The Energy Law

APRIL 21, 2021

The Report concluded that the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (“BSEE”) lacks a robust oversight process (1) for ensuring the integrity of active offshore oil and gas pipelines and (2) to address the environmental risks posed by decommissioning and abandoning pipelines on the seafloor.

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The Energy Law

AUGUST 18, 2016

On August 16th, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (“PHMSA”) issued an advisory bulletin to clarify the regulatory requirements that may vary depending on the operational status of a pipeline under 49 C.F.R. Each status invokes a certain procedure for safety and maintenance of the pipelines by the owner or operator.

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Offshore Engineer

MAY 7, 2025

Offshore drilling contractor Dolphin Drilling has moved its 1990-built semi-submersible rig to Caledonia field in the North Sea ahead of upcoming permanent plug and abandonment (P&A) operation

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The Energy Law

AUGUST 27, 2007

By Joe Giarrusso: In Louisiana, a lawsuit is generally deemed abandoned when the parties fail to take any step in its prosecution for three years. This rule is operative without any formal order.

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The Energy Law

APRIL 21, 2021

The Report concluded that the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (“BSEE”) lacks a robust oversight process (1) for ensuring the integrity of active offshore oil and gas pipelines and (2) to address the environmental risks posed by decommissioning and abandoning pipelines on the seafloor.

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The Energy Law

APRIL 12, 2022

million dollars in emergency costs from prior operators of an orphaned well. The Court held that, when the LDNR spends monies from the Oilfield Site Restoration Fund on emergencies, it can only recoup those costs from the well’s operator of record and its working interest owners. who last operated the property. 4/6/22), –So.

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Oil & Gas 360º

APRIL 17, 2025

In a bid to regain investor confidence, Auchincloss, who was finance chief under Looney, in February announced BP would completely abandon the plan and renew its focus on oil and gas. And some existing businesses did not operate with the expected reliability and efficiency.

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Oilfield Technology

JUNE 11, 2025

The company will deliver a rigless intervention framework that enables Repsol Resources UK to optimise well construction, production, and intervention to maximise plug and abandonment (P&A) operations. ” The two companies aim to establish an industry standard for innovation and economic growth.

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SmartBrief

JUNE 27, 2025

I often joke with my fiancée, usually after returning an abandoned shopping cart from a grocery store parking lot, that “we need to reintroduce shame into our society.” Choosing to operate with empathy and a prosocial mindset in the workplace can actually feel daunting. Good leaders need to operate with an appropriate sense of shame.

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SmartBrief

JUNE 25, 2025

He abandoned all efforts to fix her weakness and instead focused exclusively on making her forehand even more lethal. That same optimism, when overplayed, now manifests as detachment from operational realities. Her backhand improved marginally, but her once-devastating forehand — her true competitive advantage — steadily declined.

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Oilfield Technology

JUNE 20, 2025

The Deepsea Yantai drilling rig, operating in a water depth of 341 m, was utilised for the drilling. After the completion of operations, the well was permanently plugged and abandoned. It is the third exploration well drilled in production licence 891, which was awarded during the Awards in Predefined Areas (APA) in 2016.

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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.

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The Energy Law

AUGUST 1, 2007

By Dana Douglas The Louisiana First Circuit Court of Appeal recently held that an operator is not responsible for payment of a non-operator’s royalties and overriding royalties before payout. 6/8/07), the operator completed a well that was plugged and abandoned without reaching payout. In Gulf Explorer, LLC v.

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The Energy Law

JUNE 3, 2022

This program allows for carbon capture and sequestration project operators that operate outside of California to receive state income tax credits if they are engaged in direct air capture or sales of low carbon transportation fuel within the state of California.

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Iraq Business News: Oil & Gas

MAY 8, 2025

Genel Energy has issued a trading and operations update relating to Q1 2025. The operational performance delivered from the Tawke and Peshkabir fields, together with the significant cost efficiency, continues to set these fields apart from others in the region. By John Lee.

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Offshore Energies UK

MARCH 5, 2025

Elemental Energies has specialist teams working globally in subsurface, wells and facilities operations. It has an extensive record managing large-scale platform plugging and abandonment (P&A) and subsea well decommissioning. It has also formed a joint venture with Archer for global P&A.

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The Energy Law

JANUARY 2, 2013

In August 2012, BSEE promulgated a new final rule entitled “Oil and Gas and Sulphur Operations on the Outer Continental Shelf–Increased Safety Measures for Energy Development on the Outer Continental Shelf,” to tighten safety measures on the OCS. Initially, BOEMRE implemented the recommendations through an interim final rule. 50856 (Aug.

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The Energy Law

APRIL 30, 2020

In Cannisnia Plantation , the Louisiana Second Circuit faced the issue of whether a mineral servitude owner conducted good faith operations sufficient to interrupt the prescription of non-use of a mineral servitude. The well was a dry hole, however, and was therefore plugged and abandoned on April 21, 2006.

