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Overturning 8 Years of “Palpable Error,” The Louisiana Supreme Court Limits Damages Available to Landowners in Oilfield Legacy Litigation

The Energy Law

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. If (and only if) an express contractual provision allows greater remediation than government standards, a jury may consider and award such “excess remediation” damages.

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Overturning 8 Years of “Palpable Error,” The Louisiana Supreme Court Limits Damages Available to Landowners in Oilfield Legacy Litigation

The Energy Law

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. If (and only if) an express contractual provision requires greater remediation than government standards, a jury may consider and award such “excess remediation” damages.

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Maritime Law: Key Legal Issues in Fires at Sea, Cargo Damage, Salvage, and More

The Energy Law

Contract salvage is when the shipowner and the salvor agree in advance to the terms governing the salvage operation, including the compensation that will be paid to the salvor. Today, the International Convention on Salvage also governs salvage. These issues are briefly addressed below.

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Operators May Earn and Sell Carbon Credits for the P&A of Inactive, Shut-in, or Temporarily Abandoned Wells

The Energy Law

All carbon crediting mechanisms require additionality­—methane reductions are additional if the mitigating project would not have happened without the incentive of the carbon credits. Additionality is typically not met if the project is mandated by the government because it hinges on the creation of new methane reductions.

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Department of Interior Takes Steps to Update Offshore Wind Regulatory Scheme

The Energy Law

First, Interior issued a Final Rule, which reassigns the responsibilities for certain regulations governing offshore wind from BOEM to BSEE. The regulations transferred to BSEE include those governing the oversight of facility design, fabrication, and installation.

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Fifth Circuit to Hold Oral Argument in Sojitz v. UNOCAL in April 2020

The Energy Law

250, Subpart N, as support for the notion that “BSEE’s primary enforcement mechanisms for violations of the decommissioning regulations are civil fines and criminal penalties,” police powers to which Sojitz cannot subrogate. Sojitz Energy Venture, Inc. Union Oil Co. of California , 394 F. 3d 687 (S.D. Parker Drilling Co. , 611 (Bankr.

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How AMPECO is using AWS Globally to provide a reliable EV charging experience at scale

AWS: Energy (Oil & Gas)

Governments are strengthening their support for charging infrastructure, and a healthy mix of private and public chargers is emerging. The platform covers all business cases for CPOs and EMSPs (E-Mobility Service Providers), public, private, and home charging. What are the main challenges for EV charging network operators?