by David Ganje | Feb 3, 2022 | Eminent Domain, New York & South Dakota Law, Oil and Gas Law
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Landowners continue to gather and plan meetings as Summit Carbon Solutions has applied for a carbon dioxide (CO2) pipeline permit in Iowa. “In the coming weeks we will be filing our permits in South Dakota and North Dakota,” said Jim...
by David Ganje | Jan 29, 2020 | New York & South Dakota Law, Oil and Gas Law
The truest evidence a state will leave for history is the rule of law under which its people lived at the time. Today some governments have not credibly accepted the need for environmental stewardship as a part of governance. Such a government opposes sober...
by David Ganje | May 26, 2016 | Environmental Law, Environmental Litigation, Infrastructure Security, Natural Resources Law, Natural Resources Litigation, New York & South Dakota Law, Oil and Gas Law, Pipelines, Water Drainage Issues, Water Law, Water Law, Water Law; Environmental Law; Security Law, Water Regulation, Water Rights, Water Systems Security
Pipelines, even privately owned, are a publically regulated transportation and operating system. The question is not whether pipelines are “essential to our society.” Pipelines are already integral to the country: the US had over 1,700,000 miles of oil and gas...
by David Ganje | Jan 16, 2016 | Bakken Development, North Dakota Law, North Dakota Oil & Gas, North Dakota Oil & Gas Law, Oil and Gas Law
N.D. oil sinks to $20 per barrel with more bankruptcies expected as drilling activity declines More bankruptcies are expected as drilling declines due to low prices. By David Shaffer Star Tribune Oil industry experts have been making dire predictions of $20 per barrel...
by David Ganje | Jan 11, 2016 | Bakken Development, Energy Law, North Dakota Environmental Law, North Dakota Law, North Dakota Oil & Gas, North Dakota Oil & Gas Law, Oil and Gas Law, Royalty Interest, Seizure of Collateral
Bankruptcy in the Bakken Oil and gas production is a result of two basic factors: economics and technology. Economics means the costs of production and distribution. The price of oil is an essential element of the economics of production. One economic risk is...