Pipeline
Shale Law Weekly Review – June 24, 2019
Federal Lands: Department of Interior Issues Guidance on the Recalculation of Royalties Following Reinstatement of 2016 Rule
On June 13, 2019, U.S. Department of the Interior’s Office of Natural Resources Revenue (ONRR) issued a letter explaining that all federal oil and gas lessees, along with federal and Indian coal lessees, must recalculate royalty payments from January 1, 2017, to the present. The letter follows a ruling by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, which vacated ONRR’s repeal of a 2016 rule titled, Consolidated Federal Oil & Gas and Federal & Indian Coal Valuation Reform (2016 rule). […]
Shale Law Weekly Review – May 28, 2019
Pipelines: Columbia Gas Files Lawsuit Against State of Maryland for Easement to Install a Natural Gas Pipeline
On May 16, 2019, Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC (Columbia) filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland against Maryland’s Department of Natural Resources to obtain an easement to construct a pipeline in Washington Country, Maryland (Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC v 0.12 Acres of Land, More or Less, 1:19-cv-01444-GLR). The suit was filed following a decision made on January 2, 2019, by Maryland’s Board of Public Works denying permission to install the pipeline for Columbia’s Eastern Panhandle Expansion
Shale Law Weekly Review – April 15, 2019
National Energy Policy: President Trump Issues Executive Orders Related to Oil and Gas Industry
On April 10, 2