8/25/2025 4:59:57 PM IRS Private Letter Ruling Recognizes a Valid Nontax Purpose for Aggregating Mineral Interests When Computing Depletion Under Section 611 By Leon Rittenberg III Caroline Lafourcade Jack Aguillard On July 25, 2025, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released Private Letter Ruling 202530002, where it summarized the requirements for...
8/22/2025 3:56:01 PM Fifth Circuit Affirms Surety Cannot Recover from Former Offshore Lessees for Forfeited Bonds Used to Pay for Decommissioning By Chace Vienne The Fifth Circuit’s recent decision in Lexon Insurance Co., Inc. v. Chevron U.S.A. Inc., No. 24-20347 (5th Cir. Aug. 19, 2025) (slip...
7/2/2025 3:06:46 PM Podcast: The Mineral Lease: A Crucial Industry Tool of Land Departments and Landmen By Liskow In this episode of “Energy Law This Week,” hosts Matt Jones and April L. Rolen-Ogden engage listeners with updates on mineral...
6/17/2025 1:04:41 PM Louisiana Severance Tax Law Changes – A Win for Oil & Gas By Bob Angelico Caroline Lafourcade John Rouchell Kevin Naccari Leon Rittenberg III Jamie Rhymes +3 more... Show less While several bills were considered that would restructure the state’s severance tax scheme on oil and gas during Louisiana’s 2025...
6/17/2025 12:55:20 PM Louisiana Severance Tax Law Changes – A Win for Oil & Gas By Bob Angelico Caroline Lafourcade John Rouchell Kevin Naccari Jamie Rhymes Leon Rittenberg III +3 more... Show less While several bills were considered that would restructure the state’s severance tax scheme on oil and gas during Louisiana’s 2025...
6/4/2025 3:18:47 PM Podcast: Royalty: The Price of Production By Liskow In this episode of “Energy Law This Week,” hosts Matt Jones and April L. Rolen-Ogden discuss recent cases in energy law, focusing...
5/19/2025 1:55:46 PM Pipelines, Property, and Policy: CCS Legislation Continues in 2025 Louisiana Session By Neil Abramson Jeff Lieberman The 2025 Louisiana Legislative Session has continued to stay busy on the carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) front, with a mix of...
5/14/2025 4:47:19 PM New USGS Report Highlights Major Gas Potential in Louisiana and Texas, Gulf Coast Region By James Lapeze Cristian Soler A new U.S. Geological Survey report has revealed significant untapped natural gas and oil resources across the Gulf Coast region,...
5/8/2025 7:07:23 PM Latest Developments on Louisiana CCS Legislation By Neil Abramson Jeff Lieberman After two action-packed weeks at the Capitol, Louisiana lawmakers continued to vote down bills this week on carbon capture and...
5/5/2025 7:30:38 PM DOI to Overhaul BOEM’s 2024 Risk Management and Financial Assurance Regulations for Offshore Leases and Grants By Jana Grauberger Kathleen Doody On Friday, May 2, 2025, the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) announced its intent to revise the Bureau of Ocean Energy...
5/5/2025 3:34:04 PM Seven More Bills on CCS Currently Set for Hearing in Two House Committees This Week By Neil Abramson Jeff Lieberman There are seven more CCS bills, and potentially more to come, scheduled for hearing this week in the House Ways & Means Committee on...
5/1/2025 12:39:12 PM Louisiana House Committee on Natural Resources & Environment Hears Key CCS Bills By Neil Abramson Jeff Lieberman On Tuesday, April 29, the Louisiana House Committee on Natural Resources & Environment held a hearing involving 10 carbon capture and...