Oil & Gas E-Report

Inside the Latest Issue:

• In Climate Case, U.S. Tenth Circuit Holds that Federal Officer Removal Does Not Apply
• PHMSA Issues Proposed Rules for Gas Pipeline Regulatory Reform
• Federal Court in Arkansas Applies AAPL Form 610 JOA’s “Subsequently Created Interest” Provision
• In Coastal Land Loss Litigation, Fifth Circuit Holds that Removal Based on Federal Officer Statute was not Timely
• Louisiana Legislation Amends Mineral Code Article 212.21
• North Dakota Supreme Court Holds “Actual Drilling Operations” is Ambiguous
• Eight Circuit Holds that “Promote” Obligation in an Exploration and Development Agreement is not a Covenant Running with the Land under North Dakota Law
• Ohio’s Dormant Mineral Act Found to Require More Than Search of Local County Records for Notice Purposes
• Oklahoma Court of Appeals Reverses Ruling of the District Court Invalidating a City Ordinance on the Ground That the Ordinance was Found to be in Conflict with a State Statute
• Oklahoma Supreme Court Affirms District Court’s Denial of Exceptions to Report of Commissioners in Pipeline Condemnation Action

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

IEL E-Communications Committee Chair

• Eric C. Camp, Decker Jones, PC 

Editor-in-Chief

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

Editors

• Kevin C. Abbott, Law Office of Kevin C. Abbott
• Michael B. Bennett, Eversheds Sutherland
• Bradford Berge, Holland & Hart LLP
• Mark D. Christiansen, Edinger Leonard & Blakley PLLC
• Earl DeBrine, Jr., Modrall Sperling
• Sharon O. Flanery, Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
• Jana Grauberger, Liskow & Lewis
• Aimee W. Hebert, Kelly Hart & Pitre
• John T. Kalmbach, Cook, Yancey, King & Galloway
• Kenneth Klemm, Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC
• Michael P. Lennon, Jr., Mayer Brown LLP
• Daniel M. McClure, Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP
• John W. Morrison, Crowley Fleck PLLP
• Jennifer Walter Mosley, Chevron
• Barclay Nicholson, Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP
• Scott A. O’Connor, Gordon, Arata, Montgomery, Barnett, McCollam, Duplantis & Eagan, LLC
• Patrick S. Ottinger, Ottinger Hebert, L.L.C.
• Joseph K. Reinhart, Babst Calland
• Bruce F. Rudoy, Babst Calland
• Gregory D. Russell, Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP
• Frédéric (Freddy) Sourgens, Washburn University School of Law
• Michael K. Vennum, Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP

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