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The Energy Law
JUNE 21, 2022
Operators may now have the potential to sell carbon credits in exchange for the P&A of inactive, shut-in, or temporarily abandoned wells. Although Louisiana is allocating significant funds to P&A orphan wells, there is a lack of financial incentive for operators to address AOOG wells.
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. Plaintiff was injured when he was exposed to a hydrochloric acid spill at a Comstock well site during fracking operations.
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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. Plaintiff was injured when he was exposed to a hydrochloric acid spill at a Comstock well site during fracking operations.
The Energy Law
DECEMBER 20, 2023
Exxon ”), at p. Much of the oil production allegedly associated with climate change occurred at the direction of the federal government during wartime or other geopolitical events. OCSLA provides federal jurisdiction for claims arising out of or in connection with operations conducted on the Outer Continental Shelf. Since D.C.
The Energy Law
NOVEMBER 17, 2023
The VIDA tasks the EPA with developing national standards of performance for discharges incidental to the normal operation of primarily commercial vessels that are over seventy-nine feet in length. The SNPR also proposes new equipment standards for “Lakers,” which are vessels that operate exclusively on the Great Lakes.
The Energy Law
JULY 20, 2018
3] In Crescent , litigation ensued after Crescent’s employee suffered injuries while conducting P&A work on a platform. Turning to the first prong of the Doiron test, the court needed to determine whether P&A work constituted “services to facilitate drilling or production.” Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc. [3]
The Energy Law
MARCH 11, 2020
Last year, in another dispute over who should bear the cost of decommissioning offshore facilities, the Southern District of Texas held that a former sub-assignee of offshore operating rights was entitled to equitable subrogation from the record title owner and initial assignor. Communications include firm news, insights, and events.
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