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MANAGING EDITOR
Brit Brown
Beirne, Maynard,
& Parsons L.L.P.
Houston, Texas
ASSISTANT EDITOR
Janice Hartrick
Dallas, Texas
INTERNATIONAL EDITOR
Harry W. Sullivan, Jr.
Senior Counsel
ConocoPhillips
Houston, Texas
OIL AND GAS EDITOR
Thomas T. Hutcheson
Chair - Energy & Environmental Law
Practice Group
Winstead PC
Houston, Texas
POWER / ALTERNATIVE
ENERGY EDITOR
Sheila S. Hollis
Duane Morris LLP
Washington, D.C.
YOUNG ENERGY
PROFESSIONALS EDITOR
Steven P. Otillar
Baker & McKenzie
Houston, Texas
INSTITUTE FOR
ENERGY LAW
The Center for American and International Law
5201 Democracy Dr.
Plano, Texas 75024
Tel: 972.244.3400
Fax: 972.244.3401
Tim T. West
Chair, IEL Advisory Board
Associate General Counsel
Devon Energy Corporation
Houston, Texas
David B. Winn
IEL Director and
CAIL Vice President |
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Volume 3, No.3 -- October 2009 |
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| New Advisory Board Members Website and Online Forum! |
We’re happy to announce two new benefits of IEL membership: our new members-only website for members of the Advisory Board, and our new members-only online forum on LinkedIn.
To visit the members website, click here and enter the password that was sent to you recently by email. Here you will find current information about the Institute, the Advisory Board and the members themselves, including member photo rosters, committee descriptions and rosters, and a calendar of upcoming events. Here you can also access our new members-only online forum on LinkedIn, our bimonthly newsletter The Energy Law Advisor, our Online Articles Index, our other publications, and a description of Sponsorship Opportunities at upcoming programs.
To join the IEL Advisory Board LinkedIn group click here. This online forum is for members to network and share information about energy law and practice, the energy industries and yourselves. This forum is self-directed and is limited to members of the Institute’s Advisory Board. |
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Court Addresses State Severance Tax Impact of Crude Oil "Barrel-Back" Transactions and Crude Oil Posted Price Class Action Royalty Settlement
Submitted by Mark D. Christiansen, Crowe & Dunlevy (Oklahoma City)
In Oklahoma Tax Commission v. Sun Company, Inc. (R&M), 2009 OK 11, 2009 WL 349702, the Oklahoma Supreme Court was presented with assertions by the Oklahoma Tax Commission that Sunoco had underpaid gross production taxes on oil that was marketed under "barrel-back" arrangements between the producers and Sunoco. The Oklahoma Tax Commission contended that Sunoco was liable for additional taxes by virtue of both (1) "barrel back" purchases by Sunoco, and (2) the dollar amount that Sunoco paid to settle a class action suit by royalty owners over the payment of royalties based upon posted prices, including "barrel back" transactions, in In re Lease Oil Antitrust Litigation, 186 F.R.D. 403 (S.D. Tex. 1999).
Get the full story. |
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Update on Green House Gas Legislation
Submitted by James Smith, Beirne, Maynard & Parsons, L.L.P. (Houston)
The recent passage of a GHG bill by the U.S. House of Representatives shows the challenges that GHG presents, and indicates that a GHG bill from the Senate is still far from certain. A Senate failure would not necessarily prevent GHG regulation; rather such a failure may mean a sweeping program adopted by EPA under current legal authority.
To comment on this article, meet me at the IEL Advisory Board Forum on LinkedIn.
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IEL Advisory Board member Aaron Ball participated as a speaker in the Oil & Gas Investor Webinar on "The Marcellus Bottom Line: Take-Away, Well Results, New Tax & Water Issues". |
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David Asmus
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Michael King |
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Ken Mildwaters
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Philip Tendler
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New Sponsoring members are Dr. KC Mildwaters Consulting LLP (Ken Mildwaters, Warwickshire), Panetta & Associati - Studio Legale (Rocco Panetta, Rome)(not pictured) and Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP (Philip Tendler, San Francisco). |
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Yao Apasu |
Charlie Rose
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New Associate members are Yao Apasu (Chevron Global Upstream and Gas, Houston), Solomon C. Mbadiwe (The Law Crest, Lagos)(not pictured) and Charlie I. Rose
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Otu Medo |
A new Government member is Otu Medo (Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Abuja). |
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The Institute for Energy Law celebrates this year the 60th anniversary of its Annual Oil & Gas Law Conference and the 50th anniversary of the Institute itself. Click here to view the anniversary video. |
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Participate in the IEL Advisory Board LinkedIn Group
Share your thoughts on current issues and developments in the field with other members of the Advisory Board in our new members-only IEL Advisory Board LinkedIn group. If you are not already a member of LinkedIn, click here for directions on how to join. |
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8th Annual Energy Litigation Conference
October 23, 2009 | Houston, Texas |
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Oil & Gas Law Short Course
October 19-23, 2009 | Westminster, Colorado |
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2nd IEL-SEERIL International Oil and Gas Law Conference
November 8-10, 2009 | London, England |
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IEL Receptions
w/ the Tarrant County Bar Energy Section
The Dome at Reata Restaurant
November 19, 2009 | Ft. Worth, Texas
The Grill at the Houston Club
December 10, 2009 | Houston, Texas
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Young Energy Professionals General Counsel Forum
Magnolia Hotel
December 2, 2009 | Houston, Texas
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Annual Advisory Board Meeting and Reception and Dinner
February 17, 2010 | Houston, Texas |
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Executive Committee Meeting
February 17, 2010 | Houston, Texas |
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61st Annual Oil and Gas Law Conference
February 18-19, 2010 | Houston, Texas |
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IEL-ANADE Conference
March, 2010| Mexico City, Mexico |
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