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Williston Basin White Paper

Oil Gas Leads

This report profiles 36 active operators —each of which has spud at least one new well since 2023 —providing a detailed look at production volumes, drilling activity, core acreage, and strategic focus. Infrastructure Limits Natural Gas Growth With natural gas production nearing 3.2 oil production, delivering approximately 1.2–1.3

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Force Majeure Clause Fails to Protect Oil and Gas Lessee From Mistakenly-Scheduled Deadline

The Energy Law

2023), the Texas Supreme Court held that the lessee could not invoke a force majeure clause to save its oil and gas leases when it inadvertently scheduled its operations to begin after the requisite deadline. The lessee, MRC Permian Company, received four identical oil and gas leases from certain lessors in 2014.

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Prairie Operating Co. announces 11-well development at Rusch Pad

Oil & Gas 360º

(Oil & Gas 360) –HOUSTON, TX, April 02, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Prairie Operating Co. The first well was spud on April 1, 2025, utilizing Precision E-Drilling Rig 461, as part of the Companys continued strategy to expand production and enhance operational efficiencies in the Denver-Julesburg (DJ) Basin.

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Canada BC Oil & Gas: A Growing Backlog of Undrilled Well Permits

Oil Gas Leads

British Columbias upstream oil and gas sector has seen a surge in well permitting activity over the last few yearsbut drilling activity hasnt kept pace. Other notable operators include Pacific Canbriam Energy and ARC Resources , which also show significant gaps between licensing and spudding. The result? Whats Driving the Delay?

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Operators May Earn and Sell Carbon Credits for the P&A of Inactive, Shut-in, or Temporarily Abandoned Wells

The Energy Law

The carbon credit market continues to evolve as oil and gas companies face increasingly stringent regulations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The EPA estimates that there are over 3 million known abandoned and orphaned oil and gas wells (AOOG wells) in the United States. million vehicles per year.

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Louisiana Second Circuit Provides Guidance as to Good Faith Required When Conducting Operations Necessary to Interrupt Prescription of Mineral Servitude

The Energy Law

A well was spud on March 28, 2006. At trial, the mineral servitude owner testified that in 2005, the Cotton Valley drilling activity was ramping up and other operators near the servitude successfully drilled gas wells. Cannisnia Plantation, LLC v. The mineral servitude owner disagreed with the notice and refused to comply.

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FIFTH CIRCUIT BEGINS TO CLEAN UP ITS JURISPRUDENCE ON HOW TO DETERMINE WHETHER A CONTRACT IS (OR IS NOT) MARITIME

The Energy Law

Gulf Oil Corp. , [1] for determining whether a contract to perform services related to oil & gas exploration on navigable waters is maritime, the Fifth Circuit took up In re Larry Doiron, Incorporated [2] earlier this year in an effort to streamline the test and bring clarity to an area of the law mired in uncertainty.

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