Adams County Denies Permit For NGL Pipeline
On July 29, 2013, the Adams County Commissioners denied a land-use permit for the proposed Front Range Pipeline, which is a 435 mile natural gas-liquids (“NGLs”) pipeline between Colorado and Texas....
View ArticleFrom the Ohio River to the Marcellus and Utica Hydraulic Fracturing Sites –...
As oil and gas companies across the country face increasing pressure to decrease their use of fresh water for fracking operations, new and innovative solutions are sought. Some companies are turning to...
View ArticlePennsylvania Drillers May Soon Face Tightened Environmental Regulations
Oil and gas drillers in Pennsylvania’s Marcellus Shale formation may soon find themselves subject to more stringent environmental protection standards under regulations proposed by the Pennsylvania...
View ArticleState Department Paves Way for Keystone XL Pipeline Approval
On Friday, State Department officials released the final environmental impact statement for TransCanada’s Keystone XL pipeline, concluding that the project would not substantially increase carbon...
View ArticleNebraska Court Stalls Keystone XL Pipeline, Declares Governor’s Approval...
On Wednesday, a Nebraska trial court struck down a state law allowing Governor Dave Heineman’s to approve the proposed route for TransCanada Corp.’s Keystone XL Pipeline. The decision comes just weeks...
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Keystone XL’s Opponents Won’t Derail Canadian Oil Trains to the Gulf Coast
The U.S. Gulf Coast—with its 1.4 million barrels per day of coker[*] refining capacity geared to maximize output of high-value lighter products from lower-cost, heavy, high-sulfur crude oil...
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Crude-by-Rail Update: The DOT’s Final Rule Is Out—How Can Producers and...
On May 1, the Department of Transportation—through its operating agencies the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration[1] and the Federal Railroad Administration—issued its final...
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BOEM’s “Proposed Guidance” Shakes Up the Agency’s Supplemental Bonding...
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (“BOEM”) has backed away from its proposed rulemaking regarding financial assurance requirements for the Outer Continental Shelf (“OCS”). On August 19, 2014, BOEM...
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