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Shell, Exxon, Energy Transfer Flip the Script

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In 2021, a Hague court ordered supermajor Shell to reduce its emissions of carbon dioxide by 45% by 2030. The ruling marked the wrap of a case brought to the court All that began to change in 2024, and this turning tide is now gathering speed. The energy industry is striking back, and courts are siding with it.

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Federal jury sides with Marathon Oil in $123.7 million force majeure case

Oil & Gas 360º

million breach-of-contract counterclaim filed by Koch Energy Services, siding instead with Marathons force majeure defense related to deliveries during the historic February 2021 storm. The jury rejected a $123.7 Marathon was jointly represented by Haynes Boone and AZA during the trial.

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Iron Bar Holdings v. Cape – Tales of the Wild West

Oil and Gas Lawyer

They returned in 2021 to do the same, but this time Iron Bar convinced the local prosecuting attorney to prosecute the hunters for criminal trespass. It is this civil case that eventually ended up in the 10 th Circuit. But in 2020 they did hunt on Section 24. They were acquitted in a jury trial.

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Louisiana Supreme Court Relies on Employment-at-Will Doctrine in Enforcing Private Employer’s Vaccine Mandate

The Energy Law

In doing so, the Court reaffirmed the employment-at-will doctrine, and its decision will likely be cited in many other types of employment law cases, including those asserting wrongful termination claims. It will also be useful to employers in a variety of other cases where their personnel decisions are challenged.

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Forecasting Petrobras: A Scenario-Based Financial Outlook Through 2029

Energy Central

Using actual historical performance data from 2021 to 2024, the model builds three growth cases—Bear (1% CAGR), Base (2.87% CAGR), and Bull (4.5% In this post, I present a structured, scenario-based financial forecast for Petrobras, focused on the period from 2025 to 2029.

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New Developments in Shocking Case Before the Texas Supreme Court Regarding Construction of Novel Oil & Gas Royalty Term

The Energy Law

Now the case is before the Texas Supreme Court, with a recently submitted amicus brief containing the argument that could turn the tides back in the lessees’ favor. The lessors won in the trial court; the court of appeals affirmed. Factual Background and Issue. New Developments Before the Texas Supreme Court. See BlueStone Nat. 3d 380 (Tex.

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When Force Majeure Isn't Enough: The Causation Trap That Cost Kinder Morgan $100 Million

Producer's Edge

In case you somehow forgot, the 2021 Valentines Day storm coined “Snovid,” “Snowmageddon,” or officially labeled Winter Storm Uri, blanketed Texas in snow and ice, even bringing snowfall to Galveston Beach. billion cubic feet of production on February 4, 2021 (“Bcf”) to 65.4

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