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COG Operating announced June 27 resolves a contentious dispute between surface estate owners and mineral estate holders “with far reaching implications for the water midstream sector and upstream oil and gas industry.” COG said it owned the produced water and sued, the trial court agreed with COG, and the court of appeals affirmed.
Between 2005 and 2014, the Colliers granted leases covering 37,000 acres of land in Reeves County to COG. The leases granted lease of only “oil and gas” or “oil, gas and other hydrocarbons.” COG Operating, LLC , a dispute over ownership of produced water. Its holding: COG, the operator, owns the produced water.
In this case, geophysicist Thomas Sewak was hired by Sutherland Energy Co., In late-2014 to early-2015, the survey was completed enough to begin identifying drilling prospects. " Whether in the oil patch or elsewhere, careful attention should be given to contract language.
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For example, in 2014 the agency imposed a civil penalty of $1,230,000—an unprecedented figure in the history of the BSEE civil penalty program. BSEE collected civil penalties in 22 cases in 2009, 26 cases in 2010, 30 cases in 2011, 31 cases in 2012, 42 cases in 2013, 53 cases in 2014, and 42 cases in 2015.
On the vendor/supplier side, Houston-based Vertice Oil Tools acquired Greenwell Engineering Inc. Other large customers today for Underdog include Fasken Oil and Ranch and Hibernia. With Fasken Oil and Ranch, same thing—they’re a family owned company like we are,” Esquibel says. “I on April 15.
a case concerning Texas partnership law. The dispute between ETP and Enterprise began in 2011, when Enterprise approached ETP about potentially building a crude oil pipeline together. Enterprise Products Partners, L.P. , Energy Transfer Partners has garnered significant amicus support on both sides of the “v.”
2023), the Texas Supreme Court held that the lessee could not invoke a force majeure clause to save its oil and gas leases when it inadvertently scheduled its operations to begin after the requisite deadline. The lessee, MRC Permian Company, received four identical oil and gas leases from certain lessors in 2014.
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COG owned the minerals under four leases in Reeves County, Texas executed between 2005 and 2014. Those leases granted COG the exclusive right to produce “oil and gas” or “oil, gas and other hydrocarbons.” One such conflict arose between Cactus Water Services, LLC (“Cactus”) and COG Operating, LLC (“COG”).
A recent SWD failure case dives into critical questions of proximate cause and explores whether the reasonable prudent operator defense may shield against surface damage claims. In this case, Lee v. Investigation revealed that there was severe degradation of the well’s tubing and casing. Memorial Prod. Operating LLC , No.
The Louisiana Supreme Court recently issued a decision in a downhole damages case, reversing the Third Circuit’s misguided application of the manifest error standard of review. 2014-C-2592, 2015 La. The case itself necessitated extremely nuanced and technical testimony regarding the geology and geophysics of the formations.
9, 2017), the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals held for the first time that a Responsible Party under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (“OPA”) has a statutory claim for contribution to recover purely economic damages from a partially liable third party. Following the spill, the U.S.
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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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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). In re Oil Spill by Oil Rig “Deepwater Horizon” in Gulf of Mex., 2] Here, this was not the case. 2014); Barker v. 2014); Barker v. 20, 2010 , 452 F.
3d 550, a three-judge panel of the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal held on August 14, 2020, that seaman status under the Jones Act may apply to an injured welder on a jack-up oil rig adjacent to an inland pier. Smart Fabricators of Texas (“SmartFab”) fabricates steel and repairs oil and gas drilling equipment. 1349(b)(1).
On May 30, 2014, in an unanimous decision in National Environmental Development Association’s Clean Air Project v. The EPA had argued that an operationally interdependent relationship (in the Summit case, spanning a 43-square mile area) was enough to find that pollutant-emitting activities were “adjacent.” May 30, 2014).
The Colorado Oil and Gas Association sought a declaratory judgment invalidating and permanently enjoining the enforcement of the Article. Colorado Oil and Gas Association , 2016 CO 29, P. Oil and Gas Ass’n , 16 CO 28 (Colo. Oil and Gas Ass’n , 16 CO 28 (Colo. In 2014, St. City of Longmont v. City of Fort Collins v.
3d 550, a three-judge panel of the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal held on August 14, 2020, that seaman status under the Jones Act may apply to an injured welder on a jack-up oil rig adjacent to an inland pier. Smart Fabricators of Texas (“SmartFab”) fabricates steel and repairs oil and gas drilling equipment. 1349(b)(1).
On September 2, 2014, the Department of Justice announced a settlement in United States v. requiring the oil and gas company to pay $3 million in civil penalties and to spend approximately $13 million to restore 15 sites in West Virginia that had been developed without dredge and fill permits. Trans Energy, Inc. , 14-117 (N.D.W.Va.),
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). In re Oil Spill by Oil Rig “Deepwater Horizon” in Gulf of Mex., 2] Here, this was not the case. 2014); Barker v. 2014); Barker v. 20, 2010 , 452 F.
allowing an $81 million judgment against the oil company to stand. The judgment is the latest in a suit the EPA filed against CITGO under the Clean Water Act for a 2006 spill at the oil company’s St. In January 2016, Judge Haik retired from the bench and the case was transferred to Judge Drell. Charles refinery. Adm’r of E.P.A.
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.
Our analysis suggests that the cost of adopting CCUS would be similar to the price of emissions allowances under the EU ETS by 2030, creating a plausible business case for this technology. 10 âCO 2 storage projects in Europe,â International Association of Oil and Gas Producers, March 2024. CO 2 capture What is biogenic CO 2 ?
1] The dispute in Johnson involved a group of unleased mineral owners (“UMOs”) who filed suit against a unit operator for deducting a litany of post-production costs against their share of production proceeds from an oil and gas unit in the Haynesville Shale. [2] Chesapeake Louisiana, LP. [1] 2] The UMOs argued that La. 12] See id. [13]
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On June 20, 2014, the Supreme Court of Texas ruled in Key Operating & Equipment, Inc. Hegar (PDF) that a mineral lessee in a pooled oil and gas unit has the right to use the entire surface of the pooled acreage, regardless of the location of the producing well or whether actual production from beneath the accessed surface can be proven.
While the long-term fallout from the recent decline in oil prices and the COVID-19 pandemic remains unclear, it is clear that drilling activity has already started to decline. During this downturn in activity, mineral rights owners must remain cognizant of the maintenance activities necessary to preserve their mineral rights.
Supreme Court case, Burwell v. 2751 (2014). Duncan has also recently acted as general counsel for Becket Fund for Religious Liberty and was lead counsel on behalf of Hobby Lobby in the recent U.S. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., Mr. Duncan received his undergraduate and law degrees from Louisiana State University and earned an L.L.M.
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.
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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Delaware Basin Resources LLC , 08-20-00060-CV, the Court of Appeals for the Eighth District of Texas (El Paso) recently held oral argument on the proper construction of the word “and” used in a Delaware Basin oil and gas lease. When the primary term ended in February 2017, DBR had drilled on Section 6, but not on Section 2.
Delaware Basin Resources LLC , 08-20-00060-CV, the Court of Appeals for the Eighth District of Texas (El Paso) recently held oral argument on the proper construction of the word “and” used in a Delaware Basin oil and gas lease. When the primary term ended in February 2017, DBR had drilled on Section 6, but not on Section 2.
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At the time SunPower acquired them, Blue Raven had a CAGR of 93% since 2014. In many cases they just lease a roof from the homeowner, front cost of installation upfront and collect revenue directly from a power purchase agreement (PPA) with the utility. Of course its a different world now. Blue Raven likely isnt growing much at all.
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