Climate Change
Shale Law Weekly Review – December 9, 2019
LNG Exports: FERC Approved Four LNG Projects in Texas
On November 21, 2019, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) approved construction of four liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects and their associated facilities in Texas. These projects include the Texas LNG Brownsville Project, a project involving the construction and operation of new LNG export facilities along the Brownsville Ship Channel in Cameron County, with an export capacity of approximately 4 million metric tonnes per annum (MMtpa). Two of the new LNG facilities will be the Rio Grande Terminal Project and the Annova LNG Brownsville Project, both located in the Port of Brownsville. These […]
Shale Law Weekly Review – July 29, 2019
Production and Operation: Pennsylvania Court Upholds Most, But Not All, Unconventional Well Regulations
On July 22, 2019, the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court upheld most of Pennsylvania’s unconventional well regulations while also ruling that one regulation was void and unenforceable (Marcellus Shale Coal. v. Dep’t of Envtl. Prot. of Pennsylvania, No. 573 M.D. 2016, 86-88). The unconventional well regulations found in Title 25, Chapter 78a of the Pennsylvania Code were promulgated in October 2016. The Marcellus Shale Coalition (Coalition) then filed suit against Pennsylvania’s Department of Environmental Protection and Environmental Quality Board requesting that the regulations be found invalid. Ultimately, the […]
