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Fifth Circuit Allows Landowners’ Tort Claim Against Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality to Move Forward

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Baker Hughes a G E Co., In D & J Invs. of Cenla, L.L.C. plaintiffs, forty-eight landowners of property located near the facility, brought a state court action for claims of property damage from groundwater and soil contamination caused by the facility’s improper waste disposal processes. 21-30523, 2022 WL 9862487 (5th Cir.

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EPA Finalizes NPDES Permit for Oil and Gas Facilities in the GOM OCS

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By Robert E. Operators already covered under the 2007 permit have until January 31, 2013 to file new Notices of Intent (“NOIs”) for continuous coverage. The Primary Operator is the one that submits the NOI for coverage by block. The Primary Operator is the one that submits the NOI for coverage by block.

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Future Outlook for Subsurface Trespass Claims Against Third Party Purchasers of Minerals

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In 2007, The Louisiana Commissioner of Conservation granted TMR a permit to drill for minerals on property not owned by Plaintiffs (collectively, the “Hills”). The Hills claim that TMR, and its successor operators, produced and sold minerals from underneath their property without their knowledge or consent.

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Texas Supreme Court Holds that Add-Back Provision in Oil and Gas Lease Required Royalties to be Paid on Prices in Excess of the Producers’ Gross Proceeds

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The lessees owned working interests in certain oil and gas leases that were executed in 2007. Sheppard , — S.W.3d 20-0904, 2023 WL 2438927 (Tex. The leases contained the following royalty provisions: 3. The lessees paid royalties to the lessors based on their gross proceeds. This became a point of contention with the lessors.

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Future Outlook for Subsurface Trespass Claims Against Third Party Purchasers of Minerals

The Energy Law

In 2007, The Louisiana Commissioner of Conservation granted TMR a permit to drill for minerals on property not owned by Plaintiffs (collectively, the “Hills”). The Hills claim that TMR, and its successor operators, produced and sold minerals from underneath their property without their knowledge or consent.

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Louisiana Second Circuit Provides Clarity on Production in Paying Quantities and Affirms Lease Cancellation Under Mineral Code Article 140 for Failure to Pay Royalties

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4] In 2007, Fossil Operating, Inc. Fossil”), with whom Tauren contracted to conduct operations on the property, drilled and completed wells on the leased property in Sections 9, 10, and 16. [5] 5] Chesapeake Operating, Inc. 1] The dispute in Gloria’s Ranch, L.L.C. Tauren Exploration, Inc.

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Louisiana First Circuit Reaffirms Prescription and Subsequent Purchaser Principles

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for alleged damage to its property arising out of Chevron’s and its predecessor’s oil and gas operations in the Sardine Point Field from 1959 through 1991. Although Lexington Land had these assessments in 2005, it did not file suit until December 2007 following a pipeline rupture on the property. 5/25/21), 2021 WL 2102932, —So.

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