The Energy Law

MARCH 29, 2021

QEP was the lessee of a mineral lease covering Plaintiffs’ property, but because it wanted to transport off-site gas across their property, QEP also obtained a pipeline servitude across Plaintiffs’ land. Accordingly, the district court granted summary judgment in favor of QEP as to all of Plaintiffs’ claims. Read the opinion here.

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The Energy Law

AUGUST 29, 2022

In addition to wetlands impacts, the groups allege that the LNG terminal and an associated pipeline would have a “staggering” impact on the climate in the form of greenhouse gas emissions. The Blog/Web Site should not be used as a substitute for legal advice from a licensed professional attorney in your state regarding a particular matter.

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The Energy Law

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

sued the unit operator for breach of contract to recover transportation costs incurred as a result of alleged regulatory violations of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (“FERC”) Shipper-Must-Have-Title policy. As part of that regulatory authority, the FERC “establishes policies that govern interstate pipeline transportation.”

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The Energy Law

JUNE 30, 2015

In Kachina Pipeline Company, Inc. Factual Background Kachina Pipeline Company, Inc. Kachina”) operates a natural gas gathering system, as well as a gas pipeline. Kachina utilized its pipeline to transport gas it purchased to Davis Gas Processing’s Plant (“Davis Plant”) where it was re-sold. Lillis, No.

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The Energy Law

SEPTEMBER 6, 2007

FGT announced that it would not interrupt previously scheduled market area interruptible transportation service below the elapsed-prorated-scheduled quantity. Furthermore, on September 5, FGT announced maintenance work beginning on September 6, which is expected to last until September 8.

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The Energy Law

JUNE 22, 2016

President Obama signed the Protecting our Infrastructure of Pipelines and Enhancing Safety Act or the SAFE PIPES Act into law on June 22, 2016. Importantly, the SAFE PIPES Act mandates the PHMSA provide a report to Congress within eighteen months studying the risks and safety recommendations for existing hazardous liquid pipelines.

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The Energy Law

AUGUST 3, 2021

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. 2] PennEast Pipeline, PennEast Pipeline Statement on Favorable U.S.

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The Energy Law

MARCH 26, 2007

Relying on a 1966 order that the pipelines in question were a transport system, the FERC determined that the pipelines were for the primary purpose of transporting gas. The panel concluded that several features of the pipelines weighed in favor of the finding that their primary purpose was the gathering of gas.

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The Energy Law

JUNE 22, 2023

The substation’s maiden voyage marks a major milestone in the development of Jones Act compliant offshore wind vessels necessary to bring the large amount of federal utility-scale projects in the pipeline to fruition. The Jones Act requires that the transport of “merchandise” between U.S. 1331 et seq. back in 2021.

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Nestoil

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Midstream Investments; Transportation and Storage : The midstream sector focuses on transporting and storing oil and gas from production sites to refineries and end-users. Investment opportunities in this sector include pipelines, storage facilities, and LNG (liquefied natural gas) terminals.

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The Energy Law

JANUARY 31, 2020

a case previously featured on the Blog. This case began in 2011 when ETP and Enterprise explored the possibility of partnering to modify and extend, or construct anew, a pipeline to transport oil southbound from Cushing, Oklahoma. The Texas Supreme Court issued an opinion today in Energy Transfer Partners, L.P

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The Energy Law

JANUARY 10, 2020

On October 20, 2017, Bouchard Transportation’s ATB BUSTER BOUCHARD/B. 255 suffered an explosion and fire while transporting roughly 2,000 barrels of oil off Port Aransas, Texas. The Blog/Web Site should not be used as a substitute for legal advice from a licensed professional attorney in your state regarding a particular matter.

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The Energy Law

DECEMBER 1, 2016

In an April 15, 2016 Order, FERC authorized Magnolia LNG, LLC to site, construct, and operate a new LNG terminal and liquefaction facility in Lake Charles, Louisiana designed to export 8 million metric tons of domestically-produced natural gas per annum, with a capacity equivalent to pipeline receipts of up to 1.4

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The Energy Law

MARCH 15, 2023

In fact, if the lessees’ gross proceeds were reduced when purchased by third-party processors at the tailgate of a processing plant to account for the cost of transportation and processing said production, the lessees would add those deducted costs to the stated sales price before computing the lessor’s royalties.

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The Energy Law

SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

Plains Pipeline, L.P. The cutter head punctured a pipeline owned by Plains Pipeline that carried product for Phillips 66. The panel also addressed a subsidiary issue: whether Phillips’ costs it incurred in transporting its oil by alternative means following the allision were precluded by Robins Dry Dock.

