Baker Botts has played a role in the evolution of the energy industry since its earliest days. We serve our clients’ interests in the courtroom, boardroom, and beyond, drawing upon our global, full service platform (corporate, intellectual property, litigation, projects, real estate, regulatory, tax) and our deep understanding of the varied legal, technical and policy issues facing our energy sector clients.
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We represent energy companies before trial and appellate courts, regulatory bodies and arbitration forums around the globe. We handle disputes involving all aspects of the development, production, distribution, and marketing of energy products, including:
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Texas natural gas co settles with EPA after worker deaths
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West Texas Gas Reaches $5M Clean Air Settlement
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Epic battle looms as EPA prepares to revive air toxics rule
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Energy Litigation To Watch In The Second Half Of 2021
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The Biggest Energy Rulings Of 2021: Midyear Report Part 2
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Texas Justices Let CenterPoint Energy Injury Suit Proceed
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Baker Botts Continues to Soar in Power and Renewables Rankings
Baker Botts Expands Top Rankings Across Entire Spectrum of the Energy Sector
Pitfalls Await Biden's Bid to Boost Mineral Mining for EVs (1)
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Texas Panel Won't Revive Kinder Morgan Pipeline Siting Fight
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Texas Explosion Suit Shifts To State Court For Possible MDL
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Energy Industry Week at SCOTUS
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What DOE's Energy Efficiency Proposal Means For Cos.
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Biden Infrastructure Plan Has Unlikely Ally in Trump Permit Redo
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Washington-area appointments and promotions for March 15
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Baker Botts Named "Energy Practice Group of the Year" by Law360 for Second Consecutive Time
States Explored Litigation to Challenge U.S. Policy on Climate Change
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5 Questions Energy Attorneys Are Hearing About Hydrogen
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Biden Victory to Boost DOJ's Environmental Agenda, Enforcement
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Idled Texas Refineries Prepare for Hurricane Laura’s Landfall
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Top 40 under 40
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Baker Botts Partner Bill Kroger, Houston Bar Association President, Featured in The Houston Lawyer
Baker Botts Earns High Marks Across Energy Spectrum in Legal 500 US 2020
Baker Botts Achieves 80% Increase in Lawyer Recognitions in Legal 500 US 2020
Business Interruption Coverage Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic
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Bill Kroger to Serve as 2020-2021 Houston Bar Association President
“Commercially Reasonable Efforts” in a COVID-19 and Low Oil Price World
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Baker Botts’ Band-1 Lawyer Rankings Increase by 38% in Chambers USA 2020
Baker Botts Named an Energy “Practice Group of the Year” by Law360
Baker Botts Named “Texas Litigation Department of the Year” by The American Lawyer
Baker Botts Energy Litigation Partner, Bill Kroger to Receive ADL’s Karen Susman Jurisprudence Award
Baker Botts Energy Litigation: Spotlight on Power
'The Energy Transition' is Focus at Baker Botts’/Baker Institute’s Third Energy Summit
DOE counsel heads to law firm
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Baker Botts Welcomes Senior Department of Energy Lawyer and Former Sunnova General Counsel, George Fibbe, as Litigation Partner
6 Texas Supreme Court Oil And Gas Cases To Watch
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Gastech 2019 Returns to Houston, With Baker Botts Discussing Latest Global Natural Gas and LNG Trends
Fort Worth Judge Enters $5.3M Judgment in Oil & Gas Insurance Dispute
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Fracking Co. Wins $5.3M In Insurance Row Over Busted Gear
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The Energy Dispatch
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More Natural Gas Infrastructure in Queue to Move Supply from Permian to Southern Markets
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Private equity funds face rising risk of disputes
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HBA Ushers in New Leadership, Presents Awards at Annual Dinner
Texas Lawbook, TheTexas Lawbook, The
Produced water, pipeline capacity could cap Permian development
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Bill Kroger is President Elect of the Houston Bar Association for HBAs 150th Anniversary
Benny Agosto Jr. to serve as 2019-2020 Houston Bar Association president
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Baker Botts Sees Increasing Risk for Private Equity Energy Firms
Oil & Gas 360Oil & Gas 360
Baker Botts Secures English Court of Appeal Victory for Marathon Oil UK LLC
Energy law firm details three trends that could upend energy companies in 2019
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North American Shale Magazine - Energy law firm: oil, gas outlook for 2019
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What's to Come for Offshore Energy in 2019?
