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The Energy Law
MAY 6, 2016
In March 2016, the Louisiana First Circuit recognized the preemptive authority of state law to regulate and permit fracking. Now, the Colorado Supreme Court rendered two opinions on May 2, 2016 finding state law preempted local efforts to prohibit fracking. Colorado Oil and Gas Association , 2016 CO 29, P. City of Longmont v.
The Energy Law
FEBRUARY 22, 2016
Petitioners include thirty States, State agencies, and local government entities and more than one hundred private companies, cooperatives, and industry trade groups. The case is moving quickly. Circuit may rule in the Fall or Winter of 2016. We will continue to provide updates as the case goes on.
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The Energy Law
NOVEMBER 20, 2015
The government thus argued to the jury that, rather than repair or replace the oily-water separator, the shipping company and crew bypassed the device and discharged 20,000 gallons of oil-contaminated waste water to the sea prior to the vessel’s arrival in the Port of Mobile. The government also claimed two crewmembers lied to the U.S.
The Energy Law
MAY 12, 2016
On May 4, 2016, environmental groups sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), seeking to compel EPA to “fulfill long-delayed nondiscretionary duties” under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) by issuing revised regulations governing oil and gas wastes. McCarthy , Case No. See Appalachian Voices v.
Drillers
MARCH 24, 2020
Recently, the Nigerian government demanded more than $60 billion in back royalties under a production sharing agreement with the supermajors operating in the country. The government has been fighting the illicit refineries for years. The government had little choice but to try and negotiate peace with the militants.
The Energy Law
MAY 10, 2016
The drilling rig was lost in LaSalle Parish but D&D asserted that this case called for an extension of the concept of “where the damages were sustained” to include Concordia Parish, where D&D allegedly lost profits as a result of the loss of the rig. 2d 12, 18-19 (La. However, the Third Circuit explained that Article 76.1
The Energy Law
MAY 26, 2023
Plaintiffs alleged that despite advance knowledge of the likelihood for significant downstream flooding, SRA-L decided to open spillway gates freeing water from the reservoir into the Sabine River to alleviate elevated reservoir volumes from a cataclysmic rain storm in March of 2016.
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