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ConocoPhillips announces oil find at Slagugle discovery in Norwegian Sea

Oilfield Technology

Despite a dry well in a previous attempt to delineate the discovery in 2022, the latest appraisal has provided encouraging results. After the completion of operations, the well was permanently plugged and abandoned. nozzle opening.

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Europe’s Oil Majors Scale Back Climate Ambitions

OilPrice

Back in 2022, Norway's state-controlled energy giant Equinor ASA (NYSE:EQNR) laid out its roadmap to achieving net zero emissions. Equinor has also abandoned plans to invest in Vietnam's offshore wind sector, dealing a significant blow to the country's

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New Amendment to Louisiana’s Geologic Sequestration of Carbon Dioxide Act Creates Expropriation Rights to Prohibit Drilling through Carbon Capture Storage Reservoirs in Caldwell Parish

The Energy Law

The amendment (Act 163 of 2022) was signed by Governor Edwards on May 26, 2022 and will become effective on August 1 st of this year. 3] Act 163 of 2022. [4] As currently written, the Act allows the project operator to expropriate the rights “necessary or useful” in constructing and operating the storage facility. [1]

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Supreme Court of Ohio Further Solidifies Position Regarding Level of Diligence Required Under the Ohio Dormant Mineral Act

Vorys Energy

On March 24, 2022, the Supreme Court of Ohio once again addressed the level of diligence a surface owner must exercise in attempting to identify and locate holders of a severed mineral interest under the Ohio Dormant Mineral Act. The Court’s decision in Fonzi v. Brown , Slip Opinion No.

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7 lessons leaders can learn from music legends 

SmartBrief

A 2022 Gallup study showed that teams with clear goals and expectations outperform others by 20% in productivity and profitability. Reinvention wasn’t about abandoning identity but growing into new possibilities. Leadership takeaway: Excellence doesn’t happen by accident; it’s engineered.

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DOI Regulatory Agenda Includes BSEE Rulemakings on Decommissioning and Bonding for Civil Penalty Appeals

The Energy Law

However, on July 7, 2022, in Petro Ventures, Inc. BSEE’s 2024 decommissioning rule would update 30 C.F.R. The agency intended the bonding requirement to be a jurisdictional precondition for maintaining a civil penalty appeal with the DOI’s Interior Board of Land Appeals (“IBLA”). 2020-48), the IBLA held the current version of 30 C.F.R.

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Renewable Energy Efforts Highlighted in Draft Plan to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Louisiana

The Energy Law

After additional rounds of feedback from the Task Force and the public, some actions may be added, deleted, or revised prior to the release of the draft Climate Action Plan later this year and the Final Report in February 2022. The Draft Portfolio contains 29 strategies, with various amounts of specific actions to carry out each strategy.

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