Helping Clients With Their Energy and Environmental Needs

ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL LAW BLOG

Helping Clients With Their Energy and Environmental Needs

U.S. EPA has redefined the term "navigable waters" for purposes of the Spill Prevention, Countermeasure and Control rule (SPCC...


Tags: Environment

On July 25, 2008, U.S. EPA proposed regulations for the underground injection of CO2 for sequestration under the Safe Water...


Tags: Environment

By Vorys On November 21, 2008

New SPCC Rule Announced

On July 17, 2002, U.S. EPA unexpectedly amended the Oil Pollution Prevention Regulation (40 C.F.R. Part 112), substantially...


Tags: Energy, Environment

We can expect a more aggressive stand on environmental issues. According to this article from MSNBC, Rep. H. Waxman (D-CA) has...


Tags: Energy, Environment

By Vorys On November 18, 2008

E&P Stormwater Exemption

In the Energy Policy Act of 2005, Congress clarified that storm water discharges from field activities associated with E&P...


Tags: Environment

By Vorys On November 16, 2008

Drilling Offshore VA

MMS has announced that it would begin the process to issue more leases at a site at least 50 miles off the coast of Virginia,...


Tags: Energy, Environment

By Vorys On November 11, 2008

Texas Forced Pooling Decision

The Texas Railroad Commission has held that more than two dozen east Fort Worth landowners who didn’t sign a mineral-rights lease...


Tags: Energy, Environment

By Vorys On November 10, 2008

The Future of Alternative Energies

We're seeing a lot of articles like this: "Oil prices last week hovered just over $60 a barrel after peaking around $140 this...


Tags: Alternative Energy, Energy, Environment

By Vorys On November 2, 2008

Good News Out of SF Bay

There are there are few signs of environmental damage from the Cosco Busan oil spill in San Francisco Bay from only one year ago....


Tags: Energy, Environment

Helping clients with their energy and environmental needs

You can expect to find news and breaking legal developments involving the crude oil and natural gas industries, alternative and renewable energy resources, and the latest environmental issues.