Drillers

AUGUST 19, 2020

After being constructed, regular maintenance, repairs, and eventual decommissioning prevent catastrophic economic loss and environmental damage. Once we go back to the new normal we expect that each E&P company will decide which is the most suitable for their needs, in-person or virtual? was adapting to the market conditions.

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The Energy Law

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Lessors and lessees are free to allocate between themselves responsibility for repairs and maintenance of the leased premises. More commonly, though, in prevailing market triple net (NNN) commercial leases, lessees will be responsible for all repair and maintenance obligations, except for those expressly made the responsibility of the lessor.

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The Energy Law

JUNE 24, 2019

Townsend case, in which a 5-4 majority opinion (written by Justice Thomas) ruled that punitive damages were available to a Jones Act seaman whose employer arbitrarily and capriciously fails to pay the injured or ill seaman maintenance and cure. Justice Ginsburg dissented, joined by Justices Breyer and Sotomayor.

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The Energy Law

JANUARY 28, 2021

1] This pair of bills seeks the development of stricter state standards (HB 896) and an analysis of inspection and maintenance requirements for air quality permits for certain oil and gas facilities including regulatory and/or incentive-based approaches to reduce emissions (HB 897). HB 896 and HB 897 , sponsored by state Rep.

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The Energy Law

MARCH 20, 2019

How Plaintiffs Were Exposed When the defendants’ equipment was used on the ships as expected and intended (including during maintenance and repair), the equipment released asbestos fibers into the air. March 19, 2019), the U.S. Justice Kavanaugh wrote the opinion for a 6-3 court, with Justices Gorsuch, Thomas, and Alito dissenting.

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The Energy Law

JANUARY 28, 2021

1] This pair of bills seeks the development of stricter state standards (HB 896) and an analysis of inspection and maintenance requirements for air quality permits for certain oil and gas facilities including regulatory and/or incentive-based approaches to reduce emissions (HB 897). HB 896 and HB 897 , sponsored by state Rep.

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The Energy Law

APRIL 14, 2021

FinCEN has until January 1, 2022, to implement the regulations regarding reporting requirements, although FinCEN is also using this ANPRM to solicit comments on the implementation of the related database maintenance use and disclosure provisions. The ANPRM seeks to better develop these definitions for the final regulations.

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The Energy Law

MARCH 25, 2019

Though EOs have until May 15, 2019 to file their 2018 returns and remit any taxes owed to the federal government, there is a time-limited opportunity for some EOs to change their parking policy prior to March 31, 2019 and minimize the amount of parking tax owed. New Tax on Employee Parking EOs pay federal income taxes on their UBTI at a 21% rate.

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The Energy Law

MAY 26, 2023

In a recent opinion, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the “Sabine River Authority, State of Louisiana” (“SRA-L”) is not entitled to Eleventh Amendment sovereign immunity. [1] 1] SRA-L was a named defendant in a suit by plaintiffs who own land in Louisiana and Texas. Tarrant County , 798 F.2d 2d 736, 744-45 (5 th Cir.

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The Energy Law

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Now, however, the CBP seeks to narrow its interpretation of vessel equipment to include only items which are “necessary and appropriate for the navigation, operation or maintenance of a vessel and for the comfort and safety of the persons on board.” Merchandise/Vessel Equipment Vessel equipment is not merchandise.

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The Energy Law

APRIL 30, 2020

During this downturn in activity, mineral rights owners must remain cognizant of the maintenance activities necessary to preserve their mineral rights. Cannisnia Plantation, LLC v. The mineral servitude was created on June 28, 1996, and the mineral servitude owner made no effort to exercise the mineral rights for more than nine years.

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The Energy Law

APRIL 14, 2021

FinCEN has until January 1, 2022, to implement the regulations regarding reporting requirements, although FinCEN is also using this ANPRM to solicit comments on the implementation of the related database maintenance use and disclosure provisions. The ANPRM seeks to better develop these definitions for the final regulations.

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E&A IT Maintenance Finance 40

The Energy Law

JANUARY 5, 2024

On December 29, 2023, the USCG issued Maritime Safety Information Bulletin (MSIB) 13-2023, Change 1 , an updated version of MSIB 13-23, that now includes a Frequently Asked Questions section addressing compliance with the Safer Seas Act that was passed in December of 2022. Vessels should be sure to post information in every space required by law.

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The Energy Law

OCTOBER 14, 2021

The policy further explained that SIPs could include criteria and procedures for how an agency may use enforcement discretion for SSM events. This most recent action revokes the EPA guidance issued nearly a year earlier in October 2020, and it readopts the agency’s prior SSM policy for SIPs which was published on June 12, 2015. LAC 33:III.507.J.1.

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