The 2025 Louisiana Legislative Session has continued to stay busy on the carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) front, with a mix of outcomes for proposed bills.
Continue Reading Pipelines, Property, and Policy: CCS Legislation Continues in 2025 Louisiana Session
A new U.S. Geological Survey report has revealed significant untapped natural gas and oil resources across the Gulf Coast region, estimating 35.8 trillion cubic feet of natural gas and 28 million barrels of oil within the Hosston and Travis Peak Formations.
Continue Reading New USGS Report Highlights Major Gas Potential in Louisiana and Texas, Gulf Coast Region
After two action-packed weeks at the Capitol, Louisiana lawmakers continued to vote down bills this week on carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) but did advance a few CCS bills out of committee.
Continue Reading Latest Developments on Louisiana CCS Legislation
On Friday, May 2, 2025, the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) announced its intent to revise the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s (BOEM) 2024 Risk Management and Financial Assurance of OCS Lease and Grant Obligations Rule (2024 Rule).
Continue Reading DOI to Overhaul BOEM’s 2024 Risk Management and Financial Assurance Regulations for Offshore Leases and Grants
There are seven more CCS bills, and potentially more to come, scheduled for hearing this week in the House Ways & Means Committee on Monday morning and in the House Committee on Natural Resources & Environment on Wednesday morning.
Continue Reading Seven More Bills on CCS Currently Set for Hearing in Two House Committees This Week
On Tuesday, April 29, the Louisiana House Committee on Natural Resources & Environment held a hearing involving 10 carbon capture and storage (CCS) bills, beginning at 9 a.m. with only a midday recess to attend the floor session, where they resumed until 10 p.m. when the hearing finally concluded.
Continue Reading Louisiana House Committee on Natural Resources & Environment Hears Key CCS Bills
The 2025 Louisiana Legislative session is officially underway, with the Louisiana House committee set to hear multiple bills concerning Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) this Tuesday, April 29th.
Continue Reading Ten CCS Bills Set For Committee Hearing Next Week in Louisiana Legislative Session
In Corbello v. Iowa Prod. Co., 850 So. 2d 686 (La. 2003), the Louisiana Supreme Court recognized a “loophole” in the law where a landowner was allowed to recover millions in remediation damages for oilfield contamination without any requirement that the money be used for actual restoration.
Continue Reading Legislation Takes Aim at “Legacy Lawsuits”
The 2025 Louisiana Legislative Session will officially begin on Monday, April 14. Twenty bills have been filed on carbon capture sequestration in Louisiana.
Continue Reading The 2025 Liskow CCS Legislative Update
In keeping with the Governor’s call for the Legislature’s 2024 Third Extraordinary Session, House Bill No. 25 was introduced on Monday seeking to adjust severance tax rates, eliminate exemptions, and modify administrative procedures and dedications of mineral revenues.
HB 25 initially proposed that severance tax on oil should be determined based on volume at a