Mineral Code News Today

Withrow v. Chevron is another Louisiana legacy lawsuit, this one claiming that defendants Chevron and Vernon E. Faulconer, Inc., and their predecessors, improperly disposed of toxic and...

In commercial contracts for energy industry operations there is reasonably prudent operator standard and the good and workmanlike standard. We are seeing cases where there is interchangeability of a reasonably prudent operator standard with a good and workmanlike standard.

In commercial contracts for energy industry operations there is reasonably prudent operator standard and the good and workmanlike standard. We are seeing cases where there is interchangeability of a reasonably prudent operator standard with a good and workmanlike standard.

The standard of care is an important provision in any operating, management or services agreement because it sets forth the expectations of the parties as to how the contract should be...

In Emerald Land Corp. v. Trimont Energy (BL) LLC, a Louisiana federal court considered whether a lessee was required to remove flowlines buried beneath the surface and canal bottoms of...