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Helping Clients With Their Energy and Environmental Needs

The Division of Real Estate & Professional Licensing issued new guidance for Ohio's Oil and Gas Land Professionals ("Land...


Tags: 'Utica Shale', landmen, Ohio, Landman,

Ohio's 5th Appellate District Addresses the Due Diligence Standard Under the Dormant Mineral Act

The Fifth Appellate District recently addressed whether an internet search to identify / locate the holders of severed mineral...


Tags: Ohio, DMA, Oil and Gas, Energy,

On June 24, 2019, Ohio EPA issued a draft Vapor Intrusion Sampling and Evaluation Guidance (Guidance). The draft Guidance, which...


Tags: Vapor Intrusion, Energy, Environment

On June 19, 2019, Ohio’s Seventh District Court of Appeals decided a case involving the interplay of a private oil and gas lease...


Tags: Unitization, Ohio, Oil and Gas, Energy

Four years after the Supreme Court of Ohio struck down the City of Munroe Falls’ attempt to regulate oil and gas development...


Tags: Zoning, Oil and Gas, Energy

On April 10, 2019, President Trump issued two Executive Orders (EOs) to facilitate the construction of primarily energy-related...


Tags: Energy Infrastructure, Executive Order, Energy

Ohio's Seventh District Court of Appeals recently held once again that fee oil and gas interests are subject to possible...


Tags: OMTA, Ohio Marketable Title Act, Ohio, Dormant Mineral Act,

On March 29, 2019, U.S. EPA finalized a New Owner Clean Air Act (CAA) Audit Program for new owners of upstream oil and natural...


Tags: Clean Air Act, Audit, Oil and Gas, Energy,

On February 21, 2019, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed a petition for review of air permits issued by Ohio EPA for...


Tags: Clean Air Act, Energy, Environment, Standing,

Helping clients with their energy and environmental needs

You can expect to find news and breaking legal developments involving the crude oil and natural gas industries, alternative and renewable energy resources, and the latest environmental issues.