The Energy Law

JUNE 22, 2023

The Jones Act requires that the transport of “merchandise” between U.S. On May 25, 2023, the Nation’s first U.S.-built built offshore wind substation departed from a Texas fabrication facility where Danish multinational energy company, Ørsted, and domestic energy provider, Eversource, partnered to build the revolutionary vessel. 1331 et seq.

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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. In a stark reminder of the sanctity of Coast Guard investigations, and the consequences of impeding such investigations, the U.S. 2114) (the “SPA”).

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The Energy Law

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Additional legal and other issues surrounding CCS include transportation, long-term storage monitoring, migration and leakage liability, monitoring and enforcement of agreements, risk management, competition, taxation, and incentives such as carbon tax credits. [5] 1] [link] [2] Nigel Bankes, Jenette Poschwatta & E.

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The Energy Law

MARCH 15, 2023

In fact, if the lessees’ gross proceeds were reduced when purchased by third-party processors at the tailgate of a processing plant to account for the cost of transportation and processing said production, the lessees would add those deducted costs to the stated sales price before computing the lessor’s royalties.

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The Energy Law

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Background The Jones Act, in general terms, prohibits non-coastwise endorsed vessels from engaging in the “transportation” of “passengers or merchandise” between “coastwise points”. The key inquiries in a Jones Act analysis, therefore, are: (i) passengers/merchandise, (ii) transportation, and (iii) coastwise points.

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The Energy Law

MARCH 29, 2021

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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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. For more information on carbon capture and section 45Q tax credits, see here , here and here.

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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 Capital Construction Fund (“CCF”) program is designed to encourage owners of U.S. flagged vessels to accumulate sufficient capital to acquire additional U.S. flagged vessels by offering tax incentives to do so.

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The Energy Law

JANUARY 3, 2024

Bernard Transportation Corridor that will connect lower St. Privacy Policy : By subscribing to Liskow & Lewis’ E-Communications, you will receive articles and blogs with insight and analysis of legal issues that may impact your industry. The Port of New Orleans has been awarded a $73.8 Bernard Parish. Bernard Parish by 2050.

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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. As background, many areas in Texas contain shale formations that are dense and have poor permeability. But more than minerals are released.

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The Energy Law

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

The issue of whether a company is an independent contractor of an E & P company is frequently litigated in oilfield injury accidents, as the injured worker searches for multiple sources of possible recovery. s Transportation, LLC , —- So.3d s Transportation, LLC , —- So.3d In McDaniel v R.J.’s In McDaniel v R.J.’s

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The Energy Law

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

The issue of whether a company is an independent contractor of an E & P company is frequently litigated in oilfield injury accidents, as the injured worker searches for multiple sources of possible recovery. s Transportation, LLC , —- So.3d s Transportation, LLC , —- So.3d In McDaniel v R.J.’s

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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 Third Circuit reaffirmed that severance taxes should be based on the “gross proceeds” obtained in an arm’s length sale at the lease.

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The Energy Law

AUGUST 3, 2021

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. In PennEast Pipeline Co. In January 2018, FERC granted PennEast’s request.

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The Energy Law

MARCH 17, 2020

The SEC explained the rationale for the relief, The disease has led to disruptions to transportation, including buses, subways, trains and airplanes, and the imposition of quarantines around the world, which may limit investment advisers’ access to facilities, personnel, and third party service providers.

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The Energy Law

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Additional legal and other issues surrounding CCS include transportation, long-term storage monitoring, migration and leakage liability, monitoring and enforcement of agreements, risk management, competition, taxation, and incentives such as carbon tax credits. [5]. 2] Nigel Bankes, Jenette Poschwatta & E. 1] [link]. [2]

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The Energy Law

JANUARY 31, 2020

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 Enterprise Products Partners, L.P.,

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The Energy Law

MARCH 29, 2021

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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The Energy Law

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Common examples of post-production costs include gathering, transportation, processing, and compression. When Hilcorp produced gas on the Leased Premises, it transported the gas off the Leased Premises, where it used some of the gas produced from the Leased Premises to make the remaining gas marketable. Hilcorp Energy Company , —F.4th—,

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The Energy Law

JUNE 8, 2020

Ordinarily, royalties are free of production expenses for bringing the minerals to the surface but “usually subject to post-production costs, including taxes, treatment costs to render it marketable, and transportation costs.” Heritage Res., NationsBank , 939 S.W.2d 2d 118, 120-21 (Tex. Chesapeake Expl., Hyder , 483 S.W.3d 3d 870, 876 (Tex.

