The Energy Law

JANUARY 31, 2020

Enterprise Products Partners, L.P., 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

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The Energy Law

JULY 1, 2021

The “ LL&E II ” decision finds that Act 312 charges the court, not the jury, to determine the funding needed to remediate property to government standards. Louisiana Land and Exploration Co., 3d — (“ LL&E II ”). [1]. Background of Legacy Litigation and LL&E I . LL&E II , at *2. 2020-00685 (La.

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The Energy Law

MARCH 28, 2022

Like traditional exploration and development, CCUS projects require the operator to secure both the necessary private property rights from landowners as well as regulatory approval from the appropriate administrative agency in order to proceed. Carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) projects involve various legal issues.

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The Energy Law

APRIL 19, 2021

In Eagle II , TRO-X alleged that Eagle failed to pay TRO-X its share of income generated from production on the equitable interests. Several years later, Eagle purchased several leases and sold them to Chesapeake Exploration, LLC (“Chesapeake”), reserving an overriding royalty interest and a back-in working interest (the “Interests”).

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The Energy Law

APRIL 12, 2022

In Litel Explorations, LLC v. and Gary Production Company were named as prior operators of the G.A. The Lyon Well was leaking in 2018, which prompted the LDNR to task the current operator (Sandhill Production, Inc.) Aegis Development Co., LLC , 21-0741 (La. 4/6/22), –So. 30:80 et seq. who last operated the property.

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The Energy Law

APRIL 19, 2021

In Eagle II , TRO-X alleged that Eagle failed to pay TRO-X its share of income generated from production on the equitable interests. Several years later, Eagle purchased several leases and sold them to Chesapeake Exploration, LLC (“Chesapeake”), reserving an overriding royalty interest and a back-in working interest (the “Interests”).

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The Energy Law

JUNE 30, 2023

As of June 7, 2023, a bill aiming to prohibit entities controlled by “foreign adversaries” from buying, leasing, or otherwise acquiring immovable property in the state has passed both the Louisiana House and Senate and is now awaiting the Governor’s approval. Sponsored by Rep. Valerie Hodges, Louisiana House Bill No.

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The Energy Law

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

natural disasters, Act of God); and (5) determining compliance with new certification standards for low methane gas, and improving production to satisfy these standards. CAE data will assist in making more informed and educated decisions regarding emissions from oil and gas production.

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The Energy Law

APRIL 2, 2019

Introducing its lawsuit with statements that “New Orleans is imperiled” and its “people are in danger,” the City contends that the defendants’ failure to maintain access canals, spoil banks, and earthen pits created in the course of exploration and production has destroyed the coastal zone.

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The Energy Law

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

As it “is impossible to transfer rights to an assignee under an expired mineral lease,” in a case where oil, gas and mineral leases had expired prior to plaintiff’s acquisition of the property, the Louisiana Third Circuit Court of Appeal in Litel Explorations, L.L.C. Aegis Development Company, L.L.C., Aegis Development Company, L.L.C.,

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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. In McDaniel v R.J.’s s Transportation, LLC , —- So.3d In McDaniel v R.J.’s s Transportation, LLC , —- So.3d

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The Energy Law

JUNE 8, 2020

BlueStone primes the Court to resolve a Texas appellate court split regarding whether a lease provision requiring royalties to be paid based on “gross” profits or value received from the sale of oil and gas production nullifies an “at the well” valuation point elsewhere in a lease. Heritage Res., NationsBank , 939 S.W.2d 2d 118, 120-21 (Tex.

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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. On May 17, 2021, the United States Supreme Court issued a decision in the climate change litigation affecting the fossil fuel industry.

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The Energy Law

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

natural disasters, Act of God); and (5) determining compliance with new certification standards for low methane gas, and improving production to satisfy these standards. CAE data will assist in making more informed and educated decisions regarding emissions from oil and gas production.

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The Energy Law

APRIL 17, 2019

In a victory for the oil and gas industry, the Third Circuit rendered a decision rejecting attempts by the Louisiana Department of Revenue to impose severance taxes on crude oil production based on index pricing. Communications include firm news, insights, and events.

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The Energy Law

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Over seven years later, New 90 and another plaintiff-landowner sued various oil and gas companies for contamination to the property based on historical exploration and production activities dating back to the 1940s. 10/4/21), 2021 WL 4548529, —So.

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The Energy Law

OCTOBER 5, 2020

2] Nigel Bankes, Jenette Poschwatta & E. 2] Nigel Bankes, Jenette Poschwatta & E. By ratifying the 2015 Paris Agreement, [1] nations across the world made a commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by at least 40% by the year 2030. The latter option is known as carbon capture and sequestration (“CCS”). 1] [link]. [2]

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The Energy Law

JANUARY 28, 2021

Iowa Production, et al. 30:2025(E). In 2003, the Louisiana Supreme Court rendered its landmark decision in Corbello, et al. Since then, Louisiana courts have seen a steady stream of “legacy litigation” claims being filed. The purpose of the Louisiana Environmental Quality Act is twofold. 30:2025. (c)

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The Energy Law

MARCH 10, 2021

TMR Exploration, Inc , 2021 WL 267916, the First Circuit affirmed a district court ruling on summary judgment applying the good faith purchaser defense provision set forth in La. A recent decision from the Louisiana First Circuit Court of Appeal may have lasting effects on good faith purchasers of oil.

