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Finding the Spacing Signal in the Noise: How to Debias a Model

Novi

These trends, showing rising production with tighter spacing, stem from operator decision making to downspace and increase completion intensity in higher quality rock. Other spacing definitions, such as total wells in radius or average neighbor distance can be used, but these are the 2 interwell features we chose for this particular model.

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Who Owns the Void? Oral Arguments at SCOTX Regarding Underground Storage Rights

Producer's Edge

The Texas Supreme Court heard oral arguments last week in a case that could substantially clarify, or even fundamentally reshape, the characterization and ownership of underground storage rights in Texas. The case was Myers-Woodward v. The case remains pending before the Texas Supreme Court on petition for review.

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Five Lessons Learned from Executing Shale Drilling Transactions

The Energy Law

In these transactions, the Drilling Party pays for or “carries” all or a substantial portion of the Lease Party’s share of the costs of drilling and completing one or more wells on the leases (“Earning Wells”). Many carry provisions end when the Earning Well is completed as a well is capable of producing hydrocarbons.

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Proved Reserves Beyond Low (LKO) and High (HKO) Known Oil

CG&A

Without any other data, it would be difficult to book the volumes above the well completion as oil (Fig 1 – Updip Volume A).Of what other data might exist to build the case for up-structure oil?Consider what other data might exist to build the case for down-structure oil? Proceed at your own risk! Is it rising or falling?Similar,

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Winter Storm Uri and Force Majeure: The Legal Battles Continue

Producer's Edge

This recent case [ MIECO, L.L.C. With these common strings, this case could have implications (small or large) for other similar pending disputes across the state. In the MEICO court’s view, that case “counsels strongly” against reading the word “prevent” to mean “make impossible.”

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Texas Appeals Court Rules Assignee Retains All Acreage Covered by Assignment Under Retained-Acreage Clause

The Energy Law

The term “proration unit” as used herein, shall mean the area within the surface boundaries of the proration unit then established by field rules or special order of the appropriate regulatory authority for the reservoir in which each well is completed. In this case, Chesapeake had chosen not to designate a full proration unit (i.e.,

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Oil Spill Liability: OPA 90 v. the IMO’S CLC

The Energy Law

Fifth, the CLC as written allows claims to be brought for up to 6 years in some cases while OPA 90 has a strict three year statute of limitations and requires claims to be presented 90 days before that period ends. Fourth, as mentioned above, there are significant differences in the limitations of liability under the CLC v.

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