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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 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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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 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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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. 303 (1927). 303 (1927).

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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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Western District Rejects Disgorgement of Profits Claim for Pipeline Trespass

The Energy Law

QEP was the lessee of a mineral lease covering Plaintiffs’ property, but because it wanted to transport off-site gas across their property, QEP also obtained a pipeline servitude across Plaintiffs’ land. Plaintiffs asserted a number of claims, all of which were resolved except their claims seeking a disgorgement of profits.

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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.