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You Cannot Just Read the Regulations to Understand Stormwater Permitting for Oil and Gas Activities!

The Energy Law

JULY 25, 2013

Moreno and Robert E. To understand the stormwater permit requirements for oil and gas activities, you need to review not only the regulations that remain in force, but also the Clean Water Act as amended by the Energy Policy Act of 2005. By Carlos J. CWA §402(l)(2). EPA subsequently issued regulations implementing this exemption.

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Gas Oil Exploration and Production Operator

2023 Master Plan Brings Updates to Coastal Research and Projects

The Energy Law

JANUARY 27, 2023

The most recent draft is the fourth update since it was first adopted by the Louisiana Legislature in 2007 following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005. [1] 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.

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E&P Basin E&A Education

United States Court of Appeals Finds BOEM Environmental Impact Statement Deficient, But Declines to Vacate Leases Issued in 2018 Offshore Lease Sales

The Energy Law

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

In a recent opinion released by the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, the court declined to vacate a deficient environmental impact statement (“EIS”) prepared in connection with two offshore lease sales held in 2018, the records of decision announcing the sales, or the leases issued.

Offshore

Offshore E&A Government Education

One Man’s Waste is Another Man’s Treasure: Texas Appellate Court Holds that Produced Water Belongs to Mineral Owners

The Energy Law

AUGUST 4, 2023

COG owned the minerals under four leases in Reeves County, Texas executed between 2005 and 2014. Produced water—a substance traditionally considered to be a useless byproduct of fracing—has recently become a valuable product that can be treated and sold to operators for drilling. But more than minerals are released.

Instrumentation

Instrumentation Oil Gas Operator

Wind Energy Development in the Gulf of Mexico

The Energy Law

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Interior’s authority to regulate offshore wind comes from the Energy Policy Act of 2005, which amended the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to expressly authorize Interior to issue leases for renewable energy projects in federal waters. Over the past year, the U.S.

Energy

Energy Energy Offshore Operator

Ninth Circuit Vacates EPA Rule Excepting Oil and Gas Construction Discharges from NPDES Permitting

The Energy Law

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.” 06-73217 (9th Cir.

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Gas Oil Exploration and Production E&P

Guidance and Relief for Retirement Plans Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic

The Energy Law

MAY 26, 2020

The extensions/suspensions described below are applicable for the time period beginning on March 1, 2020 and ending 60 days after the to-be-announced end of the COVID-19 National Emergency (the “Outbreak Period”). More information on Participant Loans under the CARES Act can be found here.

E&A

E&A Completion Electronics Electronics

Louisiana Second Circuit Provides Guidance as to Good Faith Required When Conducting Operations Necessary to Interrupt Prescription of Mineral Servitude

The Energy Law

APRIL 30, 2020

At trial, the mineral servitude owner testified that in 2005, the Cotton Valley drilling activity was ramping up and other operators near the servitude successfully drilled gas wells. The mineral servitude was created on June 28, 1996, and the mineral servitude owner made no effort to exercise the mineral rights for more than nine years.

Operator

Operator Dry Hole Spud-in Abandonment

Climate Change Jurisdiction: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Kicks Climate Change Case Back to State Court

The Energy Law

JUNE 2, 2020

Amidst historically low oil prices and economic shutdowns, fossil fuel companies continue to defend against lawsuits brought by state and local governments claiming climate-change related damages. 1442(a)(1). In City of Oakland et al. 1442(a)(1). 1442(a)(1).

Casing

Casing Government Energy Energy

Louisiana First Circuit Reaffirms Prescription and Subsequent Purchaser Principles

The Energy Law

JUNE 22, 2021

Lexington Land purchased the property in June 2005 but did not obtain from the prior owners an assignment of the right to sue for property damage that occurred before the 2005 sale. Although Lexington Land had these assessments in 2005, it did not file suit until December 2007 following a pipeline rupture on the property.

