An appeals court in Ohio upheld a local court’s ruling that an operator is not required to fully develop leased property, and disagreed with a landowner’s demand that the undeveloped portion be surrendered and subsequently leased to other oil and gas companies.
Disagreed
Articles from Disagreed
Salazar, Senators Spar Over Oil, Gas Production Data
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and members of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources committee last Tuesday disagreed about the significance of declining oil and gas production on federal lands during a hearing on the department’s proposed 2013 budget.
Salazar Defends Administration’s Energy Strategy
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and members of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources committee on Tuesday disagreed about the significance of declining oil and gas production on federal lands during a hearing on the department’s proposed 2013 budget.
Pennsylvania Impact Fee Bill Sent to Governor
After more than three years, Pennsylvania lawmakers have passed an impact fee on gas drilling. The bill awaits Gov. Tom Corbett’s signature.
El Paso, CA Get Their Day at FERC; Ruling Expected in First Quarter
In much-watched oral arguments before FERC last Monday, California representatives decried El Paso Corp.’s attempts to “mightily” turn the high-profile complaint alleging market manipulation on the part of the company’s affiliates into a case involving pipeline safety.
FERC OKs Transwestern’s Gallup Expansion
FERC last week approved Transwestern Pipeline’s proposals tobuild a new Gallup compressor station on the San Juan lateral nearits mainline and to install cooling equipment at two existingcompressor stations also on the lateral. Both measures are designedto alleviate on-going constraints on the lateral and bring thepipeline up to its certificated capacity level of 1.09 Bcf/d fordelivery to California.