5/5/2026 2:30:36 PM Conditional Assignment or Drill‑to‑Earn: How Assignment Language Shapes Farmout Litigation By Andy Hicks Before a farmout dispute gets to questions of earned acreage, designation requirements, or payout calculations, there is a threshold...
4/27/2026 7:28:52 PM 30 Days Means 30 Days: The Supreme Court Tightens the Removal Clock By Andrew Gould In Enbridge Energy, LP v. Nessel, decided April 22, 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court made a practical point unmistakably clear: If a case is...
3/27/2026 11:07:50 PM DOI Proposes Major Revisions to Offshore Financial Assurance Rules By Liz Pursley The Department of the Interior (DOI), through the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), has formally proposed a sweeping update to...
3/27/2026 6:53:09 PM Strait of Hormuz Closure Sparks Declarations of Force Majeure By Brandon Winchester The ongoing conflict in the Middle East has led to the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps declaring the Strait of Hormuz closed to...