The Energy Law

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Several major oil and gas producers around the world are working with the Rocky Mountain Institute to develop a digital platform to assist in tracking and reducing emissions. natural disasters, Act of God); and (5) determining compliance with new certification standards for low methane gas, and improving production to satisfy these standards.

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The Energy Law

JULY 1, 2021

Louisiana Land and Exploration Co., Iowa Production , landowners sued oil and gas companies for breach of a mineral lease. Louisiana Land and Exploration Co., The Energy Law Blog will explore the import of the prescription ruling in a separate post. State of Louisiana v. 2020-00685 (La. 6/30/2021); — So.

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The Energy Law

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Governor Edwards’ Climate Initiatives Task Force, charged with making recommendations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions originating in Louisiana, recently took another step towards that goal. This document contains proposed strategies and specific actions across several priority areas to be considered in reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

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The Energy Law

APRIL 17, 2019

In a victory for the oil and gas industry, the Third Circuit rendered a decision rejecting attempts by the Louisiana Department of Revenue to impose severance taxes on crude oil production based on index pricing.

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The Energy Law

APRIL 4, 2019

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it had finalized a voluntary disclosure program for new owners of upstream oil and natural gas exploration and production facilities. EPA has said that this new program for upstream oil and gas facilities “is separate from” and “does not change” those preexisting audit policies.

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The Energy Law

APRIL 19, 2021

The Texas Supreme Court recently released its anticipated opinion in Eagle Oil & Gas Co. TRO-X”) and Eagle Oil & Gas Co. Eagle”) regarding their agreement to jointly acquire and sell oil and gas leases. In the first, Eagle Oil & Gas Co. TRO-X, L.P. , 18-0983, 2021 WL 1045723, at *1 (Tex. TRO-X, L.P. ,

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The Energy Law

APRIL 19, 2021

The Texas Supreme Court recently released its anticipated opinion in Eagle Oil & Gas Co. TRO-X”) and Eagle Oil & Gas Co. Eagle”) regarding their agreement to jointly acquire and sell oil and gas leases. In the first, Eagle Oil & Gas Co. TRO-X, L.P. , 18-0983, 2021 WL 1045723, at *1 (Tex. TRO-X, L.P. ,

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The Energy Law

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Delaware Basin Resources LLC , 08-20-00060-CV, the Court of Appeals for the Eighth District of Texas (El Paso) recently held oral argument on the proper construction of the word “and” used in a Delaware Basin oil and gas lease. When the primary term ended in February 2017, DBR had drilled on Section 6, but not on Section 2.

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The Energy Law

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Several major oil and gas producers around the world are working with the Rocky Mountain Institute to develop a digital platform to assist in tracking and reducing emissions. natural disasters, Act of God); and (5) determining compliance with new certification standards for low methane gas, and improving production to satisfy these standards.

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The Energy Law

MAY 4, 2023

RUE grants are authorizations from BOEM to use a portion of the seabed not encompassed by the holder’s lease to construct, modify, or maintain platforms, artificial islands, facilities, installations, and other devices that support exploration, development, or production of oil and gas or other energy resources from another lease.

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The Energy Law

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

As it “is impossible to transfer rights to an assignee under an expired mineral lease,” in a case where oil, gas and mineral leases had expired prior to plaintiff’s acquisition of the property, the Louisiana Third Circuit Court of Appeal in Litel Explorations, L.L.C. Aegis Development Company, L.L.C.,

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The Energy Law

APRIL 12, 2022

In Litel Explorations, LLC v. and Gary Production Company were named as prior operators of the G.A. The Lyon Well was leaking in 2018, which prompted the LDNR to task the current operator (Sandhill Production, Inc.) Aegis Development Co., LLC , 21-0741 (La. 4/6/22), –So. Lyon Well #1. with stopping the leak.

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The Energy Law

JUNE 8, 2020

BlueStone primes the Court to resolve a Texas appellate court split regarding whether a lease provision requiring royalties to be paid based on “gross” profits or value received from the sale of oil and gas production nullifies an “at the well” valuation point elsewhere in a lease. Oil & Gas Co. Heritage Resources , 939 S.W.2d

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The Energy Law

JANUARY 28, 2021

With topics ranging from offshore oil and gas moratoriums to restrictions on natural gas flaring and venting, the following is an overview of notable energy legislation to be heard in state legislatures this year. Ron Reynolds, make up a two-fold strategy to limit natural gas flaring and venting in the state. [1]

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The Energy Law

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

As it “is impossible to transfer rights to an assignee under an expired mineral lease,” in a case where oil, gas and mineral leases had expired prior to plaintiff’s acquisition of the property, the Louisiana Third Circuit Court of Appeal in Litel Explorations, L.L.C. Aegis Development Company, L.L.C.,

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The Energy Law

AUGUST 10, 2017

Many oil and gas properties have (a) unconventional shale formations that may be exploited with horizontal wells and hydraulic fracturing and (b) conventional formations that may be exploited with traditional vertical wells. Lease Parties generally are interested in maximizing the number of wells drilled on their oil and gas properties.

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The Energy Law

MARCH 29, 2021

QEP was the lessee of a mineral lease covering Plaintiffs’ property, but because it wanted to transport off-site gas across their property, QEP also obtained a pipeline servitude across Plaintiffs’ land. The gas extracted from the wells is not a “fruit” under Louisiana law.

