2012 and Offshore - Energy Aggregated

Implications of NTL 2012-N06 on OSRP Preparation and Review

The Energy Law

DECEMBER 28, 2012

United States Dep’t of the Interior Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, GUIDANCE TO OWNERS AND OPERATORS OF OFFSHORE FACILITIES SEAWARD OF THE COAST LINE CONCERNING REGIONAL OIL SPILL RESPONSE PLANS, NTL No. 2012-N06 (2012), [hereinafter NTL 2012-N06]. NTL 2012 N-06, 3. NTL 2012 N-06, 5.

Oil

Oil Offshore E&A Operator

Offshore Companies Face Surge in BSEE Enforcement Actions and Penalties

The Energy Law

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

In recent years, offshore companies have witnessed a marked uptick in the number of enforcement actions undertaken by the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE). [1] BSEE has also begun to target offshore contractors, who, until recently, have not faced exposure to agency enforcement actions. See Island Operating Co.,

Offshore

Offshore Casing Operator Mechanic

MMS Proposed Notice of Central Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 205

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. million acres, and ranging from 3 to 210 miles offshore. Click here for information on obtaining the proposed notice of sale.

Offshore

Offshore Oil Gas

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. .

Offshore

Offshore Exploration and Production Oil Government

D.C. Circuit Vacates Interior’s Five-Year Leasing Program

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.

Offshore

Offshore Oil Gas

EPA Proposes Significant Changes to NPDES Permit for Oil and Gas Facilities in the GOM OCS

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.

Hydraulic Fracturing

Hydraulic Fracturing Oil Gas Operator

EPA Finalizes NPDES Permit for Oil and Gas Facilities in the GOM OCS

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.

Oil

Oil Gas Operator Electronics

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

The Energy Law

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

In 2010, Black Elk Energy Offshore Operations, LLC (“Black Elk”) owned and operated a production facility on the West Delta 32 Lease Block located in the Gulf of Mexico. In September 2012, Black Elk hired Compass Engineering and Consulting, LLC (“Compass”) to draft construction plans for maintenance on the platforms. United States v.

Offshore

Offshore Government Operator IT

EPA Releases Final Rule Requiring Oil and Gas Sources to Report Emissions of Greenhouse Gases

The Energy Law

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

The industry segments covered by the rule are: offshore petroleum and natural gas production; onshore petroleum and natural gas production; onshore natural gas processing; onshore natural gas transmission compression; underground natural gas storage; liquefied natural gas (LNG) storage, import, and export; and natural gas distribution.

Natural Gas

Natural Gas Gas Petroleum Basin

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

The Energy Law

MARCH 31, 2010

Covered facilities would include onshore petroleum and natural gas production, offshore petroleum and natural gas production, onshore natural gas processing, natural gas transmission, underground natural gas storage, liquefied natural gas storage, liquefied natural gas import and export facilities, and natural gas distribution facilities.

Gas

Gas Natural Gas Oil Petroleum

Fifth Circuit Reverses District Court’s Imposition of Attorneys Fees on DOI for Reissuance of Drilling Moratorium in GOM Following Deepwater Horizon Incident

The Energy Law

DECEMBER 28, 2012

Hornbeck Offshore Servs., 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. Salazar , __F.3d__,

Operator

Operator E&A IT Offshore

U.S. Fifth Circuit Clarifies “Substantial Nexus” Test for LHWCA

The Energy Law

AUGUST 19, 2020

After the incident, two of the offshore platforms connected by pipeline to the platform where the work was performed had to be shut down. In Pacific Operators Offshore, LLP v. 207, 222 (2012). That platform, however, was part of a larger gas gathering system connected to others located on the Outer Continental Shelf (“OCS”).

Operator

Operator Offshore Casing Pipeline

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

The Energy Law

AUGUST 29, 2014

For reasons of logistics, the interviews are unlikely to take place offshore. Hastings raised concerns about the IRU’s makeup, pointing to (1) BOEMRE’s 2010 request for $5.8 The IRU may tape record the interviews (generally the operator will only receive copies of the tapes after indictment).

Field

Field Operator Exploration and Production E&A

Regulating the Regulators: Supreme Court Allows Judicial Review of Clean Water Act Determinations

The Energy Law

JUNE 1, 2016

a)(3) (2012). Under the Corps’ broad interpretation, these “waters” have included land that is occasionally saturated, when the use of the land “could affect interstate or foreign commerce.” 33 CFR § 328.3(a)(3) The Corps has used this definition to assert jurisdiction over up to 300 million acres of swampy land.

IT

IT Engineering Engineer Casing

Energy Aggregated

Implications of NTL 2012-N06 on OSRP Preparation and Review

Offshore Companies Face Surge in BSEE Enforcement Actions and Penalties

Trending Sources

MMS Proposed Notice of Central Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 205

EPA and BSEE Team Up to Resolve Offshore Environmental Violations

D.C. Circuit Vacates Interior’s Five-Year Leasing Program

EPA Proposes Significant Changes to NPDES Permit for Oil and Gas Facilities in the GOM OCS

EPA Finalizes NPDES Permit for Oil and Gas Facilities in the GOM OCS

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

EPA Releases Final Rule Requiring Oil and Gas Sources to Report Emissions of Greenhouse Gases

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

Fifth Circuit Reverses District Court’s Imposition of Attorneys Fees on DOI for Reissuance of Drilling Moratorium in GOM Following Deepwater Horizon Incident

U.S. Fifth Circuit Clarifies “Substantial Nexus” Test for LHWCA

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

Regulating the Regulators: Supreme Court Allows Judicial Review of Clean Water Act Determinations

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