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Fifth Circuit Rejects Disgorgement of Profits Claim for Pipeline Trespass

The Energy Law

Fifth Circuit held that a landowner is not entitled to a pipeline company’s profits as a consequence of a portion of a pipeline being located partially outside of a servitude. The court also rejected Plaintiffs’ breach of contract claims, finding no basis in the Civil Code articles on contracts for a disgorgement of profits.

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Fifth Circuit Rejects Disgorgement of Profits Claim for Pipeline Trespass

The Energy Law

Fifth Circuit held that a landowner is not entitled to a pipeline company’s profits as a consequence of a portion of a pipeline being located partially outside of a servitude. The court also rejected Plaintiffs’ breach of contract claims, finding no basis in the Civil Code articles on contracts for a disgorgement of profits.

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Louisiana Third Circuit Affirms Authority of Tax Commission to Correct Pipeline Property Tax Assessments

The Energy Law

In a unanimous decision, a three-judge panel of the Louisiana Third Circuit Court of Appeal affirmed the authority of the Louisiana Tax Commission to correct property tax assessments of pipelines when a local assessor uses values that are too high or do not reflect fair market value. In Enerfin Field Services v. 22-740 (La.

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Corporate Protection Pipeline: Court Denies Economic Damages Based on Robins Dry Dock

The Energy Law

Claimants sought damages for alleged pipeline damage caused by the SEACOR POWER as well as economic damages from deferred oil production. This case required a complex analysis of Robins Dry Dock due to separate entities, under claimants’ parent company, owning the pipeline, and leasing the wells and platforms.

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New pipeline will accelerate Scotland’s green hydrogen export potential

Energy Central

Scotland A Scottish entity promoting Scotland is not so surprising but Bacton in Eastern England is also well placed as we see from the below article.

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Federal Agency Recommends Updated Regulations for Pipeline Monitoring, Decommissioning, and Abandonment

The Energy Law

On April 19, the United States Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) released a report (the “Report”) in response to a request from the House of Representatives Committee on Natural Resources regarding the oversight and decommissioning of pipelines in federal waters, which are mainly located within the Gulf of Mexico.

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Russia throttles pipeline flows, US LNG supplies restricted: Can we achieve the European storage targets in 2022?

Energy Central

First, it is announced that US LNG export capacity is limited for the near future, then Russia significantly cuts supply volumes via the important Nord Stream 1 pipeline. In this article, the energy market.