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Texas Supreme Court Agrees to Review Three Oil and Gas Cases in 2016

The Energy Law Blog

In Laddex , the lessee of the top lease, Laddex, sued the lessee of the base lease, BP, contending that the prior lease terminated during a period of slow production between August 2005 and November 2006. Both parties filed petitions for review before the Texas Supreme Court.

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You Cannot Just Read the Regulations to Understand Stormwater Permitting for Oil and Gas Activities!

The Energy Law Blog

To understand the stormwater permit requirements for oil and gas activities, you need to review not only the regulations that remain in force, but also the Clean Water Act as amended by the Energy Policy Act of 2005. The 2006 regulations were judicially challenged and eventually vacated. See Natural Resources Defense Council v.

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Rare Eastern Hellbender Habitat In Loyalsock Creek, Lycoming County Harmed By Sediment Plumes From Pipeline Crossings, Shale Gas Drilling Water Withdrawal Construction Projects

PA Environment Daily

Natural gas companies must also sign submerged land lease agreements with the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources for using stream and river beds between the high water marks of those bodies of water for pipeline crossings and water withdrawal points because the submerged land is owned by the Commonwealth.

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Texas Supreme Court to Hear Miesch Case

The Energy Law Blog

For a copy of TxOGA’s brief, click on the following link Amicus Curiae Brief of TXOGA – Received: 10/16/2006 . 13-99-757, 2005 WL 167051 (Tex.App.—Corpus 27, 2005, pet. Exxon’s Petition for Review was filed September 9, 2005, arguing that: 1. Corpus Christi 2005, pet. Emerald Oil & Gas v. Exxon Corp.,

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MMS Proposes Royalty Relief Amendments

The Energy Law Blog

Hunter MMS has announced proposed amendments to its deep gas royalty relief regulations under the Energy Policy Act of 2005. The additional relief will only be available in years when the annual NYMEX natural gas price is at or below $4.47/MMBtu MMBtu expressed in 2006 dollars. By Jonathan A. Click here to read the Notice.

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Supreme Court Denies Relief to Oil Companies

The Energy Law Blog

Burton , 549 U.S. — (2006), the Supreme Court resolved a legal issue that has been at the center of federal royalty litigation for twenty years: viz. In BHP America Petroleum Co. whether 28 U.S.C. 2415(a), which imposes a 6-year statute of limitations for Government “every action for money damages. On appeal, the D.C. Amoco Production Co.

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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 Blog

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. A well was spud on March 28, 2006.

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