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Public Comment Period Extended for GOM Wind Energy Areas and Draft Environmental Assessment

The Energy Law

In response to multiple requests from stakeholders and interested parties during the third Gulf of Mexico (GOM) Intergovernmental Renewable Energy Task Force meeting , the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management agreed to extend the public comment periods for the two potential wind energy areas (WEAs) and the draft Environmental Assessment (EA).

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Update: 2023 CCUS Legislation

The Energy Law

3] HB 267, which would place a ten-year moratorium on CCS activity involving Lake Maurepas and the Maurepas Swamp Wildlife Management Area. [4] 4] HB 308, which would require Environmental Impact Statements for CCS activity involving Lake Maurepas and the Maurepas Swamp Wildlife Management Area. [5] Helena Parish. [2] Helena Parish. [2]

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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR ISSUES 60-DAY MORATORIUM ON FEDERAL LEASING AND DRILLING PERMITS

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BSEE’s Updated Decommissioning Rules Address RUEs and Formalize Predecessor Enforcement Practices

The Energy Law

What started in 2020 as a proposed joint rulemaking between the DOI’s Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (“BSEE”) and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (“BOEM”) was recently finalized as a stand-alone BSEE rule addressing decommissioning. 250.1700, et seq. BSEE added a new paragraph (c) to 30 C.F.R.

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Mitigating Impacts of Offshore Wind: BOEM Draft Guidance Suggests Compensation for Lost Income to Fishermen

The Energy Law

On June 23, 2022, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) published a draft guidance on mitigating potential impacts of offshore wind development on commercial and recreational fishing. BOEM also recommends gear loss and damage payments. citing the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) Sustainable Fisheries Glossary).

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Louisiana Legislature to Consider Amendments to Forced Pooling Regime Requiring Operators to Pay Lessors of Nonparticipating Working Interest Owners Directly

The Energy Law

The proposed change could create additional administrative hurdles and litigation risks to the operator, who would in effect assume the role of the lessee on behalf of the nonparticipating owners and potentially become directly answerable to lessors in the unit in the event of a royalty dispute. Perhaps time will tell.

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Long-Awaited Victory on the Proper Deductibility of Post-Production Costs from Unleased Mineral Owners – The Western District of Louisiana Reverses Course in Johnson v. Chesapeake and Self v. BPX

The Energy Law

management of the affairs of another) which provides managers with reimbursement rights for all necessary and useful expenses. Because post-production costs are expended to make that production marketable, the managing operator is entitled to be reimbursed for the unleased mineral owner’s share of post-production costs.