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Natural Gas Shows Signs of Becoming the Fuel of the Future
Natural gas – touted by many energy analysts as the “fuel of the future” years ago – has battled coal as the largest energy source for electricity generation in the U.S. Coal was king until 2016 when natural gas became the leading energy source, and it has increased its market share every year since 2016 with expectations that the trend…
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The National Energy Dialogue Continues
The first International Energy Policy Conference was held in 1992. One of the speakers of the conference stated, “I think most Americans would welcome messages from an industry expressly committed to the importance of what it does, confident in its ability to manage risks, and willing to defend its important work against extremist assault. Most Americans understand the need for…
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Sixth Circuit Fans the Flames of Class Certification Against Operators
Class certification in the oil patch frequently revolves around whether the putative class can satisfy Rule 23’s commonality and predominance requirements. The recent trend has been toward increasingly troubling developments for operators, including courts that focus on ostensibly “common” facts that are irrelevant to the claims asserted or, worse yet, courts that have more or less marginalized material differences in…
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Quick View of The Acquisition & Divestiture Market
If you are interested in selling your deal in this current market, you won’t be alone in Q4. The market shift from hold to sell is happening, and it’s happening in a big way. The marketed deals will be done on a much larger scale, the smaller deals are being transacted off-market, because the value-add from mass marketing a smaller…
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Colorado Governor Continues War on Oil and Gas
Shortly after Jared Pollis was sworn in as the 43rd governor of Colorado he issued a declaration of war against oil and gas in the state of Colorado. Since then there has been a political battle between the people and politicians from cafes to town halls to the state capital steps. Last April, the Governor signed a “local control” which…
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Some Investors Have Lost Confidence in Oil
The oil industry has been through some tough times during the last four decades, but recent allegations that fossil fuels are linked to environmental catastrophes, and the lack of fiscal performance have oil companies facing a new storm the size of Hurricane Dorian. Politicians expressed outrage in the 1970s when prices rose alleging oil companies were making “obscene profits.” Washington…
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Federal Energy Report Indicates More Secure Supplies
The Energy Information Administration at the U.S. Department of Energy announced last week that petroleum and natural gas production in the U.S. set a record in 2018. This week EIA released energy consumption figures revealing it set a record last year, too. “Energy consumption in the United States reached a record high of more than 101 quadrillion British thermal units…
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US Leads the World in Oil, Gas Production
It’s official. The United States became the world’s leading producer of petroleum and natural gas in 2018. The Energy Information Administration at the Department of Energy said on Tuesday petroleum production increased by 16 percent and natural gas rose 12 percent. “Last year’s increase in the United States was one of the largest absolute petroleum and natural gas production increases…
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Energy Law Round Up – 8.19.2019
In this episode, Tom discusses recent guidance out of the Texas Supreme Court on interpreting oil-and-gas contracts; cross-jurisdictional differences surrounding the rule of capture and subsurface mineral trespass; and troubling class action developments for operators and other industry participants. Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on LinkedIn
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