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Helping Clients With Their Energy and Environmental Needs

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 Seventh District Court of Appeals reaffirmed that claimants can use both Ohio's Marketable Title Act ("MTA") and Dormant...


Tags: OMTA, Ohio, DMA, MTA,

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

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 The draft Guidance, which...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

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.