The Energy Law

JANUARY 31, 2020

a case previously featured on the Blog. This case began in 2011 when ETP and Enterprise explored the possibility of partnering to modify and extend, or construct anew, a pipeline to transport oil southbound from Cushing, Oklahoma. The Texas Supreme Court issued an opinion today in Energy Transfer Partners, L.P

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IBM: Oil & Gas

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Additionally, we’ve used AWS to build a Transportation Management platform that manages trucking logistics for tracking and moving bulk liquids, driving efficiencies across pickups and deliveries — whether it’s to residential consumers, small businesses, agricultural concerns or other industrial users.

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The Energy Law

APRIL 17, 2019

The contracts provided that the sales price of the crude oil was based on index pricing, less an amount sometimes designated as a “transportation differential” or simply as a deduction. The Louisiana Board of Tax Appeals, faced with numerous cases raising this same issue, heard a “test case” involving Avanti Exploration, LLC.

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The Energy Law

MARCH 15, 2023

Anything to the contrary herein notwithstanding, it is expressly provided that the terms of this paragraph shall be controlling over the provisions of Paragraph 3 of this lease to the contrary and this paragraph shall not be treated as surplusage despite the holding in the cases styled “Heritage Resources, Inc. NationsBank”, 939 S.W.2d

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The Energy Law

AUGUST 3, 2021

In this case, PennEast sought to exercise the federal eminent domain power bestowed upon it by the Natural Gas Act (NGA). Under the NGA, FERC confers eminent domain authority to private entities through issuing a certificate of public convenience and necessity to certain authorized entities, including interstate natural gas transporters.

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The Energy Law

JANUARY 10, 2020

On October 20, 2017, Bouchard Transportation’s ATB BUSTER BOUCHARD/B. 255 suffered an explosion and fire while transporting roughly 2,000 barrels of oil off Port Aransas, Texas. The Blog/Web Site should not be used as a substitute for legal advice from a licensed professional attorney in your state regarding a particular matter.

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The Energy Law

AUGUST 4, 2023

COG also entered into surface use compensation agreements and right-of-way agreements to facilitate its use of the surface when it transported products and waste from the property. That being the case, Justice Palafox did not believe the regulations had any role in determining the ownership of produced water.

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The Energy Law

MARCH 29, 2021

QEP Energy Company , the Western District of Louisiana rejected, for the second time in this case, Plaintiffs’ claims seeking a disgorgement of QEP’s profits. This case was handled by Paul Adkins of Liskow’s Baton Rouge office. Accordingly, the district court granted summary judgment in favor of QEP as to all of Plaintiffs’ claims.

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The Energy Law

AUGUST 3, 2021

In 2021, an investor installed new carbon capture equipment at the plant to create a single process train for capturing, processing, and preparing to transport the carbon dioxide previously released into the atmosphere. Communications include firm news, insights, and events.

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The Energy Law

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Several years ago, the definition of Qualified Agreement Vessels was expanded to include the short sea transportation trade. The Blog/Web Site should not be used as a substitute for legal advice from a licensed professional attorney in your state regarding a particular matter. Communications include firm news, insights, and events.

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The Energy Law

OCTOBER 5, 2020

In Texas, for example, case law has not yet settled critical questions regarding real property rights for capture, injection, and storage such as the issue of who owns the rights to lease subsurface pore space for carbon storage when the mineral and surface estates have been severed. 1] [link] [2] Nigel Bankes, Jenette Poschwatta & E.

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DIC Oil Tools

JULY 13, 2024

Oilfield tubular joints face various challenges during transport, storage, and handling before well installation. Thread protectors shield the threads at the end of pipes during both transportation and storage, keeping them free from dust, dirt, and pests that may arise.

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The Energy Law

JUNE 8, 2020

With the prevalence of cases involving royalty disputes in Texas, the state’s Supreme Court has never hesitated to address these issues. Heritage Resources is the underlying case that must be understood to decipher the Supreme Court’s logic as it continues to rectify the numerous creative royalty provisions across Texas today.

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The Energy Law

MAY 26, 2023

The Fifth Circuit agreed with the lower court that state statutes and case law characterize SRA-L as an arm of the state; but caveated that the factor was restricted and “given the inconsistent descriptions in the same statutes and the lack of a more-definite characterization in either statute or case law.” [7]

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The Energy Law

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

s Transportation, LLC , —- So.3d This case was handled by Paul Adkins in Liskow’s Baton Rouge office. The Blog/Web Site should not be used as a substitute for legal advice from a licensed professional attorney in your state regarding a particular matter. In McDaniel v R.J.’s A copy of the Court’s opinion can be found here.

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The Energy Law

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

s Transportation, LLC , —- So.3d This case was handled by Paul Adkins in Liskow’s Baton Rouge office. The Blog/Web Site should not be used as a substitute for legal advice from a licensed professional attorney in your state regarding a particular matter. In McDaniel v R.J.’s

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The Energy Law

OCTOBER 5, 2020

In Texas, for example, case law has not yet settled critical questions regarding real property rights for capture, injection, and storage such as the issue of who owns the rights to lease subsurface pore space for carbon storage when the mineral and surface estates have been severed. 1] [link]. [2] 2] Nigel Bankes, Jenette Poschwatta & E.

