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Fracking Scores with Two Colorado Supreme Court Opinions

The Energy Law

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.

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Clean Power Plan: The Legal Battle Continues

The Energy Law

Petitioners include thirty States, State agencies, and local government entities and more than one hundred private companies, cooperatives, and industry trade groups. Circuit may rule in the Fall or Winter of 2016. The lawsuit, West Virginia v. 15-1363) is unusual because of its sheer volume. Court of Appeals for the D.C.

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Legal Update: U.S. Department of Justice Gets MARPOL Conviction

The Energy Law

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.

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Nigeria Oil Industry Overview

Drillers

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.

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The Dusky Gopher Frog Causes Big Problems for Industrial and Commercial Development in Parts of St. Tammany Parish

The Energy Law

2016 WL 3568093, at *1-2 (5th Cir. June 30, 2016). Subsequently, on June 30, 2016, in a 2-1 decision, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed Judge Feldman’s ruling, upholding the FWS’s designation of Unit 1 as a “critical habitat” under the ESA. Markle Interests, 2016 WL 3568093, at *10-12.

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Environmental Groups File Suit to Compel EPA to Review and Revise Oil and Gas Waste Regulations

The Energy Law

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.

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Mastering NSTA Infrastructure Reporting: ArcGIS Pro Best Practice

Exprodat

As part of this, the Energy Act 2016 requires each UKCS operator to appoint a named Information and Samples Coordinator (ISC), who is responsible for reporting petroleum-related information to NSTA. The North Sea Transition Authority are the UKs oil, gas and carbon storage regulator, tasked with driving the energy transition in the North Sea.