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.

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The Energy Law

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

On September 2, 2014, the Department of Justice announced a settlement in United States v. The Trans Energy settlement shows that exploration and production (E&P) companies need a rigorous compliance strategy for wetlands permit requirements. Trans Energy, Inc. , 14-117 (N.D.W.Va.),

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The Energy Law

JUNE 24, 2019

Today the United States Supreme Court issued its decision in this landmark case concerning punitive damages. 2014) held that punitive damages were not available under the rationale of an earlier Supreme Court case, Miles v. Justice Ginsburg dissented, joined by Justices Breyer and Sotomayor. Estis Well Service , 768 F.3d

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The Energy Law

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Maintaining that the plaintiff qualified as a seaman under controlling Fifth Circuit precedent but questioning that precedent in light of Supreme Court case law, the panel urged the Fifth Circuit to review the case en banc. Smart Fabricators of Texas, LLC , 970 F.3d The rig was jacked up out of the water with its legs on the seabed.

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The Energy Law

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Maintaining that the plaintiff qualified as a seaman under controlling Fifth Circuit precedent but questioning that precedent in light of Supreme Court case law, the panel urged the Fifth Circuit to review the case en banc. Smart Fabricators of Texas, LLC , 970 F.3d The rig was jacked up out of the water with its legs on the seabed.

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The Energy Law

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

The distributor argued that the inclusion of its request for injunctive relief brought the case under the carve-out in the arbitration provision. This is now the second time this case has been before the Supreme Court on issues of arbitrability.

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The Energy Law

MARCH 26, 2019

30:10 was inapplicable to the case because the costs outlined in the statute comprised only pre-production and production costs. 30:10 was inapplicable to the case because the costs outlined in the statute comprised only pre-production and production costs. Chesapeake Louisiana, LP. [1] 2] The UMOs argued that La. 8] However, La.

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The Energy Law

MAY 26, 2016

In January 2016, Judge Haik retired from the bench and the case was transferred to Judge Drell. In January 2016, Judge Haik retired from the bench and the case was transferred to Judge Drell. allowing an $81 million judgment against the oil company to stand. Charles refinery. In the original judgment , U.S. million dollars.

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The Energy Law

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

The district court dismissed their case under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6). The district court dismissed their case under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6). The district court dismissed their case under Rule 12(b)(6). 2] Here, this was not the case. In In re Deepwater Horizon , No. See Barker v.

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The Energy Law

JUNE 8, 2020

With the prevalence of cases involving royalty disputes in Texas, the state’s Supreme Court has never hesitated to address these issues. Heritage Resources is the underlying case that must be understood to decipher the Supreme Court’s logic as it continues to rectify the numerous creative royalty provisions across Texas today.

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The Energy Law

APRIL 30, 2020

On November 5, 2014, the landowner provided notice to the mineral servitude owner that the mineral servitude expired and requested a recordable act evidencing its expiration effective June 28, 2006. A well was spud on March 28, 2006. The well was a dry hole, however, and was therefore plugged and abandoned on April 21, 2006.

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The Energy Law

OCTOBER 15, 2020

The path to this Proposed Rule has been long and winding, beginning in 2014 with BOEM resisting making changes through formal notice and comment rulemaking pursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act, and instead continuing to regulate this issue through Notice to Lessee (“NTL”) guidance documents.

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The Energy Law

OCTOBER 15, 2020

The path to this Proposed Rule has been long and winding, beginning in 2014 with BOEM resisting making changes through formal notice and comment rulemaking pursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act, and instead continuing to regulate this issue through Notice to Lessee (“NTL”) guidance documents.

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The Energy Law

JANUARY 27, 2020

But in so doing, the court may have announced a new jurisdictional test with significant ramifications for future cases. So, the question on appeal was whether this was the “exceptional case” where personal jurisdiction could also be exercised in another state. The Fifth Circuit had not addressed this issue until Frank v.

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The Energy Law

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Oil and gas operator, Delaware Basin Resources LLC (DBR), entered into 13 leases with 13 mineral owners in February 2014, all of which were essentially the same. Thus, the entire case hinges on the power of the conjunction “and” to conjoin two noncontiguous sections into a single tract. All of the provisions. and Section 2.”

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The Energy Law

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Oil and gas operator, Delaware Basin Resources LLC (DBR), entered into 13 leases with 13 mineral owners in February 2014, all of which were essentially the same. Thus, the entire case hinges on the power of the conjunction “and” to conjoin two noncontiguous sections into a single tract. All of the provisions. and Section 2.”

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The Energy Law

AUGUST 7, 2018

In a case sure to be used as a sword by many defendants in the prevalent NORM (naturally occurring radioactive material) litigation in Louisiana and elsewhere, Patricia Lennie, et al. In doing so, the Fifth Circuit distinguished a prior case, Lester v. Exxon Mobil Corporation, et al., Exxon Mobil Corp., 10-743 (La. 5/31/12), 102 So.3d

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The Energy Law

AUGUST 19, 2020

On September 14, 2014, James Mays, a valve technician and an employee of Furmanite American (“Furmanite”) died while servicing valves on a platform that was part of Chevron’s gas gathering system and located in Louisiana’s territorial waters. Chevron Pipe Line Co. Chevron Pipe Line Co. In Pacific Operators Offshore, LLP v. 207, 222 (2012).

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