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Haynesville shale gas production is increasing again; Will Haynesville-related litigation increase again, too?

The Energy Law

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. El Paso E & P Co. ,

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

The Energy Law

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. Holden and Carlos J.

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Expand Energy: From Chesapeake’s Fall to America’s Top Natural Gas Producer

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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

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Trans Energy Settlement Shows Need for E&P Wetlands Compliance Strategy

The Energy Law

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.),

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You Cannot Just Read the Regulations to Understand Stormwater Permitting for Oil and Gas Activities!

The Energy Law

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. CWA §402(l)(2). EPA subsequently issued regulations implementing this exemption. 40 CFR §122.26(c)(1)(iii). c)(1)(iii).

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Air Permitting: Sixth Circuit Vacates Single Stationary Source Aggregation Determination for E&P Facilities Due to EPA’s Unreasonable Interpretation of Adjacent

The Energy Law

By Lesley Foxhall Pietras On August 7, 2012, in a 2-1 decision in Summit Petroleum Corp. The question of what is “contiguous or adjacent” has long been vexing for the exploration and production industry. See, e.g., 40 C.F.R. §§ 51.166(b)(6); 71.2. See Summit Petroleum Corp. Environmental Protection Agency, No. 09-4348, slip op.

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Going Horizontal

Permian Basin Oil and Gas Magazine

So, the longer the laterals connected to each vertical hole, the more of the formation is exposed to production. Raoul LeBlanc That formula has also led producers to push the boundaries of technology in several facets of production. Nick Pottmeyer Nine Energy Service handles many completion procedures.