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The Energy Law

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Earlier this month, Gulf Coast Sequestration (“GCS”), a limited liability company based in Lake Charles, announced its plans to build and operate a carbon capture and sequestration (“CCS”) project that will create a repository 10,000 feet underground for the permanent storage of more than 80 million tons of carbon. On the state level, Act No.

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The Energy Law

AUGUST 27, 2020

As such, CBP determined that the Installation Vessel served no transportation function. On July 15, 2020, the Unites States Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) issued a ruling (HQ H309672) in connection with the installation of an offshore wind farm located off the coast of Rhode Island and Massachusetts in U.S. 1333(a)(1). 1333(a)(1).

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The Energy Law

MARCH 25, 2019

Due to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (“TCJA”) passed by Congress in December 2017, starting in 2018 many 501(c)(3) Exempt Organizations (“EOs”) are required to treat the cost of employer-paid qualified transportation and parking benefits as unrelated business taxable income (“UBTI”) to the EO.

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The Energy Law

MAY 26, 2023

7] The Fifth Circuit noted that even though the SRA-L was made part of the umbrella of the executive branch via its placement in the Department of Transportation and Development after its creation, it maintained substantial control over its operations. Tarrant County , 798 F.2d 2d 736, 744-45 (5 th Cir.

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The Energy Law

JULY 1, 2021

Devon Energy Production Company, L.P. Sheppard is a royalty dispute between several lessees, Devon Energy Production Co., and several lessors, Michael A. Sheppard, et. concerning a novel royalty term that may have a huge impact on the way oil and gas royalties are paid in the future. See 13-19-00036-CV, 2020 WL 6164467, at *12 (Tex.

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The Energy Law

JULY 20, 2018

Substantial, according to the court, must mean more than just transporting men and equipment from shore to the wellsite; the vessel must play a significant and intended role in the performance of the work, even if it is as a work platform. Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc. [3]

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The Energy Law

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

This action proposes the state continue to work with federal and state partners and industry to determine potential sites for storage, to identify a regulatory and legal framework that supports CCUS, and to determine impacts of capture and transport infrastructure buildout. The period for public comment ends on October 8 th.

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The Energy Law

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Earlier this month, Gulf Coast Sequestration (“GCS”), a limited liability company based in Lake Charles, announced its plans to build and operate a carbon capture and sequestration (“CCS”) project that will create a repository 10,000 feet underground for the permanent storage of more than 80 million tons of carbon. tons of CO?

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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. If not superseded, BlueStone would be permitted to deduct post-production costs. 3d 198, 211 (Tex.

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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. If not superseded, BlueStone would be permitted to deduct post-production costs. 3d 198, 211 (Tex.

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The Energy Law

JANUARY 17, 2019

Commercial and employment agreements often include provisions requiring arbitration of disputes between the parties. Some of these agreements contain “delegation clauses” requiring the arbitrator (as opposed to a court) to decide whether the dispute is subject to arbitration. Henry Schein, Inc. Archer & White Sales, Inc. ,

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The Energy Law

MARCH 31, 2021

Factual and Procedural Background. 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. Burlington Resources Oil & Gas Co., 3d 198, 211 (Tex.

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The Energy Law

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Finally, the regulations will likely address other key issues including transportation pipelines, spacing between lease areas, environmental monitoring requirements, and use of legacy OCS infrastructure for CCS purposes. However, the DOI’s proposed implementing regulations authorized by the IIJA have yet to be issued for public comment.

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The Energy Law

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Mining, Oil, and Gas Committee: Examine opportunities to reduce greenhouse gas emissions throughout the mining, extraction, production, and transportation of oil and gas. In February 2020, Governor Edwards committed to forming a Climate Initiatives Task Force for the purpose of developing recommendations to address greenhouse gas emissions.

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The Energy Law

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Mining, Oil, and Gas Committee: Examine opportunities to reduce greenhouse gas emissions throughout the mining, extraction, production, and transportation of oil and gas. In February 2020, Governor Edwards committed to forming a Climate Initiatives Task Force for the purpose of developing recommendations to address greenhouse gas emissions.

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The Energy Law

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

The MBTA makes it illegal to take, kill, possess, transport, or import migratory birds, or their eggs, parts, or nests without a permit. On January 7, 2021, the Trump administration published a final rule interpreting the MBTA as not prohibiting incidental takes, and this rule was set to take effect on February 8, 2021. 16 U.S.C. §

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The Energy Law

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

The MBTA makes it illegal to take, kill, possess, transport, or import migratory birds, or their eggs, parts, or nests without a permit. On January 7, 2021, the Trump administration published a final rule interpreting the MBTA as not prohibiting incidental takes, and this rule was set to take effect on February 8, 2021. 16 U.S.C. §

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