Rigzone: News

JANUARY 29, 2025

Acting on a court remand, the regulator redeclared a decision to grant authorization for an Atlantic pipeline expansion project by Transco.

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The Energy Law

APRIL 12, 2012

By Carlos Moreno : The Supreme Court of Texas recently delivered a revised opinion discussing the power of eminent domain exercised by a common carrier CO2 pipeline. Denbury Green Pipeline-Texas, LLC , No. Denbury Green then attempted to condemn a pipeline easement from land owned by Texas Rice Land Partners, Ltd. Texas Rice”).

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Vorys Energy

AUGUST 21, 2024

Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit vacated four pipeline-safety standards promulgated by the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) and denied the petition of a fifth challenged standard. Interstate Natural Gas Association of America v. 23-1173.

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The Energy Law

MARCH 29, 2021

QEP Energy Company , the Western District of Louisiana rejected, for the second time in this case, Plaintiffs’ claims seeking a disgorgement of QEP’s profits. This case was handled by Paul Adkins of Liskow’s Baton Rouge office. Accordingly, the district court granted summary judgment in favor of QEP as to all of Plaintiffs’ claims.

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The Energy Law

DECEMBER 3, 2007

Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co. plaintiff, owner of an undivided interest in property across which Defendant Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co. (“TGP”) TGP”) held a pipeline “easement” or “right of way” obtained in an expropriation proceeding, appealed from the district court’s dismissal of her claims against TGP as time barred by prescription.

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The Energy Law

AUGUST 18, 2016

On August 16th, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (“PHMSA”) issued an advisory bulletin to clarify the regulatory requirements that may vary depending on the operational status of a pipeline under 49 C.F.R. These pipelines may still contain hazardous materials. Parts 192 and 195 (2016).

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Global Energy

MAY 21, 2018

In the 2004 case of U.S. Department of Transportation v. Public Citizen,[1] the Supreme Court established an important limiting principle under […]

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The Energy Law

JULY 3, 2019

a case concerning Texas partnership law. The dispute between ETP and Enterprise began in 2011, when Enterprise approached ETP about potentially building a crude oil pipeline together. for the construction of the pipeline. Enterprise Products Partners, L.P. , and has been closely followed by the energy industry.

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The Energy Law

DECEMBER 1, 2006

Judge Sarah Vance of the Eastern District of Louisiana dismissed a suit in which plaintiffs claimed that oil and gas production and pipeline companies’ activities in South Louisiana marshes contributed to the destruction wreaked by hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Columbia Gulf Transmission, et al.

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The Energy Law

MARCH 29, 2021

QEP Energy Company , the Western District of Louisiana rejected, for the second time in this case, Plaintiffs’ claims seeking a disgorgement of QEP’s profits. This case was handled by Paul Adkins of Liskow’s Baton Rouge office. Accordingly, the district court granted summary judgment in favor of QEP as to all of Plaintiffs’ claims.

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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

AUGUST 24, 2017

A recent decision from the Eastern District of Louisiana provides a mixed bag for pipeline companies or others whose operations involve canals. Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company , coastal landowners sued pipeline operators for their alleged “failure to maintain” canals dredged pursuant to numerous rights-of-way granted from the 1950s to 1970s.

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Energy Central

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Business and Technical Views On The Market At The Transportation Oil and Gas Congress 2022 A strategic look at the pipelines industry for both managing and technical solutions is essential for market development.

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Producer's Edge

JANUARY 6, 2025

The issue in this case, Right-Way Sand Co. Pipelines LLC , No. filed) was whether South Texas Pipelines LLC (“STX”), a subsidiary of Enterprise Products Partners L.P., filed) was whether South Texas Pipelines LLC (“STX”), a subsidiary of Enterprise Products Partners L.P., 30, 2024, pet.

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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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Texas Oil & Gas Attorney

SEPTEMBER 21, 2024

In 2022, in a case decided by the Corpus Christi Court of Appeals , the issue was who owns the right to use underground salt caverns: the mineral owner or the surface owner? In this case, Myers-Woodward, LLC v. Underground Services Markham, LLC and United Brine Pipeline Co., granted (Aug. Carter , 808 S.W.2d 2d 686 (Tex.

