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

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(World Oil) – Africas national oil companies (NOC) are moving beyond operating as state-representatives by transforming themselves into competitive upstream players. Boosting production Major oil producers in Africa are striving to boost production and NOC-IOC collaboration is at the forefront.

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Offshore Companies Face Surge in BSEE Enforcement Actions and Penalties

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

The Energy Law

Moreno On October 1st, 2012, the Environmental Protection Agency (โ€œEPAโ€) 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 โ€œfinal permitโ€).

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EPA and BSEE Team Up to Resolve Offshore Environmental Violations

The Energy Law

Recently, when there was talk about Houston-based ATP Oil and Gasโ€™ (ATP) legal problems, it was inevitably about its bankruptcy and its effort to bring the overriding royalty interests it had conveyed back into the bankrupt estate as debt instruments.

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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., In re Oil Spill by Oil Rig โ€œDeepwater Horizonโ€ in Gulf of Mex., Hercules Offshore, Inc., 2013); Plaisance v. Hercules Offshore, Inc., 2013); Plaisance v. See Barker v. 3d 208, 224 (5th Cir. 2021 WL 96168 at *2. The district court dismissed their case under Rule 12(b)(6).

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U.S. House of Representatives Passes Energy Bill

The Energy Law

Further, this section directs FERC with the Secretaries of Energy, Transportation and Interior to โ€œfacilitate the.the construction of pipelines necessary to transport oil and natural gas through NPRA to existing transportation of processing infrastructure on the North Slope of Alaska.โ€

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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., In re Oil Spill by Oil Rig โ€œDeepwater Horizonโ€ in Gulf of Mex., Hercules Offshore, Inc., 2013); Plaisance v. Hercules Offshore, Inc., 2013); Plaisance v. See Barker v. 3d 208, 224 (5th Cir. 2021 WL 96168 at *2. The district court dismissed their case under Rule 12(b)(6).