Union Pacific is urging the United States District Court for the Central District of California to allow the company to receive an appeal of District Court Judge James Selna’s order ruling that congressional land grants to the railroad were provided only to further railroad purposes, not to grant easements for pipelines or to collect rent for the easement usage.
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana has denied Reliance Petroleum Corp.’s motion to dismiss third-party claims Texas Brine Co. filed against the oil company.
One of the innovative ways PPGMR Law engages with oil and gas professionals around the world is through OilPro, an online professional network for the oil and gas industry.
On July 8th, the Illinois Supreme Court recognized in Hampton, et al., v. Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, that Illinois courts can use the decisional factors analysis laid out by the United States Supreme Court in Arkansas Game and Fish Commission v. United States to determine if temporary flooding caused by a government authority is a “taking” that entitles the injured parties to just compensation.
On Monday, the EPA published a final rule ensuring wastewater from hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling cannot be sent to public wastewater treatment facilities.