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The Energy Law

OCTOBER 2, 2020

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. Today, the United States Supreme Court granted a Petition for Certiorari filed by energy companies in Baltimore’s climate change lawsuit.

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The Energy Law

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

As it “is impossible to transfer rights to an assignee under an expired mineral lease,” in a case where oil, gas and mineral leases had expired prior to plaintiff’s acquisition of the property, the Louisiana Third Circuit Court of Appeal in Litel Explorations, L.L.C. Aegis Development Company, L.L.C., Aegis Development Company, L.L.C.,

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The Energy Law

MARCH 29, 2021

QEP Energy Company , the Western District of Louisiana rejected, for the second time in this case, Plaintiffs’ claims seeking a disgorgement of QEP’s profits. Plaintiffs asserted a number of claims, all of which were resolved except their claims seeking a disgorgement of profits. The gas extracted from the wells is not a “fruit” under Louisiana law.

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The Energy Law

APRIL 4, 2019

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it had finalized a voluntary disclosure program for new owners of upstream oil and natural gas exploration and production facilities. Communications include firm news, insights, and events. On March 29, 2019, the U.S.

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The Energy Law

MAY 3, 2021

Bringing to mind the infamous Hatfield-McCoy family feud, Concho Resources, Inc. Ellison is a classic boundary dispute between a leasehold owner and neighboring lessees with allegations of fraud and more than $1 million at stake. See 2021 WL 1432222 (Tex. What ensued was a long legal battle with an ironic outcome.

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The Energy Law

JANUARY 28, 2021

Nathan Johnson, respectively, directs the state to create tougher standards for tanks in areas prone to flooding, hurricanes, and similar weather events. [2]. The Texas Legislature convened for its 2021 session earlier this month with several issues on the agenda. HB 896 and HB 897 , sponsored by state Rep. Senate Bill 119 ( S.

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The Energy Law

JULY 20, 2018

Gulf Oil Corp. , [1] for determining whether a contract to perform services related to oil & gas exploration on navigable waters is maritime, the Fifth Circuit took up In re Larry Doiron, Incorporated [2] earlier this year in an effort to streamline the test and bring clarity to an area of the law mired in uncertainty.

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The Energy Law

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Carbon capture can use a variety of techniques to remove emissions from industrial and power production operations post-combustion. This process of utilization refers to the use of CO2 directly or as a feedstock in industrial or chemical processes, to produce valuable carbon-containing products, where CO2 can generate economic value.

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The Energy Law

AUGUST 27, 2020

law “to the subsoil and seabed of the outer Continental Shelf and to all artificial islands, and all installations and other devices permanently or temporarily attached to the seabed, which may be erected thereon for the purpose of exploring for, developing, or producing resources therefrom.” (343 territorial waters (the “July 15 Ruling”).

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The Energy Law

JANUARY 2, 2020

Riverwood Production Company, et al. (“ Riverwood ”), No. According to defendants, the Report shows, for the first time, that plaintiffs allege damages based on World War II-era exploration and production activities that were controlled, directed, and regulated by the federal government. 18-5217, 2019 WL 2271118 (E.D.

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The Energy Law

OCTOBER 15, 2020

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (“BOEM”) and the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (“BSEE”) recently issued a proposed rule on Risk Management, Financial Assurance and Loss Prevention (“Proposed Rule”), which was published in the Federal Register on October 16, 2020 and is now open for public comment.

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The Energy Law

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

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. All of the provisions. construed as if a separate Lease agreement had been made and executed covering each such tract.” (emphasis added). and Section 2.”

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The Energy Law

AUGUST 29, 2014

The reorganization gave BSEE regulatory authority (PDF) over safety and environmental affairs for OCS exploration and production activities. DOI then restructured BOEMRE into three new Bureaus : BSEE, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) and the Office of Natural Resources Revenue. 3304, issued June 29, 2010.

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The Energy Law

JANUARY 20, 2021

Yesterday, the United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the climate change lawsuit filed by the City of Baltimore in 2018 against energy companies. This case is one of a number of cases brought by states, cities, and other municipalities against energy companies alleging that the companies contributed to climate change. Calhoun , 516 U.S.

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Oil & Gas 360º

MARCH 10, 2025

Paul Clarke will be promoted internally to the role of Chief Executive Officer and President from his current role of Vice President of Exploration. Cornelius commented: Founding CanCambria as an international unconventional resource E&P company has been one of the highlights of my career. TSXV: KFR), Orex Minerals Inc.

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Oil & Gas 360º

MARCH 10, 2025

” Strategic Rationale Solidified Position Within the Large-Cap Universe: The combined company will have an enterprise value of $15 billion 1 and 370,000 boe/d 2 (63% liquids) of corporate production with significant overlap across both unconventional and conventional assets. common shares of Whitecap for each Veren common share held.

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The Energy Law

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

One topic of discussion at the meeting was offshore energy production. The Governor noted that he has reached out to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (“BOEM”) to create a task force of federal, state and local officials tasked with mapping out a plan for renewable energy production in the Gulf of Mexico. wind energy.

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Aresco

DECEMBER 17, 2024

For accredited investors, direct investment in crude oil and natural gas exploration provides an opportunity to diversify their portfolios and potentially tap into lucrative returns, as well as enjoy some significant tax benefits. What Are Direct Oil and Gas Exploration Investments? Who Qualifies as an Accredited Investor?

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