Over the past five years, bankruptcy courts have analyzed whether oil and gas producers’ contracts with midstream oil, gas, and produced water companies may be rejected if they create covenants running with the land. Through...more
10/30/2020
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Bankruptcy Code ,
Bankruptcy Court ,
Chapter 11 ,
Commercial Bankruptcy ,
Covenants that Run With the Land ,
Debtors ,
Executory Contracts ,
Midstream Contracts ,
Mineral Rights ,
Oil & Gas ,
Privity of Contract ,
Privity of Estate ,
Purchase and Sale Agreements ,
Remedies ,
Successor Interests
Disputes often arise over whether parties have agreed to, or by their conduct they have, committed themselves to a transaction. On January 31, 2020, the Texas Supreme Court delivered its decision in Energy Transfer Partners,...more
Two years ago, the EPA adopted the New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) Subpart OOOOa (commonly known as the Methane Rule), which allowed the EPA – for the first time – to regulate directly the emissions of methane gas...more
9/14/2018
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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Methane ,
Moratorium ,
New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) ,
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) ,
Oil & Gas ,
Oil Wells ,
Proposed Amendments ,
Public Comment ,
Reversal ,
Stays ,
Vacated
On July 18, 2017, the Dallas Court of Appeals issued its long-awaited decision in Enterprise Products Partners, L.P. v. Energy Transfer Partners, L.P., reversing the Dallas County District Court’s judgment that awarded ETP...more
7/21/2017
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Breach of Contract ,
Breach of Duty ,
Burden of Proof ,
Common Law Claims ,
Condition Precedent ,
Contract Waiver ,
Damages ,
Disgorgement ,
Joint Venture ,
Oil & Gas ,
Partnerships ,
Pipelines ,
Prejudgment Interest ,
Reversal