The Energy Law

JUNE 3, 2022

In response to various pressures on the energy industry to reduce the environmental impact associated with excess carbon dioxide emissions, many energy companies are investigating carbon capture and sequestration projects as a means of reducing their carbon emissions.

Operator

The Energy Law

JULY 15, 2021

As the number of solar projects continues to grow in Louisiana, a chief concern among Louisiana taxpayers is ensuring that these projects are properly decommissioning upon their abandonment. Solar development is largely in its infancy in Louisiana, with only a handful of projects having been constructed to date.

Abandonment

The Energy Law

JANUARY 28, 2021

Several pieces of energy-industry legislation are teed up for debate as state legislatures reconvene for their first sessions of 2021. For a comprehensive list of energy legislation to be heard in upcoming state legislative sessions, see: [link]. [1] Senate Bill 119 ( S. 1] [link]. [2] 2] [link]. [3] 3] [link]. [4] 4] [link]. [5]

Energy

The Energy Law

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Some of the actions are related to development of renewable energy in Louisiana, whereas others aim to manage emissions. Actions under strategy 9 center around drafting new legislation to increase the plugging of abandoned and orphaned wells. Noteworthy actions include: ACTION 5.6 Associated Submitted Action Proposals: n/a).

Energy

The Energy Law

APRIL 12, 2022

Sandhill never managed to stop the leak, and it abandoned the well in August 2019. The Lyon Well was leaking in 2018, which prompted the LDNR to task the current operator (Sandhill Production, Inc.) with stopping the leak. The LDNR declared an emergency over the Lyon Well leak and spent money from the Fund on the emergency response.

Operator

The Energy Law

JANUARY 28, 2021

Several pieces of energy-industry legislation are teed up for debate as state legislatures reconvene for their first sessions of 2021. For a comprehensive list of energy legislation to be heard in upcoming state legislative sessions, see: [link]. [1] Massachusetts lawmakers recently re-filed a historic climate bill ( S. 1] [link]. [2]

Energy

The Energy Law

AUGUST 8, 2017

According to Britain’s Financial Conduct Authority, the London Interbank Offered Rate, or LIBOR, will be phased out and abandoned by the end of 2021. What should lenders and borrowers do to prepare for the end of LIBOR? Lenders and borrowers should monitor the development of alternative benchmark interest rates.

Abandonment

The Energy Law

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

The DOI’s Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (“BSEE”) is slated to make further revisions to its decommissioning regulations, following other decommissioning amendments made last year as previously reported on The Energy Law Blog. BSEE’s 2024 decommissioning rule would update 30 C.F.R. 250.1403; NTL No. 2023-N02 (March 24, 2023).

Offshore

The Energy Law

JANUARY 20, 2021

Yesterday, the United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the climate change lawsuit filed by the City of Baltimore in 2018 against energy companies. This case is one of a number of cases brought by states, cities, and other municipalities against energy companies alleging that the companies contributed to climate change.

Casing

The Energy Law

MAY 1, 2017

If a Notice of Contract has not been filed, subcontractors and suppliers have a sixty-day period to file a lien, which begins running on the date of substantial completion, the owner’s abandonment of the work, or the filing of a Notice of Termination.

Abandonment

The Energy Law

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Statewide Order 29-N-6 provides clear guidelines for Class VI wells, which cover the permitting process, siting criteria, area of review, well construction and completion, operational protocol, testing and monitoring specifications, plugging and abandonment procedures, and reporting requirements.

Underground Injection Control

The Energy Law

MARCH 27, 2020

Specifically, the letter addressed the following circumstances: Plugging Requirements : Regulations require any well that has been identified by the operator as inactive with no future utility to be placed on a schedule of abandonment or plugged within 90 days.

Underground Injection Control

The Energy Law

JULY 20, 2018

Recently, the court applied Doiron in the context of a contract to plug and abandon a series of offshore wells in Crescent Energy Services, L.L.C., and (2) Does the contract provide or do the parties expect that a vessel will play a substantial role in the completion of the contract? Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc. [3]

E&P

The Energy Law

JANUARY 20, 2021

Yesterday, the United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the climate change lawsuit filed by the City of Baltimore in 2018 against energy companies. This case is one of a number of cases brought by states, cities, and other municipalities against energy companies alleging that the companies contributed to climate change.

Casing

The Energy Law

APRIL 30, 2020

The well was a dry hole, however, and was therefore plugged and abandoned on April 21, 2006. In January 2006, approximately 6 months before the servitude would expire for non-use, the mineral servitude owner conveyed the servitude to an affiliated business entity on the condition that it drill a well on the property by June 15, 2006.

Operator

The Energy Law

OCTOBER 26, 2020

2] Statewide Order 26-N-6 provides clear guidelines for Class VI wells, which cover the permitting process, siting criteria, area of review, well construction and completion, operational protocol, testing and monitoring specifications, plugging and abandonment procedures, and reporting requirements.

Underground Injection Control

The Energy Law

OCTOBER 15, 2020

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (“BOEM”) and the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (“BSEE”) recently issued a proposed rule on Risk Management, Financial Assurance and Loss Prevention (“Proposed Rule”), which was published in the Federal Register on October 16, 2020 and is now open for public comment.

Pipeline

The Energy Law

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

At the time of the collision, the MEL OLIVER, which was pushing ACL’s barge DM-932 fully laden with oil, was operating without a captain who had effectively abandoned the vessel several days earlier. DRD then operated the MEL OLIVER under a time charter to ACL.

Oil

The Energy Law

OCTOBER 15, 2020

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (“BOEM”) and the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (“BSEE”) recently issued a proposed rule on Risk Management, Financial Assurance and Loss Prevention (“Proposed Rule”), which was published in the Federal Register on October 16, 2020 and is now open for public comment.

Pipeline

Permian Basin Oil and Gas Magazine

MAY 1, 2025

This is an extraordinary victory for the thousands of parents who have advocated for more choices when it comes to the education of their children, Abbott stated. 2, educational choice will soon be the law of the land in Texas, Patrick declared. 1150 had passed the Senate and was in the House Energy Resources Committee.

Abandonment

Permian Basin Oil and Gas Magazine

APRIL 1, 2025

Governors Perspective During its 60-day session, the legislature passed 194 bills out of 1,182 introduced, addressing issues from economic development and health care to education and water security, as summarized by the office of Gov. The bill quickly passed through House Energy and House Tax & Revenue before being incorporated into H.B.

Royalty