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United States Supreme Court Blocks New Jersey’s Sovereign Immunity Challenge to FERC Certificate Holder’s Condemnation of State-Owned Land

The Energy Law Blog

On June 29, 2021, the United States Supreme Court, in a 5-4 vote, held that a natural gas company’s right to condemn property for a pipeline under the Natural Gas Act includes the right to condemn state-owned property. In PennEast Pipeline Co. In January 2018, FERC granted PennEast’s request.

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2023 Begins With Increased (or Unlimited) Liability for Vessel Owners

The Energy Law Blog

Those limits were last increased in 2018 to $137,659,500 by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management. [12] A Regulatory Increase to the Limits of Liability for Oil Pollution and an Amendment Exempting Small Passenger Vessels from the Limitation of Liability Act Present New Challenges for Vessel Owners U.S.

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Louisiana Third Circuit Decision Imposes Damages for Due Process Violation on Private Company

The Energy Law Blog

On July 15, 2020, The Third Circuit Court of Appeals issued an opinion awarding damages for a violation of due process rights against a private pipeline company. Bayou Bridge Pipeline, LLC v. Martin Parish and were needed for construction of the pipeline. Acres, More or Less, Located in St. Martin Parish, et al. [1]

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Louisiana Third Circuit Decision Imposes Damages for Due Process Violation on Private Company

The Energy Law Blog

On July 15, 2020, The Third Circuit Court of Appeals issued an opinion awarding damages for a violation of due process rights against a private pipeline company. Bayou Bridge Pipeline, LLC v. Martin Parish and were needed for construction of the pipeline. Acres, More or Less, Located in St. Martin Parish, et al. [1]

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Advancement of CCS in Louisiana

The Energy Law Blog

Earlier this month, Gulf Coast Sequestration (“GCS”), a limited liability company based in Lake Charles, announced its plans to build and operate a carbon capture and sequestration (“CCS”) project that will create a repository 10,000 feet underground for the permanent storage of more than 80 million tons of carbon. On the state level, Act No.

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COVID-19 as a Force Majeure? The Texas and Louisiana Perspectives

The Energy Law Blog

Today, countries worldwide are responding to a pandemic of respiratory disease spreading from person-to-person caused by a novel coronavirus. The disease has been named “coronavirus disease 2019” (abbreviated “COVID-19”). Does this pandemic and resultant disruption constitute a force majeure event under Louisiana and Texas law?

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Advancement of CCS in Louisiana

The Energy Law Blog

Earlier this month, Gulf Coast Sequestration (“GCS”), a limited liability company based in Lake Charles, announced its plans to build and operate a carbon capture and sequestration (“CCS”) project that will create a repository 10,000 feet underground for the permanent storage of more than 80 million tons of carbon. tons of CO?