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The Energy Law

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Background The Jones Act, in general terms, prohibits non-coastwise endorsed vessels from engaging in the “transportation” of “passengers or merchandise” between “coastwise points”. The key inquiries in a Jones Act analysis, therefore, are: (i) passengers/merchandise, (ii) transportation, and (iii) coastwise points.

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Aresco

MARCH 13, 2025

AI models analyze real-time data from drilling sites, pipelines, and refineries, adjusting operations to optimize production and efficiency. AI-powered systems can fine-tune extraction techniques, monitor pipeline integrity, and adjust refinery processes to maximize output while reducing the risk of inefficiencies.

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IBM: Oil & Gas

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Vertrax CEO Vinny Mullineaux (center) with Ken Zimmerman, CEO of Chateaux Software (left) and Vijay Rathna, Director of Enterprise Applications, Chateaux Software (right) Individual data points are like fuel molecules waiting in pipelines and tanks to heat our homes or cook our food.

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The Energy Law

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Second, Louisiana already has a developed pipeline infrastructure that is necessary to transport carbon dioxide to where it can be utilized and stored. The Blog/Web Site should not be used as a substitute for legal advice from a licensed professional attorney in your state regarding a particular matter.

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The Energy Law

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

This action proposes the state continue to work with federal and state partners and industry to determine potential sites for storage, to identify a regulatory and legal framework that supports CCUS, and to determine impacts of capture and transport infrastructure buildout. Associated Submitted Action Proposals: N/A).

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The Energy Law

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

The proposed rule also covers various miscellaneous items such as registration requirements for generation of renewable electricity that is used as transportation fuel and requirements for facilities that could potentially use carbon capture and storage with respect to emissions from renewable fuels in the future.

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The Energy Law

JUNE 8, 2020

Ordinarily, royalties are free of production expenses for bringing the minerals to the surface but “usually subject to post-production costs, including taxes, treatment costs to render it marketable, and transportation costs.” Heritage Res., NationsBank , 939 S.W.2d 2d 118, 120-21 (Tex. Crude Energy, LLC , 573 S.W.3d 3d 198, 203 (Tex.

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The Energy Law

SEPTEMBER 23, 2008

Further, this section directs FERC with the Secretaries of Energy, Transportation and Interior to “facilitate 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.”

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The Energy Law

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Second, Louisiana already has a developed pipeline infrastructure that is necessary to transport carbon dioxide to where it can be utilized and stored. The Blog/Web Site should not be used as a substitute for legal advice from a licensed professional attorney in your state regarding a particular matter.

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The Energy Law

AUGUST 20, 2012

For purposes of the rule, the point of custody transfer is defined as the point where hydrocarbon liquids or natural gas enter a pipeline or any other form of transportation, or the point where hydrocarbon liquids or natural gas enter a natural gas processing plant. 7412 (n)(4)(A).Section 7412(n)(4) (emphasis added); see also 40 C.F.R.

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The Energy Law

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. total CO 2 emissions.

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The Energy Law

AUGUST 4, 2014

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking According to Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx, the “Bakken crude oil is on the high end of volatility compared to other crude oils,…[and] its production is skyrocketing, up from 9,500 rail car loads in 2008 to 415,000 last year, a more than 4,000 percent increase.” See 79 Fed. 45,016 (Aug.

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The Energy Law

OCTOBER 16, 2014

As if crude producers and midstream transportation companies don’t already have enough problems trying to get crude oil from production fields to refineries thanks to inadequate pipeline infrastructure, tank car supply, rail safety concerns, and new regulations, they now also have to address a new, potentially market-busting lawsuit.

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Marcellus Shale Coalition

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

In 2015, then-Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey released a report asserting that no new natural gas pipelines were needed into the region and that the regions power grid faced no reliability deficiency through at least 2030. All was fine, said the Attorney General. A reality the Governor’s constituents are now forced to face.

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The Energy Law

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

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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The Energy Law

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Biden’s “energy” plan focuses largely on historic levels of public investment in clean and renewable energy sources and infrastructure ( e.g. , solar, wind, electric vehicles), reducing greenhouse gas emissions (primarily from the transportation, electricity and other industrial sectors), and curbing the effects of climate change.

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The Energy Law

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Biden’s “energy” plan focuses largely on historic levels of public investment in clean and renewable energy sources and infrastructure ( e.g. , solar, wind, electric vehicles), reducing greenhouse gas emissions (primarily from the transportation, electricity and other industrial sectors), and curbing the effects of climate change.

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The Energy Law

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Biden’s “energy” plan focuses largely on historic levels of public investment in clean and renewable energy sources and infrastructure ( e.g. , solar, wind, electric vehicles), reducing greenhouse gas emissions (primarily from the transportation, electricity and other industrial sectors), and curbing the effects of climate change.

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