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Latest Version of Louisiana Property Protection Bill Grants an Exception to Oil and Gas Investment By Companies Controlled By Countries Deemed a “Foreign Adversary”

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According to the American Petroleum Corporation, Louisiana’s oil and gas resources provide over 54 billion dollars in economic, trade, and job benefits. Sponsored by Rep. Valerie Hodges, Louisiana House Bill No. The bill ties the definition of “foreign adversaries” to 15 CFR 7.4(a),

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Texas Supreme Court Holds that References to “One-Eighth” in Old Oil and Gas Conveyances Presumptively Refer to the Entire Mineral Estate

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17, 2023), in which it re-affirmed the axiomatic principle that a text retains the same meaning in the present day as when it was drafted. As the Court stated in its introductory sentence, “Only in a legal text could the formula ‘one-half of one-eighth’ mean anything other than one-sixteenth.” Dils Co. , 2d 904 (Tex. Dawkins , 483 S.W.3d

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Louisiana’s Third Circuit (Again) Affirms the Applicability of the Subsequent Purchaser Doctrine to Mineral Leases

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Goodrich Petroleum Co. Liskow lawyers Keith Jarrett and Kelly Scalise served as trial and appellate counsel for defendant BHP Billiton Petroleum (Americas) Inc., In a unanimous opinion issued July 18, 2018 in Grace Ranch, LLC v. BP America Production Company, et al. , In Eagle Pipe and Supply, Inc. Amerada Hess Corp. , 10-2267 (La.

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Louisiana First Circuit Reaffirms Prescription and Subsequent Purchaser Principles

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One of the assessments further included two 1991 LDNR compliance orders to Stone Petroleum, requiring the closure of two pits and finding that the pits were not in compliance with Statewide Order 29-B because they were full and had overflowed in the past. Exxon Mobil Corporation , 2009-2368 (La. 10/19/10), 48 So.

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Louisiana Appellate Court Affirms Summary Judgment in Asbestos Case

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Particularly, Mr. Steib alleged he was exposed to asbestos while employed by Parsons Government Services, Inc. (“Parsons”) from 1975 through 1977 when he worked on the initial construction of Marathon Petroleum Company LP’s (“Marathon”) oil refinery in Garyville, Louisiana. This article addresses Plaintiffs’ substantive arguments.

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U.S. Department of Interior Announces Formal Partnership with Norway to Promote and Share Offshore Energy Knowledge and Experience

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United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Finds That Louisiana Citizen Suit Legacy Claims Can be Heard in Federal Court

The Energy Law

In a prior suit, Grace Ranch sued BP America Production Company (BP) and BHP Petroleum Americas (BHP) in contract and tort for alleged contamination of Grace Ranch’s land. BP America Production Company, et al. , 20-30224 (5th Cir. The Grace Ranch opinion arose out of the second lawsuit by Grace Ranch L.L.C.

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