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(World Oil) – Africas national oil companies (NOC) are moving beyond operating as state-representatives by transforming themselves into competitive upstream players. Boosting production Major oil producers in Africa are striving to boost production and NOC-IOC collaboration is at the forefront.
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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.
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
requiring the oil and gas company to pay $3 million in civil penalties and to spend approximately $13 million to restore 15 sites in West Virginia that had been developed without dredge and fill permits. On the other hand, the legal commentary has virtually ignored the importance of Nationwide Permits (NWPs) 12 and 39 to E&P activities.
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(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 carbon credit market continues to evolve as oil and gas companies face increasingly stringent regulations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Operators may now have the potential to sell carbon credits in exchange for the P&A of inactive, shut-in, or temporarily abandoned wells. Well Eligibility.
Diamondback is one of the largest players in the Permian Basin, second only to Exxon Mobil, based on gross operated oil volumes. [1] Kicking off the first large Permian deal of 2025, Diamondback Energy acquired part of the assets of Double Eagle IV for $4.1 million per location. [2] million per location. [2] million per location. [2]
This report analyzes upstream oil and gas production trends over the last three years, based on data from Rextag Energy DataLink. MMBBL 193 BCF Analysis: Hilcorp leads in gas production but is less significant in oil output. MMBBL 193 BCF Analysis: Hilcorp leads in gas production but is less significant in oil output.
By Leta Seletzky : In Seagull Energy E & P, Inc. May 4, 2007), the Texas Supreme Court affirmed a decision by the Austin Court of Appeals upholding the Railroad Commission of Texas’ authority to regulate both drilling and production of commingled oil and/or gas deposits and to treat commingled deposits as one reservoir.
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 post Badawi Seeks Fostering Bilateral Cooperation during CERAWeek 2025 first appeared on Egypt Oil & Gas.
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Gulf Oil Corp. , [1] for determining whether a contract to perform services related to oil & gas exploration on navigable waters is maritime, the Fifth Circuit took up In re Larry Doiron, Incorporated [2] earlier this year in an effort to streamline the test and bring clarity to an area of the law mired in uncertainty.
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By Claire Bienvenu On May 23, 2008, the Ninth Circuit vacated EPA’s rule exempting discharges of sediment resulting from oil and gas construction activities from National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit requirements. 06-73217 (9th Cir.
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.
By Robert E. Moreno On August 16, 2012, EPA published a new rule that revises the NESHAP Subpart HH standards for the oil and gas industry. New Oil & Gas Rule The new rule modifies the definition of “associated equipment” by removing the “potential for flash emissions” qualifier after “storage vessels.” Holden and Carlos J.
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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.
These standards aim to minimize the discharge of pollutants such as aquatic nuisance species, bacteria or pathogens, and oil and grease into the waters of the United States and the contiguous zone. It also requires the U.S. Although the deadline for doing so was December 4, 2020, these standards have not yet been finalized or implemented.
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As I recently summarized in my annual oil and gas law review (Austin W. Brister & Logan Jones, Oil, Gas & Mineral Law, 9 SMU ANN. In Humble Oil & Refining Co. ” This principle was reaffirmed in Lightning Oil Co. Anadarko E&P Onshore, LLC , 520 S.W.3d West , 508 S.W.2d
In Lightning Oil Co. Anadarko E&P Onshore, No. A mineral “‘lessee’s interest is a separate, real interest, amount[ing] to a defeasible title in fee to the oil and gas in the ground.’” Lightning Oil Co. 04-14-00903-CV , 2014 Tex. Lexis 8673 (Aug.
Union Oil Co. 2003) (“the regulations govern the parties’ joint and several liabilities vis-à-vis the Government not amongst themselves”) and Total E&P USA, Inc. Marubeni Oil & Gas (USA), Inc. , Sojitz Energy Venture, Inc. of California , 394 F. 3d 687 (S.D. UNOCAL also reserved a 3% overriding royalty.
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ATHOS I had its genesis in a 2004 vessel allision and oil spill on the Delaware River between New Jersey and Pennsylvania. The allision resulted in a spill of approximately 264,000 gallons of crude oil into the Delaware River. As the designated responsible party under the Oil Pollution Act (“OPA”), 33 U.S.C. 2701, et seq.
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