The Energy Law

OCTOBER 2, 2020

climate change litigation, as these cases continue to grow in number. Moreover, in addition to climate change litigation, the Supreme Court’s review could have a significant impact on Louisiana’s coastal erosion litigation, where energy companies have asserted similar arguments when removing those 42 cases.

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The Energy Law

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Specifically, Section 3544 of the Act expands the definition of “Qualified Agreement Vessels” to include all vessels engaged in the foreign or domestic trade of the United States. Several years ago, the definition of Qualified Agreement Vessels was expanded to include the short sea transportation trade.

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The Energy Law

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

One of the more controversial requirements in the proposed rule, the “basin-level” definition of an onshore production facility, remains largely unchanged in the final rule. In that case, the emissions from the individual wells would be aggregated and treated as one “facility” for reporting purposes.

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The Energy Law

JANUARY 2, 2024

United States , Case No. United States , Case No. In this case, the parties’ ten-year conflict centered on USACE’s attempts to assert CWA jurisdiction over “wetlands” on the subject property throughout the shifting regulatory landscape that attempted to apply that test. In Lewis v. water[s] of the United States, (i.e.,

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The Energy Law

AUGUST 20, 2012

By Robert E. One important change is how the new definition of “associated equipment” modifies the aggregation rule for Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAP), which in turn modifies the applicability of the “major source” definition for oilfield operations, in particular as it applies to oil and gas wells, tanks and glycol dehydrators. . §

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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 Court of Appeal reversed, and the Texas Supreme Court heard argument in the case on October 8, 2019.

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The Energy Law

JANUARY 31, 2023

10] While the rule does not specify whether the new limits apply retroactively to oil spills that occur before the effective date, case law indicates that the change will be prospective only. [11] First, the Coast Guard announced [1] increases to the liability limits in the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (“OPA”). [2]

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Producer's Edge

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

The Texas Supreme Court heard oral arguments last week in a case that could substantially clarify, or even fundamentally reshape, the characterization and ownership of underground storage rights in Texas. The case was Myers-Woodward v. The case remains pending before the Texas Supreme Court on petition for review.

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Producer's Edge

JANUARY 20, 2025

This recent case [ MIECO, L.L.C. With these common strings, this case could have implications (small or large) for other similar pending disputes across the state. Winter Storm Uri sent shockwaves through Texas, freezing gas supplies at a time of critical need and plunging the state into widespread power outages. Pioneer Nat.

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The Energy Law

OCTOBER 2, 2020

climate change litigation, as these cases continue to grow in number. Moreover, in addition to climate change litigation, the Supreme Court’s review could have a significant impact on Louisiana’s coastal erosion litigation, where energy companies have asserted similar arguments when removing those 42 cases.

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The Energy Law

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Most American maritime and environmental attorneys and vessel owners are familiar with OPA 90 and oil spill liability in the United States. But what happens when a vessel spills oil in the territorial waters of another country? The CLC addresses civil liability for maritime oil spills. Report a spill 2. Cooperate in response 3. Failure to a.

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The Energy Law

JULY 25, 2013

Moreno and Robert E. These three conditions became in essence EPA’s definition of “contaminated stormwater” for purposes of the Act. Alternatively, in some cases, individual permits may be needed. By Carlos J. CWA §402(l)(2). EPA subsequently issued regulations implementing this exemption. 40 CFR §122.26(c)(1)(iii).

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The Energy Law

JULY 6, 2007

By Robert E. In 2006, the Supreme Court decided two consolidated cases involving the Corps’ authority to require dredge and fill permits under CWA § 404 for discharge into wetlands having only indirect connections to navigable waters. a)(7), the definition of "waters of the United States," and the property owners objected.

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The Energy Law

MARCH 27, 2020

In all cases, the inquiry is likely to be fact-specific. 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”). Black’s Law Dictionary (11th ed.

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The Energy Law

MAY 26, 2023

The Fifth Circuit agreed with the lower court that state statutes and case law characterize SRA-L as an arm of the state; but caveated that the factor was restricted and “given the inconsistent descriptions in the same statutes and the lack of a more-definite characterization in either statute or case law.” [7]

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The Energy Law

APRIL 28, 2020

Hawaii Wildlife Fund, et al. where the Court held that, in limited circumstances, a party discharging pollutants into groundwater that ultimately end up in navigable waters will need a permit under the Clean Water Act. 33 U.S.C. §§ 1311(a), 1362(12)(A); see also 33 U.S.C. 1342 (NPDES provisions). 1342 (NPDES provisions).

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The Energy Law

MARCH 30, 2017

1] In the case, an operator initiated a concursus action seeking to resolve ownership interest in minerals underlying property on which it was operating. Flat River Farms, L.L.C. , the Louisiana Second Circuit addressed issues affecting the creation and preservation of mineral servitudes and payment of court costs in a concursus action. [1]

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Oil & Gas 360º

MARCH 10, 2025

The companies have entered into a definitive business combination agreement (the “Agreement”) to combine in an all-share transaction valued at approximately $15 billion , inclusive of net debt 1. Under the terms of the Agreement, Veren shareholders will receive 1.05 common shares of Whitecap for each Veren common share held. .”

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The Energy Law

MAY 26, 2023

2] Justice Kennedy’s concurrence disagreed, stating that the Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) must establish a significant nexus between wetlands and adjacent non-navigable tributaries on a case-by-case basis if the wetlands were to be regulated. [3] Supreme Court decision in Sackett v. United States , 547 U.S.

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