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