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A federal appeals court in Washington, DC, Friday denied a mining company’s petition to overturn FERC orders authorizing the construction of REX-East, the last leg of the Rockies Express Pipeline LLC (REX).

A federal appeals court in Washington, DC, Friday denied a mining company’s petition to overturn FERC orders authorizing the construction of REX-East, the last leg of the Rockies Express Pipeline LLC (REX).

The U.S. Supreme Court last Monday denied Shell Oil Co.’s petition to review a whopping $54 million punitive damage award for the producer’s failure to pay a “net-profits interest” to the owners of an Oklahoma oil and natural gas lease.

The U.S. Supreme Court Monday denied Shell Oil Co.’s petition to review a whopping $54 million punitive damage award for the producer’s failure to pay a “net-profits interest” to the owners of an Oklahoma oil and natural gas lease.

The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), a prominent environmental group, has filed a petition with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) asking it to reopen its 1988 determination that the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) was not appropriate for regulating oil and natural gas drilling fluids and produced waters.

The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), a prominent environmental group, filed a petition with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) earlier this month asking it to reopen its 1988 determination that the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) was not appropriate for regulating oil and natural gas drilling fluids and produced waters.

The Alabama Oil and Gas Board has granted the petition of MoBay Storage Hub LLC to establish the North Dauphin Island Gas Storage Facility, a 50 Bcf high-deliverability, multi-cycle (HDMC) underground storage operation designed to serve as a hub with multiple pipeline connections at the eastern end of the Gulf Coast, MoBay said last Thursday.

The Alabama Oil and Gas Board has granted the petition of MoBay Storage Hub LLC to establish the North Dauphin Island Gas Storage Facility, a 50 Bcf high-deliverability, multi-cycle (HDMC) underground storage operation designed to serve as a hub with multiple pipeline connections at the eastern end of the Gulf Coast, MoBay said Thursday.

The Supreme Court last week rejected pipeline owner El Paso Corp.’s petition for a review of a Louisiana court ruling that denied the company a refund of overpayments on property taxes that allegedly were caused by the state’s discriminatory assessment of pipelines.