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The Energy Law

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

3d —, 2021 WL115917, the Second Circuit affirmed summary judgment in favor of Comstock Oil & Gas, LLC, emphasizing not only the importance of the language of Comstock’s Master Service Agreement (“MSA”), but the absence of any contractual or actual operational control over the activities of its independent contractor.

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The Energy Law

OCTOBER 5, 2020

By ratifying the 2015 Paris Agreement, [1] nations across the world made a commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by at least 40% by the year 2030. Carbon dioxide is one of the primary greenhouse gases found in the Earth’s atmosphere, accounting for 76% of global greenhouse gas emissions according to published reports.

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The Energy Law

JULY 1, 2021

Louisiana Land and Exploration Co., Iowa Production , landowners sued oil and gas companies for breach of a mineral lease. Louisiana Land and Exploration Co., The Energy Law Blog will explore the import of the prescription ruling in a separate post. State of Louisiana v. 2020-00685 (La. 6/30/2021); — So.

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The Energy Law

MAY 18, 2021

In the City of Baltimore’s case, the City asserted several state-law causes of action centered on the alleged misleading promotion, and failure to warn about the dangers of, fossil-fuel products.

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The Energy Law

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Over seven years later, New 90 and another plaintiff-landowner sued various oil and gas companies for contamination to the property based on historical exploration and production activities dating back to the 1940s.

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The Energy Law

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Years earlier, Sweet Lake sued multiple oil and gas operators, including four BP entities (collectively, “BP”), alleging environmental damage to property caused by exploration and production activities. Louisiana Land & Exploration Co. , In May 2015, a jury found BP was responsible for the damage. 30:29(F), M.J.

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The Energy Law

JANUARY 2, 2020

In May 2018, oil and gas industry defendants removed a docket of 42 cases alleging violations of Louisiana’s coastal zone management laws to federal court in the Eastern and Western Districts of Louisiana (“CZM cases”). Riverwood Production Company, et al. (“ Riverwood ”), No. Auster Oil & Gas Incorporated, et al. (“ Auster ”), No.

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The Energy Law

MARCH 10, 2021

TMR Exploration, Inc , 2021 WL 267916, the First Circuit affirmed a district court ruling on summary judgment applying the good faith purchaser defense provision set forth in La. A recent decision from the Louisiana First Circuit Court of Appeal may have lasting effects on good faith purchasers of oil.

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The Energy Law

JANUARY 28, 2021

Iowa Production, et al. Legacy litigation claims generally concern alleged contamination arising from historic oil and gas operations under theories of both breach of contract and tort. In 2003, the Louisiana Supreme Court rendered its landmark decision in Corbello, et al.

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The Energy Law

JULY 20, 2018

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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The Energy Law

MAY 3, 2021

Ellison sought a declaratory judgment to that effect and also brought claims for trespass to try title, trespass to real property, conversion, unlawful drainage, gross negligence, and nonpayment of oil and gas proceeds. Concho counterclaimed for breach of contract and a declaratory judgment premised on the signed 2008 letter.

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The Energy Law

OCTOBER 15, 2020

In addition, the proposed regulations provide that BOEM would also consider the proved oil and gas reserves on the lease and the financial strength of predecessors in determining whether additional security was required. The party’s co-lessee has an issuer credit rating or proxy credit rating that meets the criteria in (1) above; Or.

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The Energy Law

OCTOBER 2, 2020

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The Energy Law

JANUARY 20, 2021

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The Energy Law

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

The Task Force’s duties include recommending strategies, policies and incentives aimed to curb growth of greenhouse gas emissions in Louisiana. One topic of discussion at the meeting was offshore energy production. As the nation’s number one source of renewable energy, offshore wind energy will be crucial to this initiative.

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The Energy Law

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Providing for BOEM’s ability to rely on the combined, joint and several responsibility of all current and predecessor lessees (and grant holders) to perform required decommissioning in the event the current lessee defaults, reducing the circumstances in which BOEM would need to require additional security.

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The Energy Law

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

The SCC Estimate assigned a dollar value on estimated global damages caused by every additional ton of greenhouse gas emitted into the atmosphere by using economic models that capture the impacts of climate change, including rising sea levels, changes to agricultural productivity, water shortages, property damages from increased flood risk, etc.

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The Energy Law

JANUARY 29, 2021

As part of this pursuit, the Department of Energy will enter into cooperative agreements with industry and other stakeholders for the construction and operation of six demonstration projects for carbon capture at coal electric generating facilities, natural gas electric generating facilities, and industrial facilities.

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The Energy Law

JUNE 17, 2021

Doughty of the Western District of Louisiana granted Plaintiff States’ request for an injunction to block the Biden Administration’s pause on new federal oil and gas lease sales (“Lease Pause”). District Judge Terry A. Louisiana v. 2:21-cv-00778-TAD-KK, 2021 WL 2154963 (W.D. June 15, 2021).

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The Energy Law

JUNE 17, 2021

Doughty of the Western District of Louisiana granted Plaintiff States’ request for an injunction to block the Biden Administration’s pause on new federal oil and gas lease sales (“Lease Pause”). District Judge Terry A. Louisiana v. 2:21-cv-00778-TAD-KK, 2021 WL 2154963 (W.D. June 15, 2021).

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