Oil & Gas E-Report

Inside the Latest Issue:

• Louisiana Department Reorganized and Given New Name; Office of Conservation Eliminated
• Louisiana Grants First UIC Class VI Permit for CCS
• Louisiana Governor Imposes Moratorium on Review of New Class VI Permits for CCS
• Virginia Appeals Court Provides Guidance for Gas Companies on Pipeline Zoning Exemptions
• Indiana Court Applies Rule of Capture in Coal Mine Methane Dispute
• Texas Lessor Not Entitled to Self-Help Burial of Pipelines
• Texas Supreme Court Denies Review Effectively Upholding El Paso Court of Appeals Dismissing Claims for Mineral Right Trespass on Standing Grounds Yet Provides a Foundational Framework for Trespass to Mineral Rights Claims
• EPA Grants UIC Primacy to Texas for Class VI Wells for CCS
• EPA Grants UIC Primacy to Arizona for Injection Well Classes I-VI
• Ohio Court Rejects Challenges to State Land Leasing Legislation
• Pennsylvania Federal Court Decides Issues in Lease Formation Dispute
• On Rehearing, West Viriginia’s Top Court Sticks to Expansion of Marketable Title Rule
• Three Key Federal Updates Pipeline Operators Need to Track

The Oil & Gas E-Report is a quarterly newsletter that began in 2018. It contains articles of current interest to oil and gas practitioners and is assembled by a geographically diverse group of editors from private practice, in-house, and academia. This e-publication is the successor to IEL’s print publication, the Oil and Gas Reporter, which was published from 1952-2017.

Editorial Board

Editor-in-Chief

• Keith B. Hall, LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center

Editors

• David Ammons, Haynes and Boone, LLP
• Ken Bullock, Frost Brown Todd LLP
• Marcella Burke, Burke Law Group
• Reagan L. Butts, RLB Legal Group, PLLC
• Kevin G. Corcoran, Spencer Fane LLP
• Edward Duhé, Exxon Mobil Corporation
• Sharon Flanery, Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
• Urs Broderick Furrer, Harriton & Furrer, LLP
• Drew Gann, McGuireWoods LLP
• Kara Herrnstein, Bricker Graydon LLP
• John T. Kalmbach, Cook, Yancey, King & Galloway
• Kenneth Klemm, Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC
• Daniel McClure, Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP
• John Morrison, Crowley Fleck PLLP
• Barclay Nicholson, Sheppard Mullin
• Jeffrey Oliver, Baker Botts L.L.P.
• Patrick S. Ottinger, Ottinger Hebert, L.L.C.
• Diana S. Prulhiere, Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
• Niki Roberts, JERA Americas
• C. Brannon Robertson, Brannon Robertson Law Firm PLLC
• Gregory D. Russell, Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP
• David E. Sharp, FCIArb, Law Offices of David E. Sharp P.L.L.C.

Please forward any comments, submissions, or suggestions to any of the IEL’s Deputy Director, Vickie Adams at vadams@cailaw.org.

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