Oil and Gas Lawyer

MARCH 10, 2025

Disposal of produced water in the Permian has become a big problem, and the Texas Railroad Commission has granted permits for disposal wells that inject produce water into depths within the Delaware Mountain Group. PPC settled with all disposal well operators except Basic. PPC Energy , No. Basic appealed.

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The Energy Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Last week, the Livingston Parish Council introduced a proposed ordinance that would place a moratorium on “the construction of disposal wells and injection wells in the Parish of Livingston.” [1]

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The Energy Law Blog

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

By Jillian Marullo Senate Bill 514, signed into law on June 14, 2013, authorizes saltwater pipeline operators in Texas “to install, maintain, and operate” saltwater pipelines “through, under, along, across, or over a public road” in order to transport the wastewater produced by hydraulic fracturing operations to disposal sites.

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Producer's Edge

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Saltwater disposal wells rarely fail, but when they do, a complex web of legal issues can arise, such as potential regulatory matters, and potential claims for surface or subsurface damages, among other related operational concerns. Operating LLC , No. Operating LLC , No. In this case, Lee v. Memorial Prod.

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The Energy Law Blog

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

By Jillian Marullo House Bill 2767, which took effect on September 1, 2013, was enacted to encourage recycling of the wastewater produced in hydraulic fracturing (or “fracking”) and other oil and gas operations. In addition, for every barrel of oil or gas produced by a well, it is estimated that 7-9 barrels of wastewater are generated.

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The Energy Law Blog

APRIL 6, 2017

Chesapeke Operating, LLC , the Sierra Club alleged that the deep injection of liquid waste from oil and gas activities has caused an increase in the number and severity of earthquakes in Oklahoma. Defendants Chesapeake Operating, LLC, Devon Energy Production Co., In Sierra Club v.

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