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Modification of the guidelines regulating the issuance of import and/or export Permits for hydrocarbons and petroleum products

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On September 18th, the "Agreement Amending the One that Establishes the Goods Whose Import and Export are Subject to Regulation by the Ministry of Energy" (the "Agreement") was published in the Official Gazette of the...more

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Addressing Inefficiencies in the Energy Sector: The Proposed Energy Permitting Reform Act of 2024

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The permitting process has been identified by numerous commentators as a major cause of delays in the development of energy, infrastructure, and mining projects in the United States. ...more

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U.S. Supreme Court to Review Whether NEPA Requires Agencies to Consider Environmental Effects Beyond the Proximate Effects of...

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On June 24, the Supreme Court granted certiorari review in a case with serious implications for those seeking federal permits which, in turn, require environmental impact statements under the National Environmental Policy Act...more

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Forgive Us Our Trespasses? Not if the BLM Has Anything to Say About It

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True Oil LLC v. BLM is a recent opinion by the Wyoming Federal District Court, based on the appeal of an order out of the BLM Rawlins Field Office.  At issue was whether a fee surface owner can grant a subsurface easement...more

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Biden Administration Freezes LNG Export Approvals

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President Joe Biden on Jan. 26, 2024, announced a pause on pending decisions for permits to export liquified natural gas (LNG) to non-free trade agreement countries until the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) can update the...more

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EPA Issues Final Methane Regulations for New and Existing Sources

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced its final rule on Dec. 2, 2023, to sharply reduce emissions of methane and other air pollution from oil and natural gas operations. The final action, which is more than...more

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Air Enforcement: Alabama Department of Environmental Management and Escambia County Natural Gas Processing Plant Enter into...

The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and Escambia Operating Co., LLC (“EOC”) entered into a September 6th Consent Order (“CO”) addressing an alleged violation of an air permit. The CO provides that...more

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New York Drafts Policy for Evaluating Permitting Impacts on Disadvantaged Communities

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New York's groundbreaking Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (the Climate Act) is known for being the country's most aggressive climate and clean energy statewide agenda. It calls for a mandated goal of a...more

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Court of Appeals Rules on Texas PSA Well Permit

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The Austin Court of Appeals has ruled in Texas Railroad Commission et al v. Opiela, the dispute over a permit for a horizontal well under a Production Sharing Agreement.  We reported on the result in the trial court. Here are...more

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Title V Objection/Clean Air Act: WildEarth Guardians Petition Addressing New Mexico Oil/Gas Processing Facility

WildEarth Guardians filed a September 26th Petition (“Petition”) requesting that the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Administrator object to the initial Clean Air Act Title V Operating Permit for the...more

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Transitioning from fossil fuels requires something to transition to.

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On the same day that Maine's highest court was pondering whether 25 percent of Maine's registered voters will successfully prevent hydropower from Canada from reaching New England, E&E published this prediction of...more

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Army Corps Issues Notice of Nationwide Permit 12 Review and Seeks Stakeholder Input

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On March 24, 2022, the Department of the Army and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (“Corps”) (collectively “Army”) announced their intent to publish a Notice (the “Notice”) in the Federal Register initiating a formal review...more

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Texas Supreme Court to Review Approval of Injection Well Permit

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The Texas Supreme Court has granted petition for review of a 2019 decision in Dyer et al v. Texas Commission on Environmental Quality . At issue is whether rescission of a Railroad Commission no-harm letter before the TCEQ...more

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Navigating The Class VI Injection Permit Process For Carbon Sequestration

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Developing a carbon sequestration project requires multiple technical disciplines, excellent project management skills, and the ability to adapt the technical work processes to the unique aspects of the specific project....more

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A Big Decision on Texas PSA and Allocation Wells? Not so Fast.

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In Opiela v. Railroad Commission of Texas and Magnolia Oil and Gas Operating, LLC, an Austin district court determined that the Commission’s Final Order granting a permit for a Production Sharing Agreement well in Karnes...more

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Oil and Gas Pipeline Construction: Environmental Organizations File Judicial Challenge to U.S. Corps of Engineers Nationwide...

The Sierra Club and other environmental organizations filed a Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief (“Complaint”) in the United States District Court for the District of Montana against the United States Army Corps...more

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MEPA Review Not Required as Part of Wisconsin Gas Plant Affiliated-Interest Agreements, Says Minnesota Supreme Court

As a follow up to a previous post the Minnesota Supreme Court issued its decision on April 21, 2021, reversing the Minnesota Court of Appeals and remanding the matter for further review.  In so doing, the Court concluded that...more

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Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission Rules Two Municipal Permitting Fees Are Preempted by State Law

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The Pennsylvania Public Utility Code (Code) gives the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) extensive authority to regulate public utilities in Pennsylvania. The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania has held that the General...more

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Refinery Reactivation: Petition Before the U.S. EPA Environmental Appeals Board Challenging Plantwide Applicability Limit Air...

The Center for Biological Diversity (“CBD”), other organizations, and an individual submitted a February 3rd Petition for Review (“Petition”) before the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Environmental...more

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Amendments regarding import and export permits for hydrocarbons and petroleum products

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Following our client alert published on November 17, 2020, it is informed that the Resolution that establishes the products whose import and exports is subject to regulation by the Ministry of Energy (the "Resolution") was...more

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Preliminary Draft of the Resolution that amends the requirements and the procedure to obtain import and/or export permits for...

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On December 1, 2020, the Ministry of Economy ("SE") and the Ministry of Energy ("SENER") published the preliminary draft (the "Preliminary Draft") of the Resolution that establishes the products whose import and export is...more

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Marcellus Shale Update: American Governors Now Seek to Control American Foreign Policy Through Fuel Pipeline Permitting

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...The absurdity of the current United States pipeline permitting process was on full display last week in two nearby states in the Upper Midwest. On Thursday, Enbridge, the Canadian pipeline company, received notice from...more

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Currents - Energy Industry Insights: Issue 37, October 2020

More Federal Permits Handed Down as MVP Presses FERC for Construction Restart - "The Mountain Valley Pipeline LLC told FERC that it has received a series of key federal waterbody crossing permits, bolstering its case to...more

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Currents - Energy Industry Insights: Issue 35, September 2020

U.S. Shale Producers Race for Federal Permits Ahead of Presidential Election - "Federal permitting in the largest U.S. oilfield in the Permian Basin, located in Texas and New Mexico, is up 80 percent in about the last three...more

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Natural Gas Compressor Station/Title V Permit: U.S. EPA Environmental Appeals Board Addresses Challenge to NESHAP Permit Condition

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Environmental Appeals Board (“EAB”) addressed in a September 2nd Order a Petition filed by MPLX challenging a permit condition that the federal agency placed in a...more

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