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Supply Chain Optimization and Weather Impacts with Alteryx

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In today's interconnected global economy, supply chain optimization plays a critical role in driving business success. However, unpredictable weather events such as hurricanes, tropical storms, and extreme weather conditions...more

Cornerstone Research

Estimating Counterfactual Prices in Energy Markets

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The use of factual/counterfactual comparisons—that is, estimating the difference between what actually happened and what would have happened absent an event—is a fundamental tool in the economists’ work box in the context of...more

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Looking Back: Why The Pandemic, Extreme Weather Events Changed The Supply Chain

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Supply chain shortages have only recently become a trending topic industry-wide due to production issues and rising demand for many of our favorite items. This can be mostly attributed to factors such as the COVID-19 pandemic...more

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FERC/NERC Report on Winter Storm Uri Recommends Enhanced Cold Weather Preparation

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A report presented on September 23, 2021, into the February 2021 power outages in Texas and the US Midwest caused by extreme cold weather identified the causes of the outages and outlined a series of recommendations....more

Husch Blackwell LLP

A Legislative Session In Review: Taking A Look At Key Energy Bills That Did (And Did Not) Pass During The 87th Regular Session

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After Winter Storm Uri devastated the ERCOT grid, calls for industry reform rang out across the state of Texas. For the past few months, public hearings and floor debates have considered wide-ranging proposals to harden the...more

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5 Supply Chain Lessons From The Colonial Pipeline Outage

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Here are five critical components of supply chain planning that need to be taken into consideration in the wake of the Colonial Pipeline outage...more

McGuireWoods LLP

Texas in Crisis: Energy Industry Braces for Perfect Storm

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Texas continues to brace itself for another winter storm after already being debilitated by ice, snow and cold. Snow blankets the roads making visibility difficult, and thousands of flights in and out of the state have been...more

Steptoe & Johnson PLLC

Predicting Old Man Winter and Energy Outlooks: Is it Anyone’s Guess?

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Whether we have a strong winter impacts many things. From our road conditions driving to work, the extent of demand for home heating fuels, how our livestock will fair, and our ski season (including vital tourist revenue that...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Currents - Energy Industry Insights - February 2019 #2

New Fortress Energy LNG Plant Demonstrates New York Insanity - "For those unfamiliar with the facility, the plant is a gigantic $800 million investment that will take in natural gas from the Marcellus Shale and liquefy it...more

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A Year After Hurricane Harvey: Houston Oil & Gas Industry Remains Resilient

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August 25, 2017 marked the one-year anniversary when Hurricane Harvey made landfall near the town of Rockport, Texas as a Category 4 hurricane. The storm carried maximum sustained winds of 130 mph, dumped over 60 inches of...more

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A Possible Formula for Puerto Rico's Hurricane Recovery: Distributed Renewable Energy

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In October 2017, Hurricane Maria swept through the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico decimating the island, taking hundreds of lives and demolishing infrastructure on an enormous scale. In the hurricane’s immediate aftermath,...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Currents - Energy Industry Insights - January 2018

Appalachia Underground NGL Storage Facility Clears Big Hurdle - "The Appalachia Storage & Trading Hub initiative got approval for the first of two application phases for a $1.9 billion U.S. Department of Energy loan, the...more

Gray Reed

Hurricane Harvey and Oil and Gas Operations – What To Do

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In light of the adverse effects the storm, floods and tornadoes will have on oil and gas production, transportation and processing operations, we offer several bits of advice: Force majeure - Winds and floods are among...more

Mintz - Energy & Sustainability Viewpoints

Grid Vulnerabilities Report Highlights Regional Risk

Earlier this month, U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz released a report presenting the Department of Energy’s (DOE) assessment of expected regional energy sector vulnerabilities to climate change. The report highlights...more

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