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USA Targets Niche Gas That China Can't Replace as Trade War Chip

Rigzone

Image by ffikretow via iStock The US is using its dominance of a niche petroleum gas as a bargaining chip in its trade war with China. In this case, America is the world’s biggest producer of ethane, which is converted into ethylene for plastics factories, and China is its largest customer.

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Getting a Line on Wireline

Permian Basin Oil and Gas Magazine

Esquibel, with his family, bootstrapped Underdog Wireline in 2018. They do cased hole work, both vertical and horizontal production. The junk basket/gauge ring run employs a tool (the junk basket) with a ring attached to the tool that is “almost drift of the casing.” And the stakes are high. active in the Delaware), and Civitas.

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Louisiana’s Third Circuit (Again) Affirms the Applicability of the Subsequent Purchaser Doctrine to Mineral Leases

The Energy Law

In a unanimous opinion issued July 18, 2018 in Grace Ranch, LLC v. the Third Circuit not only provides yet another example of the uniform application of the doctrine in cases involving mineral rights under Louisiana law, but expressly and thoroughly rejects the numerous arguments on which plaintiffs-landowners have continued to rely.

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United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Finds That Louisiana Citizen Suit Legacy Claims Can be Heard in Federal Court

The Energy Law

24, 2021), the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit addressed a question that has increasingly become a sticking point in Louisiana “legacy” cases: whether claims brought under a Louisiana citizen suit provision for alleged violations of state environmental regulations can be heard in federal court. 20-30224 (5th Cir.

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New Judge, Same Result – $81 Million CWA Civil Penalty Appealed

The Energy Law

District Court Judge Dee Drell (Western District, LA) recently denied a motion to alter or amend the Court’s judgment against CITGO Petroleum Corp.– CITGO Petroleum Corp., In January 2016, Judge Haik retired from the bench and the case was transferred to Judge Drell. CITGO Petroleum Corp., Adm’r of E.P.A. Adm’r of E.P.A.

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United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Finds That Louisiana Citizen Suit Legacy Claims Can be Heard in Federal Court

The Energy Law

24, 2021), the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit addressed a question that has increasingly become a sticking point in Louisiana “legacy” cases: whether claims brought under a Louisiana citizen suit provision for alleged violations of state environmental regulations can be heard in federal court. 20-30224 (5th Cir.

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Nigeria Oil Industry Overview

Drillers

That was formed in 1977 under the name National Nigeria Petroleum Company. Total, for instance, started production from one of the most significant newly discovered offshore fields in Nigeria Egina at the end of 2018 with plans to ramp up production to 200,000 BPD. According to its OPEC file , the West African nation is home to 36.97

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