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Christmas Eve Edition: 2024 Oil and Gas Results – Top Deals and a Bonus to End the Year

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At Rextag, we couldnt think of a better gift for our readers than a look back at the deals that shaped the oil and gas industry this year. So, while you sip your cocoa and enjoy the holiday glow, lets dive into the most impactful oil and gas deals of the yearcomplete with a festive bow and a little extra surprise at the end.

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Fifth Circuit Vacates $6 Million Clean Water Act Penalty

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The case relates to a 2006 oil spill which occurred at CITGO’s Lake Charles, Louisiana, refinery. July 17, 2013) (pdf). Opinion, pp. This opinion from the Fifth Circuit is likely to have wide-ranging effects on CWA penalty cases.

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New Judge, Same Result – $81 Million CWA Civil Penalty Appealed

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allowing an $81 million judgment against the oil company to stand. The judgment is the latest in a suit the EPA filed against CITGO under the Clean Water Act for a 2006 spill at the oil company’s St. The EPA sought a penalty of $4,300 per barrel. Charles refinery. In the original judgment , U.S. Adm’r of E.P.A.

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OSHA Awards Damages for Retaliatory Discharge of Jones Act Seaman in Violation of Seaman’s Protection Act

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255 suffered an explosion and fire while transporting roughly 2,000 barrels of oil off Port Aransas, Texas. On October 20, 2017, Bouchard Transportation’s ATB BUSTER BOUCHARD/B. Two crewmembers perished as a result of the casualty. Riverboat Services of Indiana, Inc., 451 F.3d 3d 424 , 444 (7th Cir.