of Correction; (2) Obstacles Suspending the Prescription of Nonuse from Running Against Mineral Servitudes; and (3) Payment of Court Costs in Concursus Actions

The Energy Law

25] In addition, the operator was unable to move a drilling rig onto the wellsite due to weather in February 2004, and as a result, the operator had to pay standby time for the rig. [26] Here, it is clear from the language of the statute that a notarial affidavit of correction may correct only a “clerical error.”

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Possible Change to Jones Act Interpretations Regarding Coastwise Activities

The Energy Law

One factor the CBP proposes to use in evaluating whether an item constitutes vessel equipment is whether the item “is returned to and departs with the vessel after an operation is completed, and is not left behind on the seabed”. Communications include firm news, insights, and events.