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Houston Harbaugh, P.C.

Could a Proposed New York Carbon Dioxide Injection Program Work In Pennsylvania?

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A company in New York is attempting to secure leases to allow it to produce oil and gas and to use the leased land for a carbon dioxide injection program for long-term storage. Does this herald a new type of development that...more

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Federal Court In Ohio Rules That Driller Must Establish Marketability of Each Gas Product Under Market Enhancement Clause

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Let’s assume you own 95 acres in Greene County, Pennsylvania. In 2019, you signed an oil and gas lease with ABC Exploration. During the negotiations, you agreed that only those post-production costs which actually...more

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Ohio Federal Court Allows Subsurface Trespass Suit To Move Forward

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This is a familiar yet troubling question. Imagine you own 135 acres in Washington County. You have received offers from several oil and gas drillers but have not yet signed a lease. Your neighbor, however, did sign a lease...more

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Can "Free Gas" Clauses Refute the Artificial Wellhead Value Suggested by Drillers?

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An oil and gas lease with a “free gas” clause may be a valuable tool for landowners to push back against drillers’ inaccurate attempts to value gas at the “wellhead”. Prior to the advent of Marcellus Shale drilling, "free...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Currents - Energy Industry Insights - September 2019 #3

FERC Proposes to Modernize PURPA Regulations - "The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission proposed to modernize its regulations governing small power producers and cogenerators under the Public Utility Regulatory Policies...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Currents - Energy Industry Insights - May 2019 #3

PA Supreme Court Upholds Decision Allowing Drilling in All Districts Under a Local Zoning Ordinance as Long as They Meet Standards - "This case is one of several recent decisions in Commonwealth Court and the PA Supreme...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Currents - Energy Industry Insights - January 2019 #2

WV Supreme Court Mulls Marcellus Shale Mass Litigation Case from Harrison, WV - "While the case centers on Harrison County, where the surface owners live and the Marcellus Shale operations are underway, the case could have...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Currents - Energy Industry Insights - November 2018 #2

U.S. to Give Eight Nations Oil Waivers Under Iran Sanctions, Official Says - "The U.S. has agreed to let eight countries - including Japan, India and South Korea - keep buying Iranian oil after it reimposes sanctions on the...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Currents - Energy Industry Insights - November 2018

New York Sues Exxon Mobil, Saying It Deceived Shareholders on Climate Change - "The litigation, which follows more than three years of investigation, represents the most significant legal effort yet to establish that a...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Currents - Energy Industry Insights - June 2018 #2

LyondellBasell Looking to Control Braskem; Could Help WV Cracker - "A deal could breathe life into the ethane cracker Braskem proposed for a site near Parkersburg, W.Va., roughly five years ago." Why this is important:...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Currents - Energy Industry Insights - April 2018 #4

EPA Announces a New Rule. One Likely Effect: Less Science in Policymaking - "The Environmental Protection Agency announced a new regulation that would restrict the kinds of scientific studies the agency can use when it...more

Tucker Arensberg, P.C.

Can Natural Gas Drillers Drink Your Milkshake?

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The fight over the historical concept of the “Rule of Capture” as applied to gas rights in Pennsylvania continued recently as the appellees in the matter of Briggs v Southwestern Energy Prod. Co. recently requested a...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Currents - Energy Industry Insights - February 2018 #2

Oil World Turns Upside Down as U.S. Sells Oil in Middle East - "Yet, in a trade that illustrates how the rise of the American shale industry is upending energy markets across the globe, the U.A.E. bought oil directly from...more

Bricker Graydon LLP

Court rules in favor of Eclipse in oil and gas lease case

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On November 30, 2017, the U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit issued an opinion in Eclipse Resources - Ohio, LLC v. Madzia, affirming the lower court’s grant of summary judgment to Eclipse Resources in all respects. ...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Currents - Energy Industry Insights - October 2017

An Obscure Statute Is Helping Trump Save U.S. Coal, Nuclear - "Rick Perry is using an authority granted to him as U.S. energy secretary to call on the independent Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to change its rules...more

K&L Gates LLP

UK Shale Gas - Going all out for Shale

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As part of a package of measures to kick-start the shale gas industry in the UK, the UK government issued a joint Written Statement by DECC and DCLG on 16 September 2015 containing a new shale gas and oil policy. This policy...more

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Secret Recipes: Fracking Fluid Fracas

Several of our previous posts have covered the trade secrets implications of laws that require disclosure of hydraulic fracturing fluid ingredients. As today’s method of hydraulic fracturing combined with horizontal drilling...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

A Focus on Energy: M&A Trends in the Energy Sector

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Houston-based Latham & Watkins partner Robin Fredrickson talks about M&A trends in the energy sector....more

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Benesch Shale Industry Report Quarterly Summary - Q2 2014

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In This Report: - Top Issues and Considerations - Shale Industry Moves - Ohio Shale Infrastructure - Government - Excerpt from Shale Industry Moves: E&P – Overview for Ohio: • As...more

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New York High Court Affirms Local Fracking Bans

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On Monday, New York’s highest court—the New York Court of Appeals—upheld local bans on shale gas drilling designed to eliminate hydraulic fracturing. The 5-2 decision clears the way for drilling opponents to target fracking...more

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6 Oilfield Services Trends In Unconventional Resources

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North American drilling and production activity is increasing service and technology demands and leading to shifts in capital markets and M&A transactions. North America continues to be one of the largest oil and gas...more

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