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You Can’t Have Two Main Characters

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In a June 13, 2025 decision, the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court held that a municipality impermissibly granted conditional use approval to an oil and gas well pad and interconnect facility on tax lots that were already...more

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Fund Eligibility/Storage Tank Enforcement: Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation Proposed Order Addressing...

The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (“TDEC”) issued a May 14th Order and Assessment (“Order”) to Greeneville Oil and Petroleum, Inc. and 737 Grace 1, LLC (collectively,“Respondent”) addressing alleged...more

Cozen O'Connor

EPA Chemical Accident Safety Rule Challenge Ignites AG Conflict

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Sixteen Democratic AGs and the Harris County Attorney (Houston, Texas) have filed a motion to intervene in a lawsuit brought by industry groups challenging the EPA’s denial of their petition for reconsideration of the...more

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Brine Time: Texas’ Latest in Lithium Law

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Lithium continues to be a rising star of the natural resources world, and Texas is working to stay on top of the legal issues related to the extraction of lithium from produced water and brine. In this update, we discuss...more

McGinnis Lochridge

Who Can Enforce Surface Provisions in an OGL?

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Unitex WI, LLC v. CT Land & Cattle Co., LLC, No. 07-23-00390-CV, 2024 WL 3249338 (Tex. App.—Amarillo June 28, 2024, pet. filed)...more

Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP

Ohio Appellate Court Holds Commission’s Approvals of Nominations for Leasing State Lands Are Not Subject to Appeal

Recently, in Save Ohio Parks v. Oil & Gas Land Mgt. Comm., 2025-Ohio-847, Ohio’s Tenth District Court of Appeals held that R.C. 119.12 does not provide a right to appeal the decisions of the Oil & Gas Land Management...more

Oliva Gibbs

No Risk, No Reward: The Liberty v. NDIC Decision Holds That Risk Penalties Can be Recovered From Total Unit Production

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In Liberty Petro. Corp. v. N.D. Indus. Comm’n, the Supreme Court of North Dakota addressed whether nonconsent risk penalties must be assessed on a well-by-well basis or can be recovered from overall unit production. The court...more

Stikeman Elliott LLP

The Manitok Energy Decision: Builders’ Lien Priority Rights Could Be Lost When Lands Are Subject to AER Abandonment Liability

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A recent appellate decision from Alberta, Manitok Energy Inc. (Re), marks another chapter in the developing caselaw surrounding environmental obligations in insolvency proceedings. In the decision, the Alberta Court of Appeal...more

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