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Office of Conservation Publishes Proposed Amendments to Statewide Order 29-B

The Energy Law

MARCH 30, 2010

In early 2010, the Louisiana Office of Conservation published in the Louisiana Register a Notice of Intent to amend Statewide Order 29-B, the regulation governing the storage, treatment, and disposal of exploration and production waste at oilfield sites. in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Written comments will be accepted until 4:30 p.m.

Exploration and Production

Exploration and Production Government Oil Gas

Reimagine your geospatial analytics workflows for subsurface data in the era of generative AI

AWS: Energy (Oil & Gas)

JANUARY 6, 2025

Overview The combination of AWS generative AI, S&P Global Enterprise Data Management (EDM) for Energy, and Esri ArcGIS tools orchestrates a harmonious symphony in subsurface exploration workflows within the energy sector. The EDM for Energy workflow also supports data exploration and analysis capabilities.

Exploration and Production

Exploration and Production Management Energy Energy

Weather-based photovoltaic monitoring: how BDPV scales on AWS

AWS: Energy (Oil & Gas)

JANUARY 15, 2025

Their solution combines advanced weather data and sophisticated algorithms to monitor and optimize solar energy production for small-scale producers. In this post, we explore how BDPV used AWS services to build a scalable, reliable, and cost-effective monitoring architecture. Production performance tracking Figure 3.

Exploration and Production

Exploration and Production Management Operator IT

Five Lessons Learned from Executing Shale Drilling Transactions

The Energy Law

AUGUST 10, 2017

Many oil and gas properties have (a) unconventional shale formations that may be exploited with horizontal wells and hydraulic fracturing and (b) conventional formations that may be exploited with traditional vertical wells. Lease Parties generally are interested in maximizing the number of wells drilled on their oil and gas properties.

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Hydraulic Fracturing Completion Exploration and Production Spud-in

EPA and BSEE Team Up to Resolve Offshore Environmental Violations

The Energy Law

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

Recently, when there was talk about Houston-based ATP Oil and Gas’ (ATP) legal problems, it was inevitably about its bankruptcy and its effort to bring the overriding royalty interests it had conveyed back into the bankrupt estate as debt instruments.

Offshore

Offshore Exploration and Production Oil Government

United States Supreme Court Issues First Decision in Climate Litigation

The Energy Law

MAY 18, 2021

In the City of Baltimore’s case, the City asserted several state-law causes of action centered on the alleged misleading promotion, and failure to warn about the dangers of, fossil-fuel products. 1447(d) grants the courts of appeals jurisdiction over the entire order remanding a case back to state court.

Casing

Casing Exploration and Production Energy Energy

Second Remand Order in Coastal Zone Management Cases Pending Before Fifth Circuit

The Energy Law

JANUARY 2, 2020

In May 2018, oil and gas industry defendants removed a docket of 42 cases alleging violations of Louisiana’s coastal zone management laws to federal court in the Eastern and Western Districts of Louisiana (“CZM cases”). Riverwood Production Company, et al. (“ Riverwood ”), No. Auster Oil & Gas Incorporated, et al. (“ Auster ”), No.

Casing

Casing Management Exploration and Production Oil

Using ArcGIS REST Services as Power BI Data Sources (Part 2)

Exprodat

OCTOBER 28, 2024

For example, if the service is in European Datum 1950, there is a long list of transformations for retrieving WGS84 coordinates, but ED50 to WGS 84 (18) is most commonly used for UK offshore oil and gas exploration and production, so we could use the code 1311 as the datum transformation.

Field

Field Exploration and Production API IT

Sea Change: New BOEM Proposed Rule Signals Major Shift in How Air Emissions Would Be Regulated in the OCS

The Energy Law

MARCH 23, 2016

In the next few days, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will publish in the Federal Register a Proposed Rule that would result in a significant change on how the agency regulates air emissions from oil and gas operations on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), in the Central and Western Gulf of Mexico (GOM).

E&P

E&P Operator Mechanic Exploration and Production

Department of Interior Proposes New Financial Assurance and Decommissioning Regulations

The Energy Law

OCTOBER 15, 2020

The path to this Proposed Rule has been long and winding, beginning in 2014 with BOEM resisting making changes through formal notice and comment rulemaking pursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act, and instead continuing to regulate this issue through Notice to Lessee (“NTL”) guidance documents.

Pipeline

Pipeline Exploration and Production Operator E&A

Renewable Energy Efforts Highlighted in Draft Plan to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Louisiana

The Energy Law

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

This document contains proposed strategies and specific actions across several priority areas to be considered in reducing greenhouse gas emissions. For example, strategy 9 is to “increase resources for decommissioning legacy oil and gas infrastructure.” The period for public comment ends on October 8 th.

Energy

Energy Energy Gas Offshore

BSEE’s Investigations and Review Unit Changes the Playing Field on the OCS

The Energy Law

AUGUST 29, 2014

Background In 2010, in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the Department of Interior renamed the Minerals Management Service (MMS) the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation, and Enforcement (BOEMRE). As part of the restructuring of the MMS, DOI Secretary Salazar established the IRU within BOEMRE via Secretarial Order No.

Field

Field Operator Exploration and Production E&A

The Challenges of DDR Data Entry and Cost Tracking in Oil & Gas Drilling

Oil Gas Leads

MARCH 11, 2025

In this blog, well explore the most common pitfalls in DDR reporting and how companies can improve their data collection and cost tracking. Non-Productive Time (NPT) Billing Discrepancies Many operators fail to capture and bill back Non-Productive Time (NPT) costs to contractors. Share your thoughts in the comments below!

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Oil Gas Basin Operator

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Office of Conservation Publishes Proposed Amendments to Statewide Order 29-B

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Weather-based photovoltaic monitoring: how BDPV scales on AWS

Five Lessons Learned from Executing Shale Drilling Transactions

EPA and BSEE Team Up to Resolve Offshore Environmental Violations

United States Supreme Court Issues First Decision in Climate Litigation

Second Remand Order in Coastal Zone Management Cases Pending Before Fifth Circuit

Using ArcGIS REST Services as Power BI Data Sources (Part 2)

Sea Change: New BOEM Proposed Rule Signals Major Shift in How Air Emissions Would Be Regulated in the OCS

Department of Interior Proposes New Financial Assurance and Decommissioning Regulations

Renewable Energy Efforts Highlighted in Draft Plan to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Louisiana

BSEE’s Investigations and Review Unit Changes the Playing Field on the OCS

The Challenges of DDR Data Entry and Cost Tracking in Oil & Gas Drilling

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