Casing

Casing Operator E&A Pipeline

Louisiana First Circuit Reaffirms Prescription and Subsequent Purchaser Principles

The Energy Law

JUNE 22, 2021

Lexington Land purchased the property in June 2005 but did not obtain from the prior owners an assignment of the right to sue for property damage that occurred before the 2005 sale. Although Lexington Land had these assessments in 2005, it did not file suit until December 2007 following a pipeline rupture on the property.

Casing

Casing Operator E&A Pipeline

Louisiana First Circuit Reaffirms Prescription and Subsequent Purchaser Principles

The Energy Law

JUNE 22, 2021

Lexington Land purchased the property in June 2005 but did not obtain from the prior owners an assignment of the right to sue for property damage that occurred before the 2005 sale. Although Lexington Land had these assessments in 2005, it did not file suit until December 2007 following a pipeline rupture on the property.

Casing

Casing Operator E&A Pipeline

Louisiana Climate Initiatives Interim Report Highlights Goals for Developing Actions to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions

The Energy Law

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

The Executive Order set forth greenhouse gas emission reduction goals, including that Louisiana should reduce net greenhouse gas emissions by 26-28% of 2005 levels by 2025; by 40-50% of 2005 levels by 2030; and to net zero by 2050. Executive Order JBE 2020-18, issued on August 19, 2020, formally established the Task Force.

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Gas Education Manufacturing E&A

Louisiana Climate Initiatives Interim Report Highlights Goals for Developing Actions to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions

The Energy Law

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

The Executive Order set forth greenhouse gas emission reduction goals, including that Louisiana should reduce net greenhouse gas emissions by 26-28% of 2005 levels by 2025; by 40-50% of 2005 levels by 2030; and to net zero by 2050. Executive Order JBE 2020-18, issued on August 19, 2020, formally established the Task Force.

Gas

Gas Education Manufacturing E&A

U.S. Supreme Court Addresses Circuit Split Regarding “Bare Metal” Defense in Products Liability Action Under General Maritime Law

The Energy Law

MARCH 20, 2019

March 19, 2019), the U.S. Supreme Court resolved a circuit split regarding maritime law and the “bare metal” defense, namely whether manufacturers have a duty to warn when their bare metal product requires later incorporation of a dangerous part in order for the integrated product to function as intended.

Manufacturing

Manufacturing Casing E&A Maintenance

COVID-19 as a Force Majeure? The Texas and Louisiana Perspectives

The Energy Law

MARCH 27, 2020

Today, countries worldwide are responding to a pandemic of respiratory disease spreading from person-to-person caused by a novel coronavirus. The disease has been named “coronavirus disease 2019” (abbreviated “COVID-19”). Does this pandemic and resultant disruption constitute a force majeure event under Louisiana and Texas law?

E&A

E&A Casing IT Gas

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You Cannot Just Read the Regulations to Understand Stormwater Permitting for Oil and Gas Activities!

2023 Master Plan Brings Updates to Coastal Research and Projects

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United States Court of Appeals Finds BOEM Environmental Impact Statement Deficient, But Declines to Vacate Leases Issued in 2018 Offshore Lease Sales

One Man’s Waste is Another Man’s Treasure: Texas Appellate Court Holds that Produced Water Belongs to Mineral Owners

Wind Energy Development in the Gulf of Mexico

Ninth Circuit Vacates EPA Rule Excepting Oil and Gas Construction Discharges from NPDES Permitting

Guidance and Relief for Retirement Plans Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic

Louisiana Second Circuit Provides Guidance as to Good Faith Required When Conducting Operations Necessary to Interrupt Prescription of Mineral Servitude

Climate Change Jurisdiction: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Kicks Climate Change Case Back to State Court

Louisiana First Circuit Reaffirms Prescription and Subsequent Purchaser Principles

Louisiana First Circuit Reaffirms Prescription and Subsequent Purchaser Principles

Louisiana First Circuit Reaffirms Prescription and Subsequent Purchaser Principles

Louisiana Climate Initiatives Interim Report Highlights Goals for Developing Actions to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Louisiana Climate Initiatives Interim Report Highlights Goals for Developing Actions to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions

U.S. Supreme Court Addresses Circuit Split Regarding “Bare Metal” Defense in Products Liability Action Under General Maritime Law

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