By Dennis Luna, J.D., P.E. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) violated the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) by failing to include No Surface Occupancy (NSO) clauses when it sold oil and gas leases in California, a federal judge … Continue reading
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The South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) has approved regulations requiring disclosures related to hydraulic fracturing, pre-production activities and work-overs. The new rule (1148.2) requires operators to give public notice prior to doing hydraulic fracturing and disclose the chemicals … Continue reading
Camarillo-based BNK Petroleum Inc., an oil and gas exploration and production company, announced that it has agreed to sell most of its holdings in Oklahoma’s Tishomingo Field to Exxon Mobil Corp for $147.5 million. The deal is expected to close in late … Continue reading
By Dennis Luna, J.D., P.E. Development of the Monterey Shale could, over the next seven years, add 512,000 to 2.8 million new, high-paying jobs in California, increase income of the state’s residents by over $220 billion, and generate $24 billion … Continue reading
By Olman J. Valverde Oil and gas resources often lie under many different parcels of land, with different owners, especially in urban areas. What happens when the owners of most of the property in an oil field want to proceed … Continue reading
By Dennis Luna, J.D., P.E. A Los Angeles Superior Court judge may soon determine whether the City of Whittier will receive up to $100 million per year from the proposed return to production of a century-old oil field. The potential … Continue reading