Remanded

A federal appeals court in Washington, DC, Wednesday remanded, but did not vacate, an order approving a lease agreement between Midcontinent Express Pipeline LLC, an interstate system, and Enogex LLC, an intrastate pipeline, to transport natural gas produced in Oklahoma.

A federal appeals court in Washington, DC, last Wednesday remanded, but did not vacate, an order approving a lease agreement between Midcontinent Express Pipeline LLC, an interstate system, and Enogex LLC, an intrastate pipeline, to transport natural gas produced in Oklahoma.

For the second time in two years a state appeals board in Oregon on April 12 remanded to the local county authorities part of a land-use approval for the proposed NorthernStar Natural Gas Corp.’s Bradwood Landing LNG receiving terminal along the Columbia River about 25 miles upstream from the Pacific Ocean. Again, the Clatsop County Board of Commissioners is being asked to reexamine part of earlier approvals of the proposed $650 million LNG project.

For the second time in two years a state appeals board in Oregon has remanded to the local county authorities part of a land-use approval for the proposed NorthernStar Natural Gas Corp.’s Bradwood Landing LNG receiving terminal along the Columbia River about 25 miles upstream from the Pacific Ocean. Again, the Clatsop County Board of Commissioners is being asked to reexamine part of earlier approvals of the proposed $650 million LNG project.

For the second time in two years a state appeals board in Oregon has remanded to the local county authorities part of a land-use approval for the proposed NorthernStar Natural Gas Corp.’s Bradwood Landing LNG receiving terminal along the Columbia River about 25 miles upstream from the Pacific Ocean. Again, the Clatsop County Board of Commissioners is being asked to reexamine part of earlier approvals of the proposed $650 million LNG project.

FERC Chairman Jon Wellinghoff and the American Gas Association (AGA) scored a victory Friday when the D.C. appellate court remanded a prior order denying AGA’s request for expanded reporting of natural gas that shippers provide to interstate pipelines.

FERC Chairman Jon Wellinghoff and the American Gas Association (AGA) scored a victory Friday when the DC appellate court remanded a prior order denying AGA’s request for expanded reporting of natural gas that shippers provide to interstate pipelines.

In a stunning decision Friday, an appeals court in Washington, DC, vacated and remanded to the Department of Interior the five-year leasing plan for 2007-2012 for reconsideration, a decision that threatens to upset the current leasing schedule and raises questions about sales that already have been completed under the plan. The decision cited the agency’s failure to “properly consider” the environmental sensitivity and marine productivity of the different areas of the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) that are included in the leasing plan.

The Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a petition Tuesday seeking clarification of a recent appellate court decision that vacated and remanded the existing five-year Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) leasing plan for 2007-2012 (see Daily GPI, April 20). The decision has the potential to upset the current leasing schedule and raises questions about oil and gas leases that have already been completed under the plan.