It’s shaping up to be the power of advertising vs. the power of personal phone calls.
At least that’s what the two opposing forces are doing to promote their polar opposite views of Proposition 112 as voters begin to think …
There is a storm cloud of potential upheaval facing Colorado’s oil and gas regulator (the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission—COGCC) this fall. On the leading edge is …
From The Hill-by Reps. Bill Johnson (R-OHIO) and Gene Green (D-TEXAS)
The House of Representatives today will consider H.R. 4606, the Ensuring Small Scale LNG Certainty and Access Act, …
Nine weeks from today Colorado’s …
From The Casper Star-Tribune
Until recently, people in Cheyenne, Wyoming would rarely encounter a drilling rig close to home. They might spot the light of a flare in the dark distance, like a candle flickering above the prairie, but the …
The threat to …
Colorado Secretary of State Wayne Williams announced that the setback measure for oil and gas development has qualified to be on the November 6 statewide ballot.
The measure would mandate that new oil and gas development, including fracing, be a …
Colorado Secretary of State Wayne Williams announced today that a …
From the Houston Business Journal
Houston-based ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP) has selected Kelly Brunetti Rose, a Houston partner at Baker Botts LLP, as its new general counsel, according to media reports.
ConocoPhillips confirmed to Law360 that she’ll join the company in …
From Associated Press/the Herald-Whig
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho officials violated the U.S. Constitution by forcing several landowners to sell their natural gas and oil to a Texas company without giving them a meaningful way to fight the state’s decision, …
On Friday Colorado Secretary of State Wayne Williams reported that the proponents of the private property rights measure – Initiative 108 – had turned the collected signatures over to the Secretary of State.
The Secretary of State’s office now has …
From FreightWaves
A jury verdict in a Texas court last week against an oil service company may have set the record for the largest civil penalty ever handed down in an accident involving a truck.
The $101 million verdict exceeds …
Senate Judiciary …
An estimated 54% of Colorado’s total land surface would be unavailable for …
Seadrill Partners LLC said the English High Court has ruled in favor of its subsidiary Seadrill Ghana Operations Limited relating to the early termination of the West Leo contract by Tullow Ghana Limited.
Seadrill Ghana was seeking to recover standby …
Vantage Drilling International (OTCMKTS: VTGDF) announced today that it was successful in its previously disclosed arbitration with Petróleo Brasileiro S.A (NYSE: PBR).
The Tribunal found that Petrobras America, Inc. (PAI) and Petrobras Venezuela Investments & Services, BV (PVIS), both subsidiaries …
From Construction Dive
John Hoeven, a Republican senator from North Dakota, introduced on June 12 a bill that would speed up U.S. energy infrastructure projects that cross the Canadian and Mexican borders, …
The No Oil Producing and Exporting Cartels Act (“NOPEC”) is quietly making its way through the …
From National Law Review
On June 22, 2018, the United States Supreme Court held that a patent owner can collect lost foreign profits for use of an infringing product outside the U.S.…
From The Hill
Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy has announced he is retiring after more than 30 years on the court, kicking off what is sure to be a vicious confirmation battle.
He will retire effective July 31.
Kennedy, who …
Northern California U.S. District Judge William Alsup has dismissed the climate change lawsuits filed against BP (NYSE: BP), Chevron (NYSE: CVX), ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP), Exxon Mobil (NYSE: XOM), and Shell (NYSE: RDS.A) by the cities of San Francisco and Oakland.…
In February 2018, Catherine McKenna, the federal Minister of Environment and Climate Change, introduced Bill C-69. The bill …
From The Denver Post
Anadarko Petroleum Corp., the largest energy driller in the state, is closing a natural gas gathering system in northern Colorado, citing safety considerations.
The system — a …
On May 21, 2018 the United States president signed an executive order prohibiting certain transactions with the government of Venezuela. The order restricts transactions involving debt owed to the Venezuelan government.
According to law firm Akin Gump, the new prohibitions …
From Ruidoso News/USA Today
May 2018 oil and gas lease sales on state trust lands generated $5,487,142, bringing the Fiscal Year 2018 total to $102,222,238, New Mexico Land Commissioner Aubrey Dunn announced this week. That …
From the Casper Star Tribune
In the coal-bed methane days, then-engineer Mark Watson would arrive at the Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission to find boxes stacked with drilling applications and a box of thank-you donuts from the operators.
But …
From The Denver Channel
LONGMONT, Colo. — The Longmont City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to move forward on a deal with two oil and gas companies to stop operations within city limits.
As part of the deal, the city …
The Colorado Alliance of Mineral and Royalty Owners (CAMRO) has filed an amicus curiae brief discussing how the desired changes sought out in the Martinez case would affect …
