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Offshore Companies Face Surge in BSEE Enforcement Actions and Penalties

The Energy Law

1] Operators face more BSEE inspections, Incidents of Non-Compliance (INCs), and civil penalties than ever before. See Island Operating Co., BSEE collected civil penalties in 22 cases in 2009, 26 cases in 2010, 30 cases in 2011, 31 cases in 2012, 42 cases in 2013, 53 cases in 2014, and 42 cases in 2015. 186 IBLA 199 (2015).

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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. 12-0884 (La.

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

AWS: Energy (Oil & Gas)

In our case study, we achieved reduction in operational costs by 5% ($2.5 The Guidance for Monitoring and Optimizing Energy Usage on AWS Organizations have faced challenges in managing building operations and optimizing energy efficiency within their BMS. Figure 3 shows an overview of an economizer operation.

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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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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. 12-0884 (La.

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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. Southwestern operated several wells on the leased tract, several of which were hydraulically fractured. 5:12–CV–102, 2013 WL 2097397 (N.D. Chesapeake Appalachia, L.L.C. [4]