Remove 2011 Remove Oil Remove Pipeline
article thumbnail

How the Oil & Gas Industry is Helping Reduce Emissions

Energy Transfer

’s progress in reducing emissions over the past decade has come from investments made by the oil & gas industry? According to just-released data from the Environmental Protection Agency, methane emissions across all major oil and gas basins in the U.S. have fallen 44 percent since 2011. In fact, the No.

Gas 52
article thumbnail

Federal Offshore Pipeline Decommissioning in BOEM Significant Sediment Resource Areas

The Energy Law Blog

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. Prior to 2015, BSEE routinely granted applications to decommission pipelines in place pursuant to 30 C.F.R.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Texas Supreme Court to Review $500 Million Verdict in Case Involving Formation of Partnership to Construct Crude Oil Pipeline

The Energy Law Blog

The dispute between ETP and Enterprise began in 2011, when Enterprise approached ETP about potentially building a crude oil pipeline together. for the construction of the pipeline. Energy Transfer Partners has garnered significant amicus support on both sides of the “v.”

article thumbnail

New Air Standards for Oil & Gas Industry May Force HAP Area Sources into Major Source Status

The Energy Law Blog

Moreno On August 16, 2012, EPA published a new rule that revises the NESHAP Subpart HH standards for the oil and gas industry. The 1999 EPA NESHAP standard for oil and natural gas production facilities (Subpart HH) specified the equipment to be considered to be “associated” with oil and gas wells for purposes of the regulation.

Oil 40
article thumbnail

A Summary of Professor Jim Rossi’s Lecture on the “Federalism Battles in Energy Transportation”

The Energy Law Blog

The examples include the Constitution Pipeline, a natural gas pipeline segment connecting Pennsylvania to New York, and the Plains & Eastern Clean Line Project, a direct current transmission line transporting wind energy from Oklahoma, Kansas, and Texas to Tennessee, Arkansas, and the rest of the south and southeast.

article thumbnail

Texas Supreme Court Decides Energy Transfer Partners v. Enterprise Products

The Energy Law Blog

This case began in 2011 when ETP and Enterprise explored the possibility of partnering to modify and extend, or construct anew, a pipeline to transport oil southbound from Cushing, Oklahoma. The Texas Supreme Court issued an opinion today in Energy Transfer Partners, L.P Enterprise Products Partners, L.P.,

Energy 40
article thumbnail

Proposed Railroad Rules May Impact Crude Oil Producers: Proposed DOT/PHMSA Oil Tank Car Rules

The Energy Law Blog

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking According to Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx, the “Bakken crude oil is on the high end of volatility compared to other crude oils,…[and] its production is skyrocketing, up from 9,500 rail car loads in 2008 to 415,000 last year, a more than 4,000 percent increase.” 45,016 (Aug.