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Offshore Companies Face Surge in BSEE Enforcement Actions and Penalties

The Energy Law

In recent years, offshore companies have witnessed a marked uptick in the number of enforcement actions undertaken by the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE). [1] BSEE has also begun to target offshore contractors, who, until recently, have not faced exposure to agency enforcement actions. See Island Operating Co.,

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Federal Offshore Pipeline Decommissioning in BOEM Significant Sediment Resource Areas

The Energy Law

In recent years, there has been an increase in the number of denials of applications to decommission offshore pipelines in place in a departure from the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement’s (“BSEE”) longstanding practices. that is funded in whole or in part by or authorized by the Federal Government.”

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Wind Energy Development in the Gulf of Mexico

The Energy Law

This is the first in a series of articles in which Liskow’s offshore team will discuss the regulatory framework for wind energy projects in federal waters and highlight legal issues pertinent to this dynamic area. To date, the development of offshore wind in federal waters has largely been limited to the east coast. 556.400; 30 C.F.R.

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Oil Majors’ Commitment to Net-Zero Emissions Leads to Investments in Wind Energy

The Energy Law

In September of this year, BP entered the offshore wind market when it announced a $1.1 Shell is also engaged in three offshore wind ventures – two in development stages, one currently operational – located off the Dutch coast, and two offshore wind ventures in the development stages off the New Jersey and Massachusetts coasts.

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Oil Majors’ Commitment to Net-Zero Emissions Leads to Investments in Wind Energy

The Energy Law

In September of this year, BP entered the offshore wind market when it announced a $1.1 Shell is also engaged in three offshore wind ventures – two in development stages, one currently operational – located off the Dutch coast, and two offshore wind ventures in the development stages off the New Jersey and Massachusetts coasts.

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EPA’s Proposed Rule on Vessel Incidental Discharges Brings VIDA One Step Closer to Full Implementation

The Energy Law

The VGP requires Lakers built after January 1, 2009, or “New Lakers,” to meet its numeric ballast water discharge standard. The SNPR explains that the “EPA does not expect that this option would result in a change to the compliance costs estimated in the Regulatory Impact Analysis accompanying the proposed rule.”

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Ninth and Fifth Circuits Split on Issue of Punitive Damages Under Maritime Law

The Energy Law

404 (2009). In the Fifth Circuit view, this result helps promote the Supreme Court’s concern for assessing the remedies available under the various bodies of maritime law consistently across the spectrum (the so-called “Miles uniformity principle”). The issue was later complicated, however, when the Supreme Court decided Atl. Sounding Co.

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