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The Energy Law

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

When royalties are valued “at the well,” royalties must be calculated based on either comparable sales or, when comparable sales are not readily available (which is often the case), by subtracting the post-production costs incurred to prepare production for sale from the proceeds received by the lessee from the sale of that production.

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The Energy Law

MARCH 31, 2021

While the Court is no stranger to interpreting (and often muddling) the familiar royalty clause interpretation questions surrounding the first issue, in a case of first impression, the Court also analyzed the breadth of a lease’s free-use clause. 3d 198, 211 (Tex. Communications include firm news, insights, and events.

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The Energy Law

MARCH 31, 2021

While the Court is no stranger to interpreting (and often muddling) the familiar royalty clause interpretation questions surrounding the first issue, in a case of first impression, the Court also analyzed the breadth of a lease’s free-use clause. 3d 198, 211 (Tex. Communications include firm news, insights, and events.

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The Energy Law

JUNE 13, 2017

Marquette Transportation Company, L.L.C. , These types of damages, however, have long been prohibited under the general maritime law (the default body of federal common law governing maritime cases) under the familiar Robins Dry Dock rule. In Settoon Towing, L.L.C. 16-30459 (5th Cir.

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True Energy

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

In many cases, there sems to be little no choice but to pass some of the growing costs on to consumers. The result is higher operational costs for utilities and, in many cases, a need to pass some of those costs on to consumers. Energy flexibility can happen across all stages of energy production, transportation, and use.

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The Energy Law

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Case: United States v. The clear takeaway from this case is that Congress (and the courts) have gone to great lengths to impose liability on the “responsible party” under OPA ’90. [1] American Commercial Lines, L.L.C. , 16-31150, F.3d 3d (5th Cir. American Commercial Lines, L.L.C. , 16-31150, p. 3d (5th Cir. 11/7/17). [3]

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The Energy Law

MARCH 31, 2021

While the Court is no stranger to interpreting (and often muddling) the familiar royalty clause interpretation questions surrounding the first issue, in a case of first impression, the Court also analyzed the breadth of a lease’s free-use clause. Factual and Procedural Background. 3d 198, 211 (Tex.

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The Energy Law

MARCH 28, 2017

After all, “post-production costs” is a term of art in the oil and gas industry, and it generally refers to “costs associated with making natural gas marketable after gas is severed or removed from the ground” such as costs for transportation, gathering, and treating, etc. [12] of natural gas in future cases. See Brittan J.

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The Energy Law

AUGUST 20, 2012

For purposes of the rule, the point of custody transfer is defined as the point where hydrocarbon liquids or natural gas enter a pipeline or any other form of transportation, or the point where hydrocarbon liquids or natural gas enter a natural gas processing plant. . § 7412 (n)(4)(A).Section 7412(n)(4) (emphasis added); see also 40 C.F.R.

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The Energy Law

JUNE 18, 2015

The 5-4 decision, authored by Justice Hecht, is the latest in a series of cases from high courts across the country addressing the sharing of “post-production costs” between royalty owners and oil and gas lessees. Like the final season of ABC’s hit series Lost , the Texas Supreme Court’s opinion in Chesapeake Exploration, L.L.C.

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The Energy Law

MAY 5, 2016

In a recent case, the Louisiana Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal held that processors must also account for gas volume diverted to gas lift operations. Generally, oil and gas production facilities have accounted for volume losses under the concept of “Fuel, Flare & Losses.” In Red Willow Offshore, LLC v.

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The Energy Law

JUNE 30, 2015

Kachina utilized its pipeline to transport gas it purchased to Davis Gas Processing’s Plant (“Davis Plant”) where it was re-sold. Under the Agreement, Lillis would transfer his gas into Kachina’s gathering system to be transported through the pipeline to the Davis Plant. Factual Background Kachina Pipeline Company, Inc.

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The Energy Law

SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

The case involved a Great Lakes vessel that anchored using both a cutter head (a dredging tool) and traditional anchors to stabilize the vessel. The panel also addressed a subsidiary issue: whether Phillips’ costs it incurred in transporting its oil by alternative means following the allision were precluded by Robins Dry Dock.

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The Energy Law

OCTOBER 16, 2014

As if crude producers and midstream transportation companies don’t already have enough problems trying to get crude oil from production fields to refineries thanks to inadequate pipeline infrastructure, tank car supply, rail safety concerns, and new regulations, they now also have to address a new, potentially market-busting lawsuit.

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The Energy Law

JANUARY 31, 2017

10] Next, Judge Aiken turned to the motions to dismiss for failure to state a claim, issuing her most noteworthy finding in the environmental law case. Unsurprisingly, the case has generated significant media interest. United States challenges the constitutionality of the United States’ decades-long policy on climate change. [2]

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The Energy Law

MARCH 31, 2021

Background The Keystone Pipeline is a system of petroleum pipelines designed to transport crude oil from fields in Alberta, Canada and ultimately terminating at refineries on the U.S The outcome of this case could have a significant impact on his strategy going forward. [1] Constitution. Gulf Coast. 2] Texas, et al. 2] Texas, et al.

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The Energy Law

MARCH 31, 2021

The Keystone Pipeline is a system of petroleum pipelines designed to transport crude oil from fields in Alberta, Canada and ultimately terminating at refineries on the U.S The outcome of this case could have a significant impact on his strategy going forward. [1] Constitution. Background. Gulf Coast. 2] Texas, et al. 2] Texas, et al.

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