*1 N OTE : This disposition is nonprecedential. United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ PIONEER RESERVE, LLC, Plaintiff-Appellant v.

UNITED STATES, Defendant-Appellee ______________________ 2017-1095 ______________________ Appeal from the United States Court of Federal Claims in No. 1:14-cv-00376-EGB, Senior Judge Eric G. Bruggink.

______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ D OUGLAS K AHLE , Wolcott Rivers Gates, Virginia Beach, VA, argued for plaintiff-appellant.

G EOFFREY M ARTIN L ONG , Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, argued for defendant-appellee. Also represented by J OYCE R. B RANDA , R OBERT E.

K IRSCHMAN , J R ., S TEVEN J. G ILLINGHAM .

______________________ *2 T HIS C AUSE having been heard and considered, it is O RDERED and A DJUDGED :

P ER C URIAM (D YK , T ARANTO , and H UGHES , Circuit Judges ).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36. E NTERED BY O RDER OF THE C OURT June 12, 2017 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner

Clerk of Court