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Offshore Companies Face Surge in BSEE Enforcement Actions and Penalties

The Energy Law

Together, these developments will undoubtedly lead to more litigation and a higher cost of doing business on the Outer Continental Shelf. The number of civil penalty cases has risen gradually since 2009, with a sharp increase over 2013-2015. In 2013, the average penalty was $67,714 over 42 cases. million in civil penalties.

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Overturning 8 Years of “Palpable Error,” The Louisiana Supreme Court Limits Damages Available to Landowners in Oilfield Legacy Litigation

The Energy Law

However, there was no mechanism to ensure that a penny of the $33 million awarded in Corbello would be spent on clean-up. In 2013, the decision in State of Louisiana v. This was all done in light of this Court’s 2013 La. Tackling this problem, the Louisiana Legislature in 2006 enacted La. 30:29, known as Act 312. “The

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Overturning 8 Years of “Palpable Error,” The Louisiana Supreme Court Limits Damages Available to Landowners in Oilfield Legacy Litigation

The Energy Law

However, there was no mechanism to ensure that a penny of the $33 million awarded in Corbello would be spent on clean-up. In 2013, the decision in State of Louisiana v. This was all done in light of this Court’s 2013 La. Tackling this problem, the Louisiana Legislature in 2006 enacted La. 30:29, known as Act 312. “The

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The Good Neighbor Provision on Steroids: Third Circuit Ruling Resurrects Clean Air Act Section 126(b)

The Energy Law

In the recent ruling, the Third Circuit held that it was reasonable for EPA to interpret Section 126(b) to be an “independent mechanism for enforcing interstate pollution control,” thereby giving EPA authority to directly regulate a specific source in an upwind state. July 12, 2013) (pdf). See GenOn REMA, LLC v. 12-1022, slip op.

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Unleashing sustainable potential: harnessing machine learning on AWS for optimal energy usage

AWS: Energy (Oil & Gas)

It uses a modified Total Heat Gain equation and penalizes high differences between entering and leaving air enthalpy, indicating longer mechanical cooling run times. 2013 setting. Reward: The reward function is designed to estimate the power required to achieve the desired supply air temperature, considering the economizer status.

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Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Weighs in on Hydraulic Fracturing and Subsurface Trespass

The Energy Law

The second prelude to the recent Pennsylvania decision was a 2013 Federal District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia ruling in Stone v. 12] Accordingly, the rule of capture is not rendered inapplicable simply because hydraulic fracturing provides an additional mechanism by which operators stimulate production.

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Derivatives: ISDA Announces 2016 New York Law Variation Margin Credit Support Annex

The Energy Law

2] Click here to access the BCBS/IOSCO final framework entitled “Margin Requirements for Non-Centrally Cleared Derivatives” which was originally published in September 2013 and re-published in March 2015.