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Getting a Line on Wireline

Permian Basin Oil and Gas Magazine

The units’ electrical power needs can be fed by an in-field electrical source. Esquibel, speaking about changes in his field, said that the biggest trend is “optimizing. I was actually their wireline engineer back in 2014, so I’ve done their vertical work. The family also operates Underdog Rentals.

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Supreme Court Punts on Important Arbitrability Question

The Energy Law

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. It also rejected the “wholly groundless” exception altogether. 3d 1010 (2d Cir.

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Drowning in Liability: Court Extends "Waste" Liability to SWD Operator; but preserves the RPO defense

Producer's Edge

In the vast expanse of Texas oil fields, a critical but often overlooked challenge lies beneath the surface: produced water management. Case Study: When a Disposal Well Flooded a Producing Oil Well A particularly instructive case study emerges in the recent decision of Basic Energy Services v. PPC Energy LLP , No.

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Sierra Club Asks Court to Ban Use of Legacy DOT-111 Tank Cars

The Energy Law

As if crude producers and midstream transportation companies don’t already have enough problems trying to get crude oil from production fields to refineries thanks to inadequate pipeline infrastructure, tank car supply, rail safety concerns, and new regulations, they now also have to address a new, potentially market-busting lawsuit.

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Ninth and Fifth Circuits Split on Issue of Punitive Damages Under Maritime Law

The Energy Law

2014) (en banc). In reaching its decision, the Ninth Circuit was required to distinguish the recent en banc Fifth Circuit McBride decision, which reached the opposite conclusion in 2014. Compare McBride v. Estis Well Service , 768 F.3d 3d 382 (5th Cir. Apex Marine Corp. , 19 (1990) on this area of law.

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Nigeria Oil Industry Overview

Drillers

The country’s first field began producing in 1958 at a rate of 5,100 BPD. company has a 40-60 joint venture with the NNPC, which is the majority shareholder, and stakes in several offshore fields, including several deepwater blocks that have yet to be developed. How did this happen? Exxon comes next: the U.S.

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Supreme Court Punts on Important Arbitrability Question

The Energy Law

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. It also rejected the “wholly groundless” exception altogether. 3d 1010 (2d Cir.

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