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A federal appeals court Tuesday vacated a FERC order that allowed MoGas Pipeline LLC — an interstate pipeline system that was created in 2007 as a result of the consolidation of three pipe affiliates — to include “acquisition premium” costs in the pipeline’s initial rates.

A federal appeals court Tuesday vacated a FERC order that allowed MoGas Pipeline LLC — an interstate pipeline system that was created in 2007 as a result of the consolidation of three pipe affiliates — to include “acquisition premium” costs in the pipeline’s initial rates.

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.

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 U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Thursday vacated the Minerals Management Service’s (MMS) approval of Shell Offshore Inc.’s (SOI) plans to explore for oil and natural gas in the Beaufort Sea north of Alaska and Canada.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Thursday vacated the Minerals Management Service’s (MMS) approval of Shell Offshore Inc.’s (SOI) plans to explore for oil and natural gas in the Beaufort Sea north of Alaska and Canada.

A federal appeals court in Washington, DC has vacated and remanded an order in which FERC, after having approved two rate settlements, modified them to require Dominion Transmission Inc. to provide additional information to its shippers with respect to its fuel accounting practices.

A federal appeals court in Washington, DC Friday vacated and remanded an order in which FERC modified two rate settlements to require Dominion Transmission Inc. to provide additional information to its shippers with respect to its fuel accounting practices.