Drillers

MARCH 24, 2020

Pipeline vandalism, militant attacks on infrastructure, protests and lawsuits are among the issues that have plagued Nigerias oil industry for years. For many, stealing crude oil from the pipelines and processing it at one of the many illegal refineries in the region is a means of earning a living. million BPD as of November 2019.

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The Energy Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

The United States and the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection alleged that the company impounded streams and discharged dirt, sand, rocks and other materials into streams and wetlands without permits to construct well pads, pipeline stream crossings, surface impoundments, and other structures relating to natural gas extraction.

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The Energy Law Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

The public comment period on the proposed rule ends January 17, 2017, though it is currently unclear how these regulations will be impacted by changes to current EPA leadership as result of the recent election. For more specific information please contact Elizabeth Wheeler or Jackie Hickman.

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The Energy Law Blog

JANUARY 10, 2020

On October 20, 2017, Bouchard Transportation’s ATB BUSTER BOUCHARD/B. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) recently took action against a maritime employer for allegedly retaliating against a seaman who cooperated with the Coast Guard in connection with its investigation of a maritime casualty.

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Oil Review Middle East

MARCH 10, 2025

Dr. Chiraz Ennaceur: The opportunity to run my own company came in 2017, along with Dr Prafull Sharma and Dr Mehrdad Silatani, who co-founded CorrosionRADAR with me. We were bringing a digital solution to a longstanding and significant challenge for oil and gas pipeline owners: corrosion under insulation (CUI).

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The Energy Law Blog

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

After failed attempts to expand the scope of the Jones Act’s prohibition on activities by non-coastwise endorsed vessels in 2009 and 2017, CBP recently published a notice of proposed modification and revocation of certain ruling letters interpreting the Jones Act ( see [link] ).

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The Energy Law Blog

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Finally, the regulations will likely address other key issues including transportation pipelines, spacing between lease areas, environmental monitoring requirements, and use of legacy OCS infrastructure for CCS purposes.

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The Energy Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

2017) (finding FERC’s Environmental Impact Statement was not deficient in part because it “discussed the intensity, extent, and duration of the pipelines’ environmental effects, and also separately discussed the fact that those effects will disproportionately fall on environmental-justice communities.”). 14, 2022). [3] FERC, 867 F.3d

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The Energy Law Blog

JANUARY 31, 2017

In one of his first acts, Senator Kennedy sent President Trump a letter on January 23, 2017, addressing the importance of the oil and gas industry and offshore drilling in the Gulf of Mexico. Now that President Donald Trump has taken office and Republicans control the United States House and Senate, Senator Kennedy has taken action.

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The Energy Law Blog

MARCH 31, 2021

Section 6 of the Order revoked TransCanada Keystone Pipeline, L.P.’s s March 2019 permit to construct and operate cross-border pipeline facilities at the U.S.-Canada Critical to the success of this project is TC’s attainment of a Presidential Permit allowing the company to construct a pipeline that crosses the border between the U.S.

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The Energy Law Blog

MARCH 31, 2021

Section 6 of the Order revoked TransCanada Keystone Pipeline, L.P.’s s March 2019 permit to construct and operate cross-border pipeline facilities at the U.S.-Canada The Keystone Pipeline is a system of petroleum pipelines designed to transport crude oil from fields in Alberta, Canada and ultimately terminating at refineries on the U.S

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