Energy Central

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

This is a Thanksgiving tradition now published for the 16th year in a row here and previously at my former blog Idaho Samizdat (2007-2012) In the spirit of Thanksgiving, and wanting to take a break from reading, thinking, and writing about nuclear energy, I’m offering my tried and true, and now “world famous” cooking instructions (..)

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Energy Transfer

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Kelcy Warren, Executive Chairman and founder of Energy Transfer, has made a significant impact in both the energy industry and the realm of philanthropy. Warren has been recognized by numerous energy and business organizations for his innovative leadership and contributions to the industry.

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Energy Central

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

➡️ 10 GW was passed in 2008 ➡️ 100 GW was passed in 2012 ➡️ 1 TW was passed in 2022. After taking 22 years to reach its first terawatt of solar power, the world will reach its second AND third terawatt in just five years. And this is why global power sector emissions are going to start declining.

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Energy Central

JANUARY 24, 2023

In 2012, the year before he passed away in office, he saw the. Hugo Chávez, whose presidency lasted from 1999 to 2013, rode the commodities boom. Under his presidency, Venezuela’s GDP quadrupled. In 1998, the year Chávez won his first election, GDP stood at $91.8bn.

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The Energy Law

JANUARY 2, 2013

In response, the Secretary of the Interior drafted a report entitled, “Increased Safety Measures for Energy Development on the Outer Continental Shelf,” which recommended a number of actions to increase safety. Following the report, the Secretary of the Interior directed BOEMRE to adopt and implement the report’s recommendations. 50856 (Aug.

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Rextag

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Before it was Expand Energy, the largest natural gas-weighted exploration and production company in the U.S., it was Chesapeake Energy. This company faced and survived nearly every extreme the energy industry could throw, including bankruptcy. From Bankruptcy to #1! With its recent $7.4 Chesapeake and Southwesterns $7.4

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The Energy Law

JANUARY 10, 2013

By Lesley Foxhall Pietras On December 21, 2012, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a policy announcement addressing how it will deal with source aggregation following the Sixth Circuit’s decision in Summit Petroleum Corp. EPA , 2012 U.S. 21, 2012), available here (PDF). EPA, 690 F.3d 3d 733 (6th Cir.

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The Energy Law

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

Trans Energy, Inc. , The Trans Energy settlement shows that exploration and production (E&P) companies need a rigorous compliance strategy for wetlands permit requirements. The most recent versions of the NWPs were reissued in 2012, and they will be valid for five years, until March 18, 2017. 14-117 (N.D.W.Va.), See 77 Fed.

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The Energy Law

JUNE 4, 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. Hunter MMS has issued a proposed notice scheduling Central Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 205 for October 3, 2007.

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The Energy Law

AUGUST 20, 2012

Moreno On August 16, 2012, EPA published a new rule that revises the NESHAP Subpart HH standards for the oil and gas industry. The Final Rule wassigned on April 17, 2012, but publication in the Federal Register did not occur until August 16, 2012, making the rule effective on October 15, 2012. 16, 2012.

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The Energy Law

APRIL 12, 2012

Moreno On March 7, 2012, the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) published in the Federal Register a proposed 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 “proposed permit”). 7, 2012), available at [link]. By Carlos J.

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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”). By Robert E. Holden and Carlos J.

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The Energy Law

JULY 25, 2013

To understand the stormwater permit requirements for oil and gas activities, you need to review not only the regulations that remain in force, but also the Clean Water Act as amended by the Energy Policy Act of 2005. The following year, EPA promulgated regulations implementing the expanded permitting exemption. 3d 591 (9th Cir. See 73 Fed.

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The Energy Law

JANUARY 12, 2017

Anglo-Dutch Energy, L.L.C. , 2] The Defendant-Lessee drilled a gas well on the leased premises on February 14, 2012. [3] 3] The well, which was to produce from a reservoir and zone under the property of multiple landowners, was completed on April 27, 2012 and began production on May 18, 2012. [4] In Gladney v.

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The Energy Law

OCTOBER 8, 2012

By Lesley Foxhall Pietras On October 5, 2012, EPA filed a petition for en banc rehearing of the D.C. Circuit’s August 21, 2012 panel decision vacating EPA’s Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR).

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The Energy Law

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

10-20599, 2012 U.S. 1, 2012) The Fifth Circuit recently vacated a judgment in the U.S. 10-20599, 2012 U.S. By Joanna Nelson : Preston Exploration Co., GSF , L.L.C., LEXIS 1873 (5th Cir. Preston Exploration Co., GSF, L.L.C., LEXIS 1873, *12 (5th Cir.

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The Energy Law

OCTOBER 4, 2018

In August 2018, dry natural gas production from the Haynesville shale averaged 6.774 billion cubic feet per day, which is the highest daily Haynesville production average since September 2012 when production averaged 6.962 billion cubic feet per day. August 2018 was not an anomaly. For example, in Alyce Gaines Johnson Special Trust v.

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The Energy Law

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Emissions reductions will take effect quickly, starting January 1, 2012 for SO2 and annual NOx reductions, and May 1, 2012 for ozone season (May-September) NOx reductions. Texas power plants must meet the January 1, 2012 deadline for SO2 and annual NOx emissions, and the May 1 deadline for ozone season NOx emissions.

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The Energy Law

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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SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

The amendment does not significantly alter the substance of the reporting requirements, but it imposes a new twenty-day reporting deadline (required by a 2012 statutory amendment). 1824 (July 20, 2013).

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The Energy Law

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

Wood County Energy, LLC , No. Wevanco Energy, L.L.C. , Fagadau Energy Corp. , 10-0887, slip op. JOA exculpatory clauses often relieve the operator of liability to nonoperators absent a showing of gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of the operator. In recent years, appellate decisions in Castle Tex. 3d 267 (Tex.

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The Energy Law

APRIL 16, 2019

The next report was the comprehensive The Real Estate Finance Opinion Report of 2012 published at 47 Real Prop. 213 (2012) and The ACREL Papers 121 (Spring 2013). The Local Counsel Opinion Letters – A Supplement to the Real Estate Finance Opinion Report of 2012 , 51 Real Prop. & Est. L. & Est. L.

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The Energy Law

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

EPA requested another extension of this deadline through April 13, 2012, but this request was opposed by the plaintiff, the Sierra Club. Thus, the court denied EPA’s request for an extension until April 13, 2012 so that EPA could re-propose the rules before issuing the final rules. See full opinion at: Sierra Club v.

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The Energy Law

AUGUST 21, 2012

Moreno On August 13, 2012, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit vacated the Environmental Protection Agency’s (“EPA”) disapproval of revisions to the Texas State Implementation Plan (“SIP”) dealing with the state’s Flexible Permits program. 13, 2012) ( quoting in part from 42 U.S.C. State of Texas v. 7410(a)(1).

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AUGUST 16, 2012

By Lesley Foxhall Pietras On August 7, 2012, in a 2-1 decision in Summit Petroleum Corp. In light of this determination, the court applied no deference to EPA’s interpretation of the term. See Summit Petroleum Corp. Environmental Protection Agency, No. 09-4348, slip op. at 15 (6th Cir.

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The Energy Law

JUNE 19, 2013

On October 25, 2012 the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published its corrected definition of “regulated NSR pollutant.” The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) adopted EPA’s revised definition of “regulated new source review (NSR) pollutant” at LAC 33:III.509.B B in a May 20, 2013 Louisiana Register Notice. 65107 (Oct.

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The Energy Law

APRIL 20, 2012

By Stephen Wiegand On April 17, 2012, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) and National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for natural gas wells that are hydraulically fractured.

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The Energy Law

MARCH 31, 2010

Under the proposed rules, the newly covered sources are required to begin collecting emissions data on January 1, 2011 and are required to submit the first annual reports to EPA on March 31, 2012. The public comment period on the proposed rules will extend for 60 days after EPA’s publication of the proposed rules in the Federal Register.

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The Energy Law

DECEMBER 28, 2012

3d__, 2012 U.S. The DOI appealed the district court’s decision to the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, which considered whether the DOI’s actions, taken without seeking a remand to the agency, violated the written order enjoining the enforcement of the initial moratorium. Hornbeck Offshore Servs., Salazar , __F.3d__,

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The Energy Law

MAY 26, 2015

2] / Carlton Energy Grp., By Andrew Wooley On May 8, 2015, the Supreme Court of Texas held in Phillips v. No matter how the court of appeals disposes of the case on remand, the case may well end up before the supreme court a second time. [1] 1] / 58 Tex. 803, 2015 WL 2148951, 2015 Tex. LEXIS 439 (Tex. May 8, 2015). [2]

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The Energy Law

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

BSEE collected civil penalties in 22 cases in 2009, 26 cases in 2010, 30 cases in 2011, 31 cases in 2012, 42 cases in 2013, 53 cases in 2014, and 42 cases in 2015. The number of civil penalty cases has risen gradually since 2009, with a sharp increase over 2013-2015. The civil penalty dollar amount has also grown significantly.

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The Energy Law

AUGUST 24, 2012

Wiegand On August 21, 2012, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit vacated EPA’s Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR). By Stephen W. EPA issued CSAPR in August 2011 pursuant to Sec.

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The Energy Law

JULY 1, 2013

On August 21, 2012, in a 2-1 decision, the D.C. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and the American Lung Association in the litigation involving EPA’s Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (“CSAPR”). The CSAPR sets limits on sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides from power plants in 28 upwind states in the eastern part of the country.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2012

11-09-00348-CV, 2012 Tex. 12, 2012). Raven Resources (“Raven”) was interested in selling certain oil and gas related-properties to Legacy Reserves Operating LP, (“Legacy”). Raven Resources, LLC v. Legacy Reserves Operating, LP, No. LEXIS 310, (Tex. Eastland, Jan.

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The Energy Law

MAY 12, 2016

A similar lawsuit filed in 2012 in the same court resulted in a court opinion requiring EPA to review its RCRA Subtitle D regulations concerning coal ash. McCarthy , Case No. 1:16-cv-00842-JDB, and was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The oil and gas industry will need to monitor this suit. McCarthy , 989 F.

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The Energy Law

AUGUST 29, 2014

Background In 2010, in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the Department of Interior renamed the Minerals Management Service (MMS) the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation, and Enforcement (BOEMRE). Hastings raised concerns about the IRU’s makeup, pointing to (1) BOEMRE’s 2010 request for $5.8

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The Energy Law

OCTOBER 6, 2016

in TDX Energy, LLC v. 5] Similar to XXI Oil & Gas I , TDX Energy involved a claim by a non-operating working interest owner that it was entitled to 103.1 15] The Third Circuit’s recent decision in XXI Oil & Gas II clearly conflicts with the Western District’s ruling in TDX Energy. 1] See TDX Energy, LLC v.

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