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Texas Supreme Court Holds JOA Exculpatory Clause Applicable to All Activities of Operator

The Energy Law

By Jana Grauberger The Texas Supreme Court distinguished several Texas appellate court decisions and held the exculpatory clause in a joint operating agreement (“JOA”) applicable not just to operational activities undertaken by the operator, but to all activities of the operator under the JOA. denied), IP Petroleum Co.,

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

The Energy Law

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its final Subpart W rule to cover petroleum and natural gas facilities under the agency’s Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Reporting Program. The original Subpart W rule for petroleum and natural gas facilities was proposed in March 2010.

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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. See Summit Petroleum Corp. Specifically at issue was EPA’s finding that the plant and the wells were “adjacent” based on their operationally interdependent relationship. Environmental Protection Agency, No. 09-4348, slip op. at 15 (6th Cir.

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Fifth Circuit Rejects EPA’s Overreaching on CAA and MBTA

The Energy Law

Citgo Petroleum Corp., Citgo’s Corpus Christi refinery operates a wastewater treatment system that sends all oily wastewater to several Corrugated Plate Interceptor (“CPI”) separators. See Standards of Performance for VOC Emissions from Petroleum Refinery Wastewater Systems, 40 C.F.R. §§ 60.690 to 699 (“NSPS Subpart QQQ”).

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Oil prices keep falling even before the arrival of new US administration

Crude Oil Futures

President Trump, meanwhile, intends to fill up the SPR, Strategic Petroleum Reserve, when he is officially in power. This is what happened in 2012: i n 2012, Saudi Arabia, through OPEC, attempted to undermine U.S. If the prices of crude oil falls precipitously, then, it will backfire on the shale oil producers in the US.

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President Biden Faces Constitutional Challenges to Revocation of Keystone XL Permit

The Energy Law

s March 2019 permit to construct and operate cross-border pipeline facilities at the U.S.-Canada Background The Keystone Pipeline is a system of petroleum pipelines designed to transport crude oil from fields in Alberta, Canada and ultimately terminating at refineries on the U.S Canada border in Montana. Constitution. Gulf Coast.

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President Biden Faces Constitutional Challenges to Revocation of Keystone XL Permit

The Energy Law

s March 2019 permit to construct and operate cross-border pipeline facilities at the U.S.-Canada The Keystone Pipeline is a system of petroleum pipelines designed to transport crude oil from fields in Alberta, Canada and ultimately terminating at refineries on the U.S Section 6 of the Order revoked TransCanada Keystone Pipeline, L.P.’s