With the materialization of this lawsuit, we highly recommend revisiting this piece of Infill Thinking research from July… Login to see the full update… To read this update and receive our research newsletters, you must be a member. If your free trial has expired, renew here. (Current members login here.) Members get Exclusive …
Read More »DSL Headline Fatigue Is Real, But So Is This New Lawsuit Threat…
An important E&P capex update this week reads distinctly negative for anyone hoping for an oilfield spending increase in 2020. Here’s the relevant excerpt: Login to see the full update… To read this update and receive our research newsletters, you must be a member. If your free trial has expired, …
Read More »DSL Action In Austin – Conservation Plan Leadership Passes The Torch [Exclusive]
Infill Thinking has learned some new details in the Permian Basin saga involving the Dunes Sagebrush Lizard (DSL). These details involve a key leadership change and the 2019 conservation plan. There’s a lot more to this story… To read this update and receive our research newsletters, you must be a …
Read More »The TCP Is History – Last Week’s Permit Surrender Is De Facto Nullification
The latest developments around the Texas Conservation Plan and interaction between the Texas Comptroller’s Office and US Fish and Wildlife Service could have big implications for legal protections in Permian O&G. There’s a lot more to this story… To read this update and receive our research newsletters, you must be a …
Read More »Changes That Matter In The Texas Conservation Plan Re-Write
Last week, the Texas Comptroller’s office submitted a new Dunes Sagebrush Lizard (DSL) conservation plan to US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). If approved, the new plan will replace the existing Texas Conservation Plan (TCP). Via open records request, we obtained copies of the new plan and supporting documentation. Although …
Read More »The Wait Is Over. New Lines Have Been Drawn In The West Texas Sand [2018 DSL Map Analysis And PDF]
As discussed in this Infill Thinking update four months ago, the Texas Comptrollers Office is in the process of re-writing the Texas Conservation Plan for the DSL – a key step in light of the recent petition to list the species as endangered filed by two private environmental groups. The old “Hibbits …
Read More »The Long And Short Of Petitioning To List A Species Under The ESA [Guest Post]
Each Friday in the last month of each quarter, we pass our keyboard to an Infill Thinking subscriber to weigh in from their field. In October, two ENGOs provided a notice to the Comptrollers office of their intent to petition the US Fish and Wildlife Service to list the dunes …
Read More »