Lawsuit

Mexico’s CFE International LLC (CFEi) is suing two of its former executives in a Texas court in relation to natural gas contracts awarded to a U.S. firm. CFEi is the international fuel procurement arm of state electricity firm Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE), and among the largest natural gas marketers in North America. CFEi is…

The Sierra Club has filed a petition on behalf of a coalition of Louisiana environmental groups requesting the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) deny Tellurian Inc.’s Title V operating permit request for the proposed Driftwood liquified natural gas (LNG) terminal. In the petition filed last week, the Sierra Club argued that the company’s permit for the…

A Massuchusetts appeals court has dismissed a lawsuit challenging one of the approvals of the Weymouth natural gas compressor station along the Atlantic Bridge Project, which transports Appalachia supply into Canada. A three-judge panel agreed with the Supreme Judicial Court judge’s ruling that the Fore River Residents Against the Compressor Station (FRRACS) could not seek…

The Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) said it intends to sue the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) for insufficiently vetting the potential impacts of 88 Energy Ltd.’s Project Peregrine oil and gas development in Alaska on the Southern Beaufort Sea polar bear population. “With only about 900 bears remaining, the Southern Beaufort Sea population…

Dakota Access LLC, operator of the eponymous crude oil conduit ensnared in a legal battle over its right to stay in operation after a federal judge vacated a critical easement, has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in on its case. The questions presented by counsel representing the 1,172-mile Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) could…

After more than seven years, a federal court has given final approval to two class action settlements that would require Chesapeake Energy Corp. to pay Pennsylvania landowners more than $9 million for improperly calculating oil and gas royalties.  The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas certified two settlement classes this week. The…

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday denied a petition that sought to overturn a Minnesota county ordinance banning the mining of silica sand, which is used in some Lower 48 well completions. Minnesota Sands LLC, which filed its initial lawsuit in 2017, was challenging an adverse ruling by the Supreme Court of Minnesota regarding Winona…

Bankrupt Gulfport Energy Corp. has accused Cheniere Energy Inc.’s Midship Pipeline subsidiary of illegally seizing $75.6 million to hold it “hostage” during contract renegotiations in anticipation of the Chapter 11 filing, according to court filings. “To obtain leverage in ongoing contract negotiations and secure an advantageous cash position prior to Gulfport’s bankruptcy, Midship made false…

The controversial Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) secured the final regulatory approval needed to build a pump station and expand others in Illinois, projects that should help it nearly double oil capacity. The Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) this week approved Energy Transfer LP’s plan to build a pump station in Hancock County, IL, and expand other…