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SmartBrief

APRIL 7, 2025

When employees work hard on initiatives only to see them abandoned without explanation, they lose motivation, and chaos quickly follows. You dont keep promises Operations managers frequently tell employees, If you work hard, youll get promoted. Youre confusing me CEOs at fast-growing startups change priorities weekly or monthly.

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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.

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Permian Basin Oil and Gas Magazine

MAY 12, 2025

This report will address some legal issues, a current CCUS project near Odessa, new technology to economically repurpose abandoned wells and formations, and a digital approach to unitizing and managing CCUS data, also with streamlining in mind. That being so, as Jones noted, it frequently has already beenplugged and abandoned.

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The Energy Law

MARCH 27, 2020

Coupled with the recent decline in oil and gas prices, many operators are left scrambling in an attempt to navigate unprecedented circumstances. With shutdowns and stay-at-home orders in place and regulatory deadlines looming, Louisiana operators are looking for guidance from regulators on how to proceed.

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SmartBrief

MARCH 27, 2025

With ShipAccel, retailers can integrate fulfillment operations into a single, AI-powered dashboard, enabling them to optimize processes, reduce costs, and enhance the customer experience. In a 2024 survey , 23% of consumers stated that slow delivery times caused cart abandonment. Globally, 2.71 billion by the end of 2025.

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Valor

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Read more BP to abandon green energy target and ramp up oil Summary : BP will abandon its plan to expand renewable energy generation 20-fold by 2030, scrapping its target of reaching 50 gigawatts (GW) and maintaining its current 8.2 Read more Contact Valor Today Contact us today if you need help outsourcing your oil and gas operations.

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SmartBrief

MARCH 27, 2025

Online sellers must speed up fulfillment and improve order accuracy and inventory management to avoid inefficiencies that slow operations and inflate costs. However, outdated fulfillment processes, disconnected systems and manual data entry create bottlenecks that slow operations and increase errors. A McKinsey & Co.

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Rextag

APRIL 16, 2025

The Discovery: Far South Prospect BP, as operator (57.5%) alongside co-owner Chevron U.S.A. Gulf Remains Core to BP's Growth The Gulf of America remains a critical area for BPs upstream operations. BP is also targeting 2.32.5 onshore and offshore regions, including the Gulf of America.

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Rextag

JANUARY 21, 2025

With M&A activity accelerating, companies are securing inventory and refining their operations to meet future demand. shale sector is experiencing a robust wave of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) as companies seek to bolster inventory and scale their operations. CONSOLIDATION GAINS MOMENTUM AMID INVENTORY CONCERNS The U.S.

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The Energy Law

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Decommis sioning liability for predecessors: Current regulations – All lessees and owners of operating rights are jointly and severally liable for meeting decommissioning obligations. A party that assigns a record title interest or operating rights remains liable for decommissioning liability.

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The Energy Law

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Earlier this month, Gulf Coast Sequestration (“GCS”), a limited liability company based in Lake Charles, announced its plans to build and operate a carbon capture and sequestration (“CCS”) project that will create a repository 10,000 feet underground for the permanent storage of more than 80 million tons of carbon.

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The Energy Law

JANUARY 4, 2007

In the Supreme Court of Texas) Emerald, a subsequent lessee of Exxon, sued Exxon for wrongful conduct “in the development and abandonment of oil and gas wells in the Mary Ellen O’Connor Field.” Exxon failed to act as a reasonably prudent operator in plugging the wells; 3. Corpus Christi Jan. 27, 2005, pet.

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Drillers

AUGUST 19, 2020

The process of planning, safekeeping and operating energy production facilities is a long term process, running into decades. x has stood for Drilling, Logging, Supplying and Abandonment so far!). What happens when no-one can fly internationally? When workers are quarantined, self-isolating, or perhaps even sick?

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The Energy Law

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Decommis sioning liability for predecessors: Current regulations – All lessees and owners of operating rights are jointly and severally liable for meeting decommissioning obligations. A party that assigns a record title interest or operating rights remains liable for decommissioning liability.

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The Energy Law

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Earlier this month, Gulf Coast Sequestration (“GCS”), a limited liability company based in Lake Charles, announced its plans to build and operate a carbon capture and sequestration (“CCS”) project that will create a repository 10,000 feet underground for the permanent storage of more than 80 million tons of carbon.

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The Energy Law

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

BSEE’s 2024 decommissioning rule would update 30 C.F.R. The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking is scheduled to be published in December 2024, with public comments expected to close in February 2025.

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The Energy Law

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

DRD then operated the MEL OLIVER under a time charter to ACL. 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. 2701(32)(A). [2] 2] United States v. 16-31150, p.

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The Energy Law

JANUARY 28, 2021

2] New Mexico’s 2021 Legislative Session will consider a bill that would significantly change how the state regulates oil and gas operations. Nathan Johnson, respectively, directs the state to create tougher standards for tanks in areas prone to flooding, hurricanes, and similar weather events. [2] Pre-filed and introduced by State Sen.

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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]

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