Baker Botts' Energy Litigation Partners Talk Upstream and Midstream Disputes in 2019
Baker Botts' Energy Litigation Partners Talk Upstream And Midstream Disputes In 2019
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Not Worried About PFAS Liability? You Should Be.
External ArticleWashington Legal Foundation, Vol. 37, No. 12.
Environmental Justice Update
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ESG Focus and Scrutiny Continues
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Interior Department Abandons Three Lease Sales in Alaska and Gulf of Mexico
Client UpdatesEnergy Update
Cumulative Impact Assessment vs Cumulative Risk Assessment: Knowing the Difference Makes a Difference
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2022 Energy Litigation Outlook
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Texas Supreme Court holds in BlueStone that gathering costs can sometimes be deducted as post-production costs
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Baker Botts Named Energy "Practice Group of the Year" by Law360
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DOI Report on Federal Oil and Gas Leasing Program
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SEC Staff Limits Companies' Ability to Exclude Shareholder Proposals from Company Proxy Statements and Reverses Prior Guidance
Client UpdatesCorporate Update
Baker Botts Washington Recap - Episode 10
Client UpdatesWhat's Next on Air Toxics
Speeches & PresentationsAir & Waste Management Association's Electric Power Transformation: 2021 MEGA Symposium on Policies and Technologies for Clean, Reliable, and Cost-effective Energy
Reconsideration of National Ambient Air Quality Standards: Boldly Going Where No Administration Has Successfully Gone Before
Speeches & PresentationsHouse Ways and Means Committee Releases Tax Proposals on Green Energy
Client UpdatesTax Update
FTC Chair Turns Antitrust Attention to Energy Industry
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Baker Botts Washington Recap First Year of the Biden Administration - Episode 6
Client UpdatesBaker Botts Washington Recap First Year of the Biden Administration - Episode 5
Client UpdatesTexas Legislative Response to Winter Storm Uri
Client UpdatesLouisiana District Court Issues Nationwide Injunction Invalidating Federal Oil and Gas Leasing Moratorium
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'Fit for 55' - the EU's Climate Ambitions and the Proposed Border Tax Adjustment
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Will Business Courts Come to Texas in 2022? After Passing Committee, H.B. 1875 Becomes Must-Monitor Legislation
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Biden Administration First 100 Days Weekly Report - Episode 11
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Client UpdatesBiden Administration First 100 Days Weekly Report - Episode 9
Client UpdatesBiden Administration First 100 Days Weekly Report - Episode 8
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Client UpdatesFollowing Passage of "Rescue" Legislation, Focus Shifts to Energy Tax Provisions
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Biden Administration First 100 Days Weekly Report - Episode 4
Client UpdatesBiden Administration First 100 Days Weekly Report - Episode 3
Client UpdatesNew Energy Infrastructure Projects: Challenges and Opportunities in 2021 under a Biden Administration and Other Recent Developments
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Case Update: Royalty Clauses
External ArticleOil, Gas & Energy Resources Law Section Report, Vol. 44, No. 4
Election Impacts on U.S. Energy & Environmental Law and Policy
WebinarEthics in Working Remotely
Speeches & PresentationsIEL 19th Annual Energy Litigation Conference
Considerations for a Biden Administration
Client UpdatesHow Will the U.S. Presidential Election Affect the Energy Industry?