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The Energy Law

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

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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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] 21] These efforts usually fail, but occasionally—as in the case of MORRO CASTLE and now CONCEPTION—they succeed, even if only partially.

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The Energy Law

SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

Plains Pipeline, L.P. The case involved a Great Lakes vessel that anchored using both a cutter head (a dredging tool) and traditional anchors to stabilize the vessel. The cutter head punctured a pipeline owned by Plains Pipeline that carried product for Phillips 66. Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co., 14-31046, 2015 U.S.

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The Energy Law

MAY 4, 2023

When BSEE issues an order to predecessors, it requires them to monitor, maintain, and decommission all wells, pipelines, and facilities to minimize safety hazards, environmental harm, and interference with navigation or other uses of the OCS. BSEE’s final rule can be found at 88 Fed. 23569 (April 18, 2023).

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The Energy Law

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

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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The Energy Law

JUNE 22, 2021

Chevron Pipelines Company , et al., 3d—, the Louisiana First Circuit recently reaffirmed well-settled principles regarding prescription and the subsequent purchaser doctrine in Louisiana legacy cases. In this case, Lexington Land sued Chevron U.S.A., This opinion reinforces several key concepts in legacy cases.

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The Energy Law

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

The final rule additionally does not clarify the phrase “relatively permanent” in the rule, signaling that such decisions will likely be made on a case-by-case basis by the local Army Corps district.

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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

DECEMBER 28, 2017

Plaintiffs filed suit for trespass against defendants after learning of their possible ownership of property over which numerous pipelines ran. Plaintiffs claimed that the existence of pipelines on the property at issue pursuant to servitudes granted by Shell constituted a trespass and sought damages.

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The Energy Law

JUNE 22, 2021

Chevron Pipelines Company , et al., 3d—, the Louisiana First Circuit recently reaffirmed well-settled principles regarding prescription and the subsequent purchaser doctrine in Louisiana legacy cases. In this case, Lexington Land sued Chevron U.S.A., This opinion reinforces several key concepts in legacy cases.

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The Energy Law

JUNE 22, 2021

Chevron Pipelines Company , et al., 3d—, the Louisiana First Circuit recently reaffirmed well-settled principles regarding prescription and the subsequent purchaser doctrine in Louisiana legacy cases. In this case, Lexington Land sued Chevron U.S.A., This opinion reinforces several key concepts in legacy cases.

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Producer's Edge

JANUARY 27, 2025

In this case, CT Land and Cattle and Cattle Co., LLC sought to enforce a provision in a 1948 mineral lease requiring Unitex WI, LLC and Unitex Oil and Gas, LLC (Unitex) to bury pipelines on the ranch land surface CT Land acquired in 2013. Unitex appealed this finding. Nevertheless, CT Land argued that the surface deed from Andrew P.

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Energy Transfer

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

However, when it is not done in accordance with our laws, we have a legal system to deal with that.Beyond that we will let our case speak for itself in February. Visit “The Facts” page on the Dakota Access Pipeline website: [link] The post Response to Greenpeace appeared first on Energy Transfer Facts. Ready to learn more?

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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. In the MEICO court’s view, that case “counsels strongly” against reading the word “prevent” to mean “make impossible.”

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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 15, 2020

In most cases of default of a current lessee or owner of operating rights, BSEE will call upon a prior interest owner to perform the required decommissioning. In such case, BOEM may require that the party provide additional security for decommissioning obligations for which such predecessor is not liable.

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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

AUGUST 19, 2020

After the incident, two of the offshore platforms connected by pipeline to the platform where the work was performed had to be shut down. The case eventually proceeded to trial wherein the jury was instructed to determine whether there was a substantial nexus between Mays’s death and Chevron’s OCS operations. The jury found there was.

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AWS: Energy (Oil & Gas)

JANUARY 6, 2025

In this case study, we illustrate how the enterprise data can be unlocked and analyzed not only by technical audiences, but also by the audiences that might not have a deep technical background. However, as the digitalization in the energy industry progresses and technology evolves, common workflows can be re-imagined.

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The Energy Law

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

OCTOBER 15, 2020

In most cases of default of a current lessee or owner of operating rights, BSEE will call upon a prior interest owner to perform the required decommissioning. In such case, BOEM may require that the party provide additional security for decommissioning obligations for which such predecessor is not liable.

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