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As discussed in an earlier post, found here, the Council of Environmental Quality (“CEQ”) recently published proposed amendments...
Tags: NEPA, Energy, Environment
On January 22, 2020, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania decided Briggs v. Southwestern Energy Prod. Co. The issue before the Court...
Tags: Rule of Capture, Marcellus Shale, Hydraulic Fracturing, Oil and Gas,
On January 21, 2020, the Supreme Court of Ohio accepted an appeal from the Seventh District Court of Appeals’ decision in West v....
Tags: OMTA, Dormant Mineral Act, DMA, Marketable Title Act,
The Council for Environmental Quality recently published proposed amendments to update the procedural regulations used to...
Tags: NEPA, Energy, Environment
In Pavsek v. Wade, 18 MO 0024, Ohio's Seventh District Court of Appeals considered whether a lessor must serve notice upon its...
Tags: 'Utica Shale', Implied Covenants, Breach, Forfeiture,
On November 26, 2019, the Supreme Court of Ohio clarified that a declaratory judgment claim that an oil and gas lease terminated...
Tags: Ohio, Oil and Gas, Energy
In July, we wrote about Gerrity v. Chervenak (5th Dist., Guernsey County), involving the level of due diligence that the Ohio...
Tags: Ohio, Oil and Gas, Energy, Utica,
The Marcellus and Utica Shales contain around 214 tcf of undiscovered, technically recoverable natural gas, according to a new...
Tags: Marcellus, Oil and Gas, Energy, Utica
On September 24, 2019, U.S. EPA proposed amendments to the 2012 and 2016 New Source Performance Standards for the Oil and Natural...
Tags: NSPS OOOOa, Energy, NSPS OOOO
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