VideoUnconventional O&G Developments in Post-Pandemic Argentina: A View from the United States
Speeches & PresentationsCARI & IAPG Houston
CEQ Announces NEPA Modernization
Client UpdatesEnvironmental Update
The Texas Supreme Court Decides Important Case Involving Reformation of Royalty Interests that Violate the Rule Against Perpetuities
Client UpdatesMontana Court Vacates 287 Federal Oil and Gas Leases on Public Lands
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Overview and Best Practices for Virtual Court Proceedings, Mediations, and Depositions
WebinarInstitute for Energy Law
Texas Supreme Court Rejects "Accidental Partnerships" and Affirms Reversal of $535 Million Pipeline Judgement
External ArticlePratt's Energy Law Report, Volume 20
Force Majeure Considerations In Light of Energy Downturn & COVID-19
WebinarDeal or No Deal? Texas Supreme Court Finds No Contract in Email Exchange
Client UpdatesBaker Botts Energy Litigation Update
PFAS Regulatory & Litigation Issues Presentation
Speeches & Presentations33rd Annual Baker Botts Environmental, Safety, and Incident Response Seminar
Texas Supreme Court Rejects "Accidental Partnerships" and Affirms Reversal of $535-Million Pipeline Judgment
Client UpdatesBaker Botts Energy Litigation Update
Risk Management: Legal Issues Permian Investors Should Know
External ArticleOil and Gas Investor
Pennsylvania Supreme Court Confirms Rule of Capture Applies to Horizontal Development
Client UpdatesEnergy Litigation Update
Chapter 95 of the Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code: Recent Developments in Oil and Gas Disputes
Speeches & PresentationsState Bar of Texas Oil and Gas Disputes Conference
Transporting Water for Oil and Gas Development: Problems, Opportunities, and Potential Solutions
Speeches & PresentationsModerator, Institute for Energy Law, 6th Midstream Oil & Gas Law Conference
In the Courtroom: Making the Presentation to Win
Speeches & PresentationsInstitute for Energy Law - IEL Young Energy Litigators CLE Program Panel
Calls for Hydraulic Fracturing Ban on Shaky Legal Ground
Baker Botts Energy Litigation Update
Royalty Update
Speeches & Presentations37th Annual Course, Advanced Oil, Gas and Energy Resources Law, State Bar of Texas
University Lands Reports: Update on Activities, Benefits, and Challenges in the Permian Basin
Client UpdatesBaker Botts Energy Litigation Update
Fifth Circuit Issues Significant Decision Addressing Area of Mutual Interest Provision
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Energy Arbitrations
Speeches & PresentationsPanelist, Lisbon Arbitration Congress, Under 40 Session
U.S. Supreme Court Formally Adopts Fifth Circuit Standard and Precludes Application of State Wage and Hour Laws on the Outer Continental Shelf
Client UpdatesBaker Botts Energy Litigation Update
West Virginia Supreme Court Requires Consent of the Surface Owner to Drill Horizontal Wells Across Lease Lines
Baker Botts Energy Litigation Update Client UpdatesDisputes Module
Speeches & PresentationsPanelist, Baker Botts Oil and Gas Lawyer School
International Arbitration for Business: Energy and Infrastructure Sectors Uncovered
Speeches & PresentationsEnergy U: Nuts and Bolts of Oil and Gas Lawsuits
Speeches & PresentationsBaker Botts In-House Presentation
Recent Litigation Trends Arising from Horizontal Drilling
Speeches & PresentationsCLE Presentation
Traditional Oil and Gas Litigation: What's Going On?
Speeches & PresentationsInstitute for Energy Law - Energy Litigation 101 CLE Program Panel
Get Off My Lease: Predicting How Texas Courts Will Resolve Off-Lease Drilling Disputes Under Lightning Oil v. Anadarko
External ArticleTexas Journal of Oil, Gas and Energy Law
Pennsylvania Appellate Court Says "Rule of Capture" Does Not Bar Subsurface Trespass Claims Involving Hydraulic Fracturing
External ArticleEnergy Law Report
Texas Supreme Court Recognizes Realities of Horizontal Drilling in Key Lease Clause Ruling
Client UpdatesEnergy Litigation Client Alert
Survival of Commitments from Bankruptcy: What Every Midstream or Oil and Gas Attorney Needs to Know
Speeches & PresentationsSpecial Institute on Midstream Oil & Gas from the Upstream Perspective
The Texas Supreme Court Provides Guidance on Retained-Acreage Clauses
Client UpdatesEnergy Litigation Update
Pennsylvania appellate court says Rule of Capture does not bar subsurface trespass claims involving hydraulic fracturing
Client UpdatesEnergy Litigation Update
Arbitration in State Aid and the Energy Sector
External ArticleState Aid and the Energy Sector, edited by L. Hancher et al., Hart, Oxford
Common EU Law Principles of Private Enforcement of State Aid
External ArticleBloomsbury Professional's State Aid and The Energy Sector
Texas Appeals Court Holds that Gas Utility Qualifies as a “Public Use” by Legislative Declaration
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Tips for Employers Navigating the Stormy Waters of the Low Commodity Price Environment
Mitigating Risk in Light of Recent Cyber Attacks on European Oil Port Terminals
Superfund Tax Reinstatement - What Does This Mean for Chemical Manufacturers/Importers and Distributors?
Sanctions and the Energy Sector Risks and Compliance Strategies
IEL Young Energy Professionals Workshop: The Oil and Gas Sessions
Baker Botts is proud to sponsor the IEL Young Energy Professionals Workshop: The Oil and Gas Sessions on February 3-4, 2021.
Webinar: Election Impacts on U.S. Energy & Environmental Law and Policy
IEL 19th Annual Energy Litigation Conference
Baker Botts Partner Meghan McElvy will be speaking on Ethics in Working Remotely at IEL's Energy Litigation Conference on November 11-12.
Webinar: Understanding the Drop in Oil Price and its Impacts
Baker Botts will be hosting a webinar on the legal issues surrounding the recent sharp price fall in crude oil and will be joined by Mark Finley from Rice University's Baker Institute.
Baker Botts Webinar: An Energy Lawyer's Guide to Litigating Against or Alongside the Federal Government
IEL 6th Midstream Oil & Gas Law Conference
Baker Botts Partners Bill Kroger and Jim Barkley will be speaking at the IEL 6th Midstream Oil & Gas Law Conference on December 11th.
IEL Young Litigator Oil & Gas Conference and 18th Annual Energy Litigation Conference
Baker Botts is sponsoring the IEL Young Litigator Oil & Gas Conference and 18th Annual Energy Litigation Conference on November 13-14. Baker Botts Partners Louie Layrisson, Rebeca Huddle and Amy Hefley will be speaking at these conferences.
IEL Doing Deals: Energy Transactions for Young Energy Professionals Conference
Baker Botts Partner Jason Newman will be speaking at IEL's Doing Deals: Energy Transactions for Young Energy Professionals conference on October 9th.
37th Advanced Oil, Gas and Energy Resources Law Course
Baker Botts Partner Jason Newman will be speaking at the 37th Advanced Oil, Gas and Energy Resources Law Course on September 20.
Texas Anti-SLAPP Law: What Companies Doing Business in Texas Must Know
Baker Botts hosted two webinars that discussed how companies need to be aware of the TCPA, not only when filing or defending lawsuits, but also when drafting agreements.
Baker Botts Webinar: Legal Issues Associated with Production Projections
Baker Botts will be hosting a webinar that discusses Legal Issues Associated with Production Projections on Tuesday, January 15th.
Baker Botts Webinar: Crude Oil Pipeline Constraints in the Permian Basin
Baker Botts lawyers Jim Barkley, Bill Kroger, Scott Looper and Tina Nguyen are hosting a webinar on Crude Oil Pipeline Constraints in the Permian Basin.
National Young Energy Professionals' Law Conference
The Center for American and International Law’s Institute for Energy Law will hosts its 2nd National Young Energy Professionals’ Law Conference April 6-7, 2018 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
69th Annual Oil & Gas Law Conference
The conference is presented by Institute for Energy Law (IEL) of The Center for American and International Law, an organization that provides educational and professional opportunities for lawyers and other professionals in the energy industry.
Texas Journal of Oil, Gas, and Energy Law (TJOGEL) Symposium
The Texas Journal of Oil, Gas, and Energy Law is hosting their 13th annual TJOGEL Symposium from Thursday, February 1st to Friday, February 2nd in Austin, Texas.
Webinar Series - Pipeline Siting: Permitting Updates, Mitigation Requirements, and Land Use Issues in an Unpredictable Environment
Part one, “Webinar I: Update on Recent Regulatory and Permitting Developments and Impacts of Trump Administration on Pipeline Projects” will be presented on Tuesday, September 19, 2017 at 12:00 p.m. (CT).
Tips for Employers Navigating the Stormy Waters of the Low Commodity Price Environment
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