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Liberty Energy Inc. acquires IMG Energy Solutions

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IMG brings integrated capabilities across engineering design and development, construction management, enhanced software and monitoring systems, and operations and marketing. Since 2011, IMG has established a proven track record of delivering reliable energy solutions for critical infrastructure projects.

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EPA and Army Corps of Engineers Issue Draft Guidance on Waters Protected by Clean Water Act

The Energy Law

By Lesley Foxhall Pietras On April 27, 2011, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (the Corps) released new proposed guidance on how the agencies will identify waters protected by the Clean Water Act (CWA) in light of Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County v. 24479, 24479 (May 2, 2011).

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D.C. Circuit Upholds EPA Authority to Retroactively Veto CWA Section 404 Permits Issued by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

The Energy Law

Army Corps of Engineers (โ€œCorpsโ€). In 2011, four years after the permit was issued, the EPA officially invoked 404(c) to veto the specification of two of the three streams as disposal sites in the Mingo permit, amounting to a nearly 88 percent reduction in the total authorized discharge area. Mingo Logan Coal Co. EPA , 714 F.3d

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Federal Circuit Holds U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Not Liable for Hurricane Katrina Flood Damage

The Energy Law

Army Corps of Engineers liable under the Tucker Act for flood damage to the Plaintiffsโ€™ properties. After a bench trial in late 2011, the Claims Court held that a temporary taking had occurred. On April 20, 2018, it reversed a decision of the United States Court of Federal Claims (โ€œClaims Courtโ€), which had held the U.S.

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How the Oil & Gas Industry is Helping Reduce Emissions

Energy Transfer

have fallen 44 percent since 2011. Our Dual-Drive natural gas compression system, in use since 2001, features patented technology that involves both a natural gas engine and an electric motor. Methane emissions have also plunged. This has occurred even as our country continues to produce more crude oil than any other nation ever has.

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Proposed EPA Rules Would Subject Oil and Gas Sources to Mandatory Reporting of Greenhouse Gas Emissions

The Energy Law

This rule required reporting of greenhouse gas emissions from a number of large sources including suppliers of fossil fuels or industrial greenhouse gases, manufacturers of vehicles and engines, and certain facilities that emit 25,000 metric tons or more per year of greenhouse gas emissions.

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Fifth Circuit Dismisses False Claims Act Suit Alleging Violation Of Offshore Regulations

The Energy Law

BP , the plaintiffs alleged that BP had falsely certified to compliance with regulatory requirements pertaining to the engineering of the Atlantis Platform, a semi-submersible floating production facility capable of producing more than 100,000 barrels/day. In Abbott v. United States ex rel. Escobar , 136 S.Ct. 1989 (2016).