After a three-year wait, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has released a draft environmental impact statement (EIS) for the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL), marking another chapter in the drawn-out fight over a pipeline that began flowing Bakken Shale crude in 2017. The Army Corps prepared the EIS in response to a 2020 court decision…
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Mexico Could Benefit from New Hydrocarbon, Renewable Bid Rounds, Says Decorated Industry Executive
“Bid rounds, including farmouts, can bring new investment, new ideas and new technology while creating diversity in energy resources and supply options. Of course, it is Mexico’s full right to develop its energy resources as it chooses,” Chris Sladen, a decorated executive of the international energy industry, told NGI’s Mexico GPI. “I also think there…
Fifth Circuit Sides with Tellurian, Denies Driftwood LNG Permit Challenge
Tellurian Inc. has one less permit challenge to its Driftwood LNG project after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Wednesday denied a petition by environmental groups. Healthy Gulf and Sierra Club had filed last year a petition for the court to review and possibly vacate a permit issued by the Army…
Mexico’s President Touts Nationalistic Energy Program in Penultimate Address to Nation
Even in the late stages of his administration, Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is sticking to his state-centric energy policy that has rattled many private firms in the sector. In his penultimate state-of-the-union address to the nation last week, he said the program of “expanding the Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE) includes the construction…
Tenth Circuit Upholds Obama-Era Rule to Maximize Natural Gas, Oil Royalty Collection
A federal court has rejected an appeal by the American Petroleum Institute (API) of a 2016 rule that steepened royalty payments for natural gas and oil produced on federal property. The role of natural gas index pricing in determining those royalty obligations featured prominently in the complaint, which the oil and gas trade group filed…
Montana, Energy Trade Groups Vow to Appeal as Court Declares Fossil-Friendly State Law Unconstitutional
A Montana court earlier this month ruled for young plaintiffs who argued that the state’s energy laws violate their constitutional rights to a safe environment, but the ruling has drawn scorn from state and energy officials, who expect it to be appealed. The case was filed originally in 2020 by 16 plaintiffs, who now range…
SoCalGas Agrees to Settle Misleading ‘Renewable’ Natural Gas Claims with California AG
Sempra’s Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) has reached a tentative settlement with California authorities in connection with claims made in 2019 that the utility’s natural gas was “renewable.” California Attorney General (AG) Rob Bonta announced the agreement Monday, in which he called the claims by SoCalGas misleading. “The vast majority of natural gas — including…
Is Mexico’s Cenagas Positioned to Meet Growing Power, Industrial Natural Gas Demand? — Column
Editor’s Note: NGI’s Mexico Gas Price Index, a leader tracking Mexico natural gas market reform, is offering the following column by Eduardo Prud’homme as part of a regular series on understanding this process. Cenagas, the operator of Mexico’s national pipeline system known as Sistrangas, has published the results of the public consultation held weeks ago. …
SoCalGas Agrees to $71M Settlement Tied to Aliso Canyon Natural Gas Leak in 2015
Regulators and Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) have reached a $71 million settlement over the 2015 Aliso Canyon natural gas leak, the largest in U.S. history. The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) said late Thursday the agreement requires Sempra Energy’s SoCalGas to pay the penalty into the Aliso Canyon Recovery Account. The California Legislature created…
Louisiana Regulators Cite Venture Global for Unauthorized Emissions at Calcasieu Pass LNG
The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has ordered Venture Global LNG Inc. to better comply with its air permits and state regulations after a series of unauthorized emissions occurred at its Calcasieu Pass export terminal last year. The company could face steep fines following a compliance order and notice of potential penalty DEQ issued…