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7 words of gratitude that go a long way

SmartBrief

These workers, born between 1980 and 2001, now make up about half of the full-time workforce in the United States.) Gratitude in a single sentence A surefire way to build morale and engender loyalty to the operation is by showing deep, powerful gratitude to those who help keep the ship afloat and running productively.

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Texas Supreme Court Holds JOA Exculpatory Clause Applicable to All Activities of Operator

The Energy Law

By Jana Grauberger The Texas Supreme Court distinguished several Texas appellate court decisions and held the exculpatory clause in a joint operating agreement (“JOA”) applicable not just to operational activities undertaken by the operator, but to all activities of the operator under the JOA. Eastland 2001, pet.

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Oil Spill Liability: OPA 90 v. the IMO’S CLC

The Energy Law

The below table highlights the main differences between OPA 90 and the CLC: ISSUE OPA 90 CLC 92 Liable Parties Owner, operator, bareboat charterer, or a third party whose sole action caused the oil spill. Violation of a federal safety, construction, operation regulation; or 3. Gross negligence or willful misconduct; 2. Failure to a.

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Establishing Cessation of Production Under a Texas Oil and Gas Lease

Producer's Edge

Background and Lease History In this lease termination case ( Pruett v. In 2001, Stephen Pruett (“Pruett”) and his company Jet-Tex Oil and Gas, LLC (“Jet-Tex”) purchased a 323-acre tract of the leased property, while his parents purchased an adjacent 194-acre tract. River Land Holdings, LLC , No.

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Texas Court Upholds Lease Cancellation for Failure to Pay Shut-In Payments To Proper Party

The Energy Law

The case involved a dispute between the original lessee and a top lessee. In 2001, Dan Nitschke (“Nitschke”), as lessee, obtained an oil and gas lease (the “Smith Lease”) covering the same land from Janet Townsend (“Townsend”), the attorney in fact for Van Hovenberg. acre tract of land in Smith County, Texas.

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Is the Frequency of Louisiana Environmental Quality Act Citizen Suit Litigation Increasing?

The Energy Law

Legacy litigation claims generally concern alleged contamination arising from historic oil and gas operations under theories of both breach of contract and tort. Recently, those typical types of claims have been supplemented in some legacy litigation cases with citizen suit allegations based on the Louisiana Environmental Quality Act.

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Is the Frequency of Louisiana Environmental Quality Act Citizen Suit Litigation Increasing?

The Energy Law

Legacy litigation claims generally concern alleged contamination arising from historic oil and gas operations under theories of both breach of contract and tort. Recently, those typical types of claims have been supplemented in some legacy litigation cases with citizen suit allegations based on the Louisiana Environmental Quality Act.

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