April 01, 2015 | Texas Lawyer
Priming Two New Pipeline ProjectsNot put off by today's challenging oil prices, Delek Logistics Partners recently entered into joint ventures with two other companies to develop two new pipeline projects.
By Angela Neville
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April 01, 2015 | Texas Lawyer
Conoco Wins Appeal Seeking Reimbursement for $63 Million SettlementThe Fourteenth Court of Appeals in Houston recently ruled that Noble Energy owes a duty of defense and indemnity to ConocoPhillips with respect to a $63 million settlement related to an environmental claim for damage to an oil field in Cameron Parish, Louisiana.
By Angela Neville
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March 31, 2015 | Texas Lawyer
Mansfield Passes New Fracking Rules Without Expanding SetbacksDespite the push from some local advocacy groups to greatly enlarge setbacks between fracking operations and residences in the city of Mansfield, Texas, the city council recently voted unanimously to keep the current 600-foot setbacks.
By Angela Neville
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March 30, 2015 | Texas Lawyer
Schlumberger to Pay $232 Million Fine for Dealing With Sanctioned NationsSchlumberger Oilfield Holdings Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Schlumberger Limited, recently agreed to enter a guilty plea and to pay a $232,708,356 penalty to the United States for conspiring to violate the IEEPA by willfully facilitating illegal transactions and engaging in trade with the sanctioned nations of Iran and Sudan.
By Angela Neville
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March 30, 2015 | Texas Lawyer
Schlumberger to Pay $232 Million Fine for Dealing With Sanctioned NationsSchlumberger Oilfield Holdings Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Schlumberger Limited, recently agreed to enter a guilty plea and to pay a $232,708,356 penalty to the United States for conspiring to violate the IEEPA by willfully facilitating illegal transactions and engaging in trade with the sanctioned nations of Iran and Sudan.
By Angela Neville
4 minute read
March 30, 2015 | Texas Lawyer
Fort Worth O&G Company Opts for BankruptcyQuicksilver Resources, an oil and gas producer that is headquartered in Fort Worth, is one of the most recent examples of Texas energy businesses being hit hard by depressed oil and gas prices.
By Angela Neville
3 minute read
March 30, 2015 | Texas Lawyer
Bills: Promoting Green Fracking Through Tax CreditsTwo Texas House bills were recently introduced that offer tax credits on a per-well basis for oil and gas drillers that use alternative fracking fluids instead of freshwater during fracking operations.
By Angela Neville
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March 30, 2015 | Texas Lawyer
New Federal Fracking Rules Spark LitigationTwo oil and gas industry groups wasted no time digging in and suing the federal government over its new effort to regulate hydraulic fracturing on public and American Indian lands.
By Angela Neville
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March 30, 2015 | Texas Lawyer
PDC Energy Settles for $37.5 Million in Class ActionAfter years of hard-fought litigation, a case pitting PDC Energy against a group of investors who claimed they were "duped" into approving a cash-out merger of their interests in 12 O&G limited partnerships for a fraction of their true value was finally resolved.
By Angela Neville
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March 27, 2015 | Texas Lawyer
Bills: Promoting Green Fracking Through Tax CreditsTwo Texas House bills were recently introduced that offer tax credits on a per-well basis for oil and gas drillers that use alternative fracking fluids instead of freshwater during fracking operations.
By Angela Neville
4 minute read
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