The Energy Law

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

The Fourth Court of Appeals recently held that surface owners control the matrix of the underlying earth; thus, a surface owner can give permission to drill through the subsurface to an adjacent lease. Anadarko E&P Onshore, No. In Lightning Oil Co. 04-14-00903-CV , 2014 Tex. Lexis 8673 (Aug. Lexis 8673 (Aug.

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Rextag

JUNE 2, 2025

companies, both independent and integrated, have played a pivotal role in this growth, amassing massive positions in the basin through drilling, innovation, and strategic consolidation. Permian Growth Isnt OverYet Despite a reduction in drilling rigs driven by weaker oil prices, production in the Permian is still increasing.

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The Energy Law

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

3d 550, a three-judge panel of the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal held on August 14, 2020, that seaman status under the Jones Act may apply to an injured welder on a jack-up oil rig adjacent to an inland pier. Its employees work at its shop and yard and occasionally on jacked-up drilling rigs, often docked to inland piers.

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The Energy Law

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

3d 550, a three-judge panel of the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal held on August 14, 2020, that seaman status under the Jones Act may apply to an injured welder on a jack-up oil rig adjacent to an inland pier. Its employees work at its shop and yard and occasionally on jacked-up drilling rigs, often docked to inland piers.

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The Energy Law

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) ten-year effort to amend its interpretation of key components of the Jones Act continues. Unlike its recent, unsuccessful efforts to amend its interpretations, the current proposal attempts to expand one prohibition while narrowing another. Merchandise/Vessel Equipment Vessel equipment is not merchandise.

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Rig Skills

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Oil and gas rotary drilling rig have several tools at rig floor for handling drill string various components. Rig floor is a platform which provide work space for crew member for tripping drill pipe into or out of wellbore. It must kept open on rig floor to be used in well control situation.

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The Energy Law

MARCH 30, 2017

Flat River Farms, L.L.C. , the Louisiana Second Circuit addressed issues affecting the creation and preservation of mineral servitudes and payment of court costs in a concursus action. [1] 1] In the case, an operator initiated a concursus action seeking to resolve ownership interest in minerals underlying property on which it was operating.

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Oil & Gas 360º

MARCH 28, 2025

A Dallas Federal Reserve survey on Wednesday showed executives are concerned that the levies could drive inflation in the oilfield, and raise drilling costs. That, in turn, could further hit Liberty and other oilfield service providers earnings by forcing their oil-producing customers to slow drilling activity.

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