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Louisiana State and Federal Courts Split Over Parties Entitled to Reports Under La. R.S. 30:103.1

The Energy Law Blog

La. R.S. 30:103.1 requires operators or producers of oil and gas units created by the Louisiana Commissioner of Conservation to provide reports containing information related to well costs and production to owners of “unleased oil and gas interests” (referred to herein as “103.1 report(s)”). If an operator does not provide the information required under the statute in a manner that is sufficiently detailed after receiving a proper request, the operator or producer “shall forfeit his right to dem

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Stranded Assets v. the Social Cost of Carbon: The Tortured Economics of Climate Change

Vermont Law

Summary. : If there is one thing the fossil fuel industry, the government, and climate change activists might agree on it is this: in the end it all comes down to money. Oil, gas and coal companies, and their investors, are terrified of leaving fossil fuels in the ground. As to issue of climate change as a whole, the industry is providing a product utilized by everyone, and companies like Exxon posit that they, and their investors, will be paying the full burden when all comes to bear.