The Energy Law Blog

JUNE 9, 2014

In Summit , the Sixth Circuit concluded that EPA’s interpretation of the term “adjacent” in the context of source aggregation under the Clean Air Act’s Title V and NSR permitting was unreasonable in its application to geographically dispersed oil and gas facilities. For more on the Summit directive, see our previous blog entry here. See 40 C.F.R.

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Asian Oil & Gas

MARCH 10, 2025

Japan Petroleum Exploration (Japex) is prioritizing investment in oil and gas exploration and production (E&P) through 2030 - revising an earlier plan to aggressively expand its renewables businesses

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The Energy Law Blog

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. Well Eligibility.

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Oil & Gas 360º

MARCH 4, 2025

Presentation opportunities are available for E&P, Midstream, OFS, Minerals, and Energy Transition companies Sponsorship opportunities are available for companies seeking to increase their marketplace awareness DENVER March 4, 2025 EnerCom, Inc. Conference Dates: August 1720, 2025. Benefitting IN! www.imacorp.com

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The Energy Law Blog

JANUARY 27, 2023

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. 2] Draft 2023 Coastal Master Plan, p. 3] Draft 2023 Coastal Master Plan, p. 1] [link] ; [link]. [2]

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Oil & Gas 360º

MARCH 7, 2025

(World Oil) – Vitesse Energy announced today the completion of its previously announced acquisition of Lucero Energy. The arrangement was approved by Vitesse stockholders and Lucero shareholders on March 5, 2025 and March 6, 2025, respectively, and Lucero received the approval of the Court of Kings Bench of Alberta on March 6, 2025.

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The Energy Law Blog

AUGUST 16, 2012

. §§ 51.166(b)(6); 71.2. The question of what is “contiguous or adjacent” has long been vexing for the exploration and production industry. Under different administrations, EPA has changed its guidance on the meaning of this phrase. Environmental Protection Agency, No. 09-4348, slip op. at 15 (6th Cir. at 16 (emphasis added).

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The Energy Law Blog

JUNE 21, 2023

The Court also cited Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 269(e), which restrains counsel’s argument to the jury by stating that “[c]ounsel shall be required to confine the argument strictly to the evidence and to the arguments of opposing counsel.” Underwriters , 925 S.W.2d 2d 607, 614 (Tex. Bunton , 94 S.W.3d 3d 561, 606 ( quoting Saenz , 925 S.W.2d

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Enverus

MARCH 10, 2025

On March 12, join Enverus E&P Segment Leader Jeb Burleson for an exclusive 60-minute webinar to learn how BD, A&D and M&A teams are using Enverus Inventory solutions to: Screen, benchmark and validate assets with the most comprehensive inventory insights available. million per location. [2] million per location. [2]

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The Energy Law Blog

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]

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The Energy Law Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Exxon ”), at p. In doing so, the court found itself “in accord with the other courts of appeals, which have unanimously found there is no federal jurisdiction where state or local governments have brought state-law actions against energy companies for conduct relating to climate change.” District of Columbia v. 22-7163 (Dec. Different judges.

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Oil & Gas 360º

MARCH 13, 2025

And at the same time, executives, including the CEOs of ConocoPhillips and Occidental, agreed that U.S shale oil production is set to plateau by the end of the decade. This huge onshore resource revolutionised the energy sector over a decade ago and catapulted the United States into its current position as the worlds biggest oil producer.

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Oil & Gas 360º

MARCH 5, 2025

Presentation opportunities are available for E&P, Midstream, OFS, Minerals, and Energy Transition companies Sponsorship opportunities are available for companies seeking to increase their marketplace awareness DENVER March 4, 2025 EnerCom, Inc. Conference Dates: August 1720, 2025. Benefitting IN! www.imacorp.com

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Nestoil

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Upstream Investments; Exploration and Production (E&P): The upstream sector involves the search for oil and gas reservoirs and the extraction of these resources. Investment opportunities in this area include direct investment in E&P companies, partnerships, and joint ventures.

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Egypt Oil & Gas

MARCH 12, 2025

Additionally, the two oil and gas leaders reviewed opportunities for Halliburton to enter the field of exploration and production (E&P) through the opportunities available on Egypt Upstream Gateway (EUG). The meeting further discussed leveraging Halliburton’s expertise in developing brownfields.

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The Energy Law Blog

JUNE 20, 2023

Bunge counterclaimed, claiming that Tongli owed Bunge money for its losses. Simultaneously, Bunge initiated its own London arbitration against voyage charterer ADM. If Bunge lost on Tongli’s claim or its own counterclaim, it would seek that money from ADM. Bunge appealed. Factual sufficiency requires application of a heightened pleading standard.

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The Energy Law Blog

FEBRUARY 5, 2016

1/30/13) (“ LL&E ”), that legacy plaintiffs are entitled to additional remediation damages in two circumstances: (1) if required by an express contractual provision, or (2) if the mineral lessee has acted unreasonably or excessively under the lease. Land and Exploration Co., 3d 1038 (La. It did not.”

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The Energy Law Blog

MAY 23, 2007

By Leta Seletzky : In Seagull Energy E & P, Inc. Railroad Comm’n, No. 03-0364, 2007 WL 1299163 (Tex. The petitioner also asserted that the Commission’s denial of the permit amounted to an unconstitutional taking of gas in the sand from which the well would produce.

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Vorys Energy

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

TotalEnergies E&P USA, Inc, et al. On February 1, 2022, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit affirmed the lower court’s decision in Zehentbauer Family Land, LP, et al. Moreover, the court observed that, as a consequence, “Plaintiffs’ royalties are based on those gross proceeds paid to the Lessee.

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The Energy Law Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2018

El Paso E & P Co. , El Paso E & P Co. , 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. For example, in Alyce Gaines Johnson Special Trust v. 2d 640, 641-43 (W.D.

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The Energy Law Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Second, the panel concluded that EPA lacked authority to implement the required emissions reductions through Federal Implementation Plans (FIPs), rather than affording the States an initial opportunity to implement the reductions through State Implementation Plans. Read our previous blog entry on this decision here.

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The Energy Law Blog

JUNE 12, 2017

By December of 2009, Gloria’s Ranch believed that the lease granted to Tauren had expired either in whole or in part for lack of production in paying quantities. Gloria’s Ranch sent a letter dated December 3, 2009 to Tauren, Cubic, EXCO, and Wells Fargo. [8] 12] The trial court’s judgment cancelled the lease as to Sections 9, 10, 15, 16, and 21.

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The Energy Law Blog

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

The SNPR responds to comments to the EPA’s proposed VIDA standards in its initial Notice of Proposed Rulemaking from three years ago, bringing VIDA one step closer to full implementation. It also requires the U.S. The proposed standards are similar to the current VGP requirements with certain notable differences.

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Aresco

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Upstream: Activities: Upstream refers to the exploration and production (E&P) phase of the oil and gas industry. Downstream is the refining and processing phase, where crude oil is transformed into refined products and chemicals. It also includes the distribution and sale of these products to consumers.

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The Energy Law Blog

MARCH 11, 2020

2003) (“the regulations govern the parties’ joint and several liabilities vis-à-vis the Government not amongst themselves”) and Total E&P USA, Inc. UNOCAL retained rights as to certain depths, but never conducted any lease operations whatsoever at any depth. UNOCAL also reserved a 3% overriding royalty. Parker Drilling Co. ,

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Drillers

AUGUST 19, 2020

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? We can now report some findings after many test video conferences, and the first few commercial ones. Did it deliver on its objectives? Or did it instead fall flat?

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The Energy Law Blog

MAY 10, 2019

The Simmons Court followed this line of jurisprudence and found the “written off” amount under the state workers’ compensation act was a “phantom charge that [p]laintiff has not ever paid nor one he will ever be obligated to pay.” Simmons , 2018-0735, p. The court of appeal denied the plaintiff’s writ in a 2-1 decision. 14-2279(La.

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The Energy Law Blog

AUGUST 20, 2012

By Robert E. See Lesley Foxhall Pietras , Air Permitting: Sixth Circuit Vacates Single Stationary Source Aggregation Determination for E&P Facilities Due to EPA’s Unreasonable Interpretation of Adjacent , The Energy Law Blog, Aug. Holden and Carlos J. 7412 (n)(4)(A).Section 7412(n)(4) (emphasis added); see also 40 C.F.R.

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The Energy Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

Anadarko E&P Onshore, No. The Fourth Court of Appeals recently held that surface owners control the matrix of the underlying earth; thus, a surface owner can give permission to drill through the subsurface to an adjacent lease. In Lightning Oil Co. 04-14-00903-CV , 2014 Tex. Lexis 8673 (Aug.

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Producer's Edge

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Anadarko E&P Onshore, LLC , 520 S.W.3d West , 508 S.W.2d 2d 812 , 815 (Tex. 1974), the Court held that the surface owner owns “the matrix of the underlying earth, i.e., the reservoir storage space.” ” This principle was reaffirmed in  Lightning Oil Co. 3d 39 , 47 (Tex. It is a solid.

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The Energy Law Blog

JANUARY 27, 2020

P N K (Lake Charles) L.L.C., 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. The Fifth Circuit had not addressed this issue until Frank v. 18-31060, 2020 WL 288213 (5th Cir. The plaintiffs appealed. [1]

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The Energy Law Blog

JUNE 25, 2008

Section 402(l)(2) exempts discharges from oil and gas E&P activities that are composed of flows that “do not come into contact with, any overburden, raw material, intermediate products, finished product, byproduct, or waste products.”

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The Energy Law Blog

JANUARY 31, 2023

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. 15] That amendment was prompted by the MORRO CASTLE, a passenger liner that burned off the coast of New Jersey in 1934 with a loss of 135 lives. [16] 13] 46 U.S.C.

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The Energy Law Blog

JANUARY 15, 2020

Lawsuits against fossil fuel companies: Investor Fraud Lawsuits: The first category of climate change litigation alleges that oil and gas companies defrauded investors by falsely stating that the company had fully considered the risks of climate change regulation and had factored those risks into its business operations. BP P.L.C., et al , No.

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The Energy Law Blog

MARCH 3, 2016

EP Energy E&P Co., Since this blog’s post on production in paying quantities on January 26, 2016 , the Louisiana Second Circuit Court of Appeal rendered its latest decision on the subject in Middleton v. 50,300-CA (La.

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The Energy Law Blog

MARCH 23, 2016

Proposed Rule, p. Proposed Rule, p. 2] For example, for TSP, SO2, NOX and VOC, the emission exemption threshold (E) in tons per year is equal to 33.3 In addition, the proposed rule would now harmonize the air standards for determining impacts with the EPA standards.

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The Energy Law Blog

MARCH 31, 2020

6] Briggs , 2020 WL 355911 at p. *5. 10] Briggs , 2020 WL 355911 at p. *7. 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. 5] Id. 6 (quoting Young v.

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