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Offshore Companies Face Surge in BSEE Enforcement Actions and Penalties

The Energy Law

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.,

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US okays Rhum field licence extension

Offshore Energies UK

The field has benefited from an OFAC licence continuously since 2013 and the licence was last renewed two years ago. URL: [link] The post US okays Rhum field licence extension appeared first on Offshore Energies UK (OEUK). Its 50% partner had been Tailwind Energy which Serica has since bought.

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African national oil companies (NOCs) partnering with independents to drive E&P

Oil & Gas 360º

In Angola, which has been an LNG producer since 2013, the NOC Sonangol is working with its New Gas Consortium partners Azule Energy, Cabinda Gulf Oil Company and TotalEnergies to increase LNG production capacity. While development has been delayed, the operators remain committed to collaboratively bringing the project online.

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EPA and BSEE Team Up to Resolve Offshore Environmental Violations

The Energy Law

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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Riding to the Danger Zone: U.S. Fifth Circuit Panel Considers the Zone-of-Danger Test for Maritime Emotional Distress

The Energy Law

Hercules Offshore, Inc., Hercules Offshore, Inc., 2013); Plaisance v. Hercules Offshore, Inc., 2013); Plaisance v. See Barker v. 3d 208, 224 (5th Cir. Here, the court again left the question open, finding that the complaint failed to satisfy either the physical-injury test or the zone-of-danger test. Texaco, Inc.,

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

The Energy Law

Operators already covered under the 2007 permit have until January 31, 2013 to file new Notices of Intent (“NOIs”) for continuous coverage. This new language creates important changes in how discharges from Mobile Offshore Drilling Units (“MODUs”) are permitted in most of the Gulf of Mexico.

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U.S. House of Representatives Passes Energy Bill

The Energy Law

per MMBtu, unless lease royalties were renegotiated with the Secretary , imposes Conservation of Resources Fee on nonproducing lease acreage of $3.75

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