The Energy Law

JANUARY 11, 2007

Two developments this week will increase protections for South Louisiana’ s Port Fourchon and Louisiana Offshore Oil Port (LOOP). Port Fourchon handles more than 75% of the oil and gas production from the Gulf of Mexico, while LOOP is the only port in the U.S. capable of offloading the deepest draft tankers.

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The Energy Law

MARCH 26, 2007

United States Senators have introduced three new bills that may impact offshore drilling: Senators Byron Dorgan, D.-N.D., and Larry Crais, R-Idaho, have introduced the Security and Fuel Efficiency Energy Act 2007, S. has alos introduced the Oil Industry Merger Antitrust Enforcement Act, or S. Senator Herb Kohl, D.-Wis.

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The Energy Law

JUNE 4, 2007

Hunter MMS has issued a proposed notice scheduling Central Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 205 for October 3, 2007. This will be the first sale in the newly configured Central Gulf of Mexico Planning Area, and is the first Central GOM sale to be held in MMS’ 2007 – 2012 Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program.

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JUNE 4, 2007

MMS will accept comments on the proposed rule through July 17, 2007. The additional relief will only be available in years when the annual NYMEX natural gas price is at or below $4.47/MMBtu MMBtu expressed in 2006 dollars. Click here to read the Notice.

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The Energy Law

OCTOBER 9, 2012

Moreno On October 1st, 2012, the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) released the final NPDES general permit for discharges from oil and gas facilities in the western and central portion of the Outer Continental Shelf of the Gulf of Mexico (the “final permit”).

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APRIL 28, 2009

Department of the Interior, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued a ruling on April 17, 2009 vacating the Department of the Interior’s statutorily-mandated five-year offshore oil and gas leasing program for the period 2007-2012.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2007

The court ruled that Interior’s price threshold clauses unlawfully deprived Kerr-McGee of the statutory right to produce minimum volumes of oil and gas royalty-free, as mandated by Congress in the Outer Continental Shelf Deep Water Royalty Relief Act of 1995. CLICK here to view the decision

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