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2015 Archive – Energy News Alerts

December 2015

  • WOGCC Adopts New Bonding Requirements – view
  • Regulatory Onslaught Continues as BLM Considers Canceling Existing Oil and Gas Leases – view
  • Seller Beware – view

November 2015

  • BLM Releases Proposed Onshore Oil and Gas Order Number 5 – view
  • Key Issues Confronting Industry in Federal Oil and Gas Leasing and Permitting – A Series (Topic 6: Leases Extended by Diligent Drilling) – view
  • Royalty Litigation Update: Colorado Court Of Appeals Addressed Jury Verdict In Class Action Lawsuit – view
  • COGCC Update: Governor’s Task Force Rulemaking Underway – view

October 2015

  • An Update on the Oil and Gas Task Force – view
  • WOGCC Rulemaking – Bonding & APDs – view
  • Unclaimed Revenue Held in Suspense Accounts – view

September 2015

  • Court Holds Migratory Bird Treaty Act Does Not Apply to Incidental Takes in Energy Setting – view
  • Traversing Is Not Necessarily Trespassing – view

August 2015

  • BLM Proposes Revisions to Onshore Order No 3 – view
  • Leasing Vested Remainder Interests and Contingent Future Interests – view
  • Victory for Operators – view

July 2015

  • COGCC Update – Commission Revokes a Private Party’s Ability to Prosecute Alleged Violations – view
  • Utah Federal Court Dismisses Environmental Groups’ Lawsuit Challenging EIS-Level Oil and Gas Development Project in the Uinta Basin – view
  • Key Issues Confronting Industry in Federal Oil and Gas Leasing and Permitting – A SeriesTopic 5 – Leases in Extended Term With and Without a Well Capable of Production – view

June 2015

  • Implementation of BLM Hydraulic Fracturing Rule Delayed by Wyoming Federal District Court – view
  • Laramie County Commissioners Deny Cheyenne Landowners’ Petition for Local Regulation – view
  • Key Issues Confronting Industry in Federal Oil and Gas Leasing and Permitting – A SeriesTopic 4: Suspension of Operations and/or Production – view

May 2015

  • BLM Considers Changes to Royalty and Rental Rates, Minimum Accepted Bids, Bonds, and Civil Penalties – view
  • Governor Hickenlooper Signs Executive Order to Further Protect Greater Sage-Grouse – view

April 2015

  • COGCC Update: Director Announces Plans for Rulemaking Concerning Third Party Prosecution of Alleged Violations – view
  • States Quickly Take a Stand Against BLM Fracking Regulations – view
  • WOGCC Adopts New Setback and Notice Requirements – view
  • Jelaca v. Oasis Ranch – view

March 2015

  • As I Do and Not As I Say – Avoiding An Inadvertent Joint Venture or Partnership – view
  • Key Issues Confronting Industry in Federal Oil and Gas Leasing and Permitting. A Series – Topic 3: Modifying Lease Terms and Cancelling Existing Leases – view
  • What Diligence is Due? – view

February 2015

  • Recent Administration Overreach Under the Endangered Species Act Creates Harmful Precedent that Erodes and Threatens Valid Existing Lease Rights – view
  • State of Wyoming, Environmental Groups Agree to OGCC Trade Secret Guidelines – view
  • Federal Court Rebuffs Local Attempt to Ban Oil and Gas Development – view

January 2015

  • Obama Administration Lays the Groundwork for Regulatory Onslaught in 2015 – view
  • COGCC Update: Final Penalty & Enforcement Rulemaking – view
  • Key Issues Confronting Industry in Federal Oil and Gas Leasing and Permitting. A Series-Topic 2: Navigating Lease Protests and Oppositions to Leasing Decisions- view
  • Governor’s Oil and Gas Task Force to Hold Critical Meeting February 2-3 – view