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Has the Focus Shifted from Climate Change?

Energy Central

MAY 15, 2024

Isn’t that surprising that the word ‘fossil fuel’ appeared just once in COP 18 held at Qatar in 2012 as against 46 times of the COP28 report where governments agreed to transition away from all fossil fuels.

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Gold for oil policy at risk of illicit financial flows – ISSER

Reporting Oil and Gas

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

The Institute of Statistical Social and Economic Research (ISSER) warns that the government’s ‘Gold for Oil’ policy, designed to tackle the foreign exchange demands of oil importers, is susceptible to Illicit Financial Flows (IFF). trillion lost to money laundering.

Oil

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The Fifth Circuit Rejects the DOJ’s Attempt to Charge Black Elk Contractors with OCSLA Felonies

The Energy Law

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

The district court agreed and dismissed those charges, after which the government appealed. Earlier this week, the Fifth Circuit ruled against the government finding that contractors cannot criminally violate these OCSLA regulations. The government appealed. United States v. Moss, et al , No. 16-30561 (5th Cir. 250.146(C).

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Petrel Resources Raises £250,000 for Iraq Oil Projects

Iraq Business News: Oil & Gas

MARCH 7, 2025

Petrel has recently submitted an application to assume an existing contract east of Baghdad 4 th Bid round award in 2012, at a remuneration per barrel of $5.38.

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Environmental Groups File Suit to Compel EPA to Review and Revise Oil and Gas Waste Regulations

The Energy Law

MAY 12, 2016

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), seeking to compel EPA to “fulfill long-delayed nondiscretionary duties” under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) by issuing revised regulations governing oil and gas wastes. 1:16-cv-00842-JDB, and was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. See Appalachian Voices v.

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EPA and BSEE Team Up to Resolve Offshore Environmental Violations

The Energy Law

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

The Violation In March 2012, BSEE conducted an inspection of ATP’s floating production platform facility, known as the ATP Innovator, while it was moored to the sea floor about 45 nautical miles offshore of southeastern Louisiana (about 125 miles south of New Orleans) and engaged in the production of oil and natural gas. See United States v.

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Fracking Scores with Two Colorado Supreme Court Opinions

The Energy Law

MAY 6, 2016

The residents of Longmont, Colorado voted in 2012 to add Article XVI to the City’s home-rule charter. Tammany Parish Government v. Now, the Colorado Supreme Court rendered two opinions on May 2, 2016 finding state law preempted local efforts to prohibit fracking. In 2014, St. Welsh , 15-1152 (La.

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BSEE’s Investigations and Review Unit Changes the Playing Field on the OCS

The Energy Law

AUGUST 29, 2014

Hastings raised concerns about the IRU’s makeup, pointing to (1) BOEMRE’s 2010 request for $5.8 The individual who is subject to an IRU interview has a clear right to have his or her attorney present; however, the IRU will have discretion about allowing company attorneys to be present.

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Fifth Circuit Rejects EPA’s Overreaching on CAA and MBTA

The Energy Law

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

The government argued that any equipment used to separate oil should be considered an “oil-water separator” regardless of whether it contained all the ancillary equipment described in the definition. As a strict liability offense, the government does not need to prove that the defendant had a criminal intent. Forest Serv.,

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SEC Expands Investor Classes for Unregistered Securities Transactions

The Energy Law

AUGUST 28, 2020

Qualified Institutional Buyer To increase the liquidity of restricted securities, in 2012 the SEC adopted Rule 144A of the Securities Act which facilitates enhanced trading of restricted securities by investors other than the original issuer. The SEC also adopted related amendments to Securities Act and Exchange Act rules.

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Louisiana Second Circuit Addresses: (1) Creation of Mineral Servitudes Via Notarial Acts of Correction; (2) Obstacles Suspending the Prescription of Nonuse from Running Against Mineral Servitudes; and (3) Payment of Court Costs in Concursus Actions

The Energy Law

MARCH 30, 2017

which governs notarial acts of correction: A. (1) Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University, 2012. Article 1920 is the general rule under the Code of Civil Procedure governing the taxation of court costs. 12] In its analysis, the Court first looked to the pertinent language of La. Associate, Liskow & Lewis, B.A.,

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Dusky Gopher Frog’s Louisiana Critical Habitat Spawns U.S. Supreme Court Writ

The Energy Law

JULY 28, 2017

Property modifications, including altering the present timber management practices, could return the land to suitable frog habitat but the landowners do not intent to take these steps and the government concedes it cannot compel them to do so. In 2001, the USFWS listed the dusky gopher frog as an endangered species.

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Louisiana Legislature Modifies Oilfield Cleanup Legislation

The Energy Law

JUNE 4, 2012

By Rob McNeal Updated June 15, 2012 Significant revisions and amendments to Louisiana’s oilfield cleanup legislation, La. 30:29 (commonly known as Act 312) obtained final legislative approval on May 31, 2012 and are expected to become law shortly. It creates a procedure for environmental management orders “EMO”’s) in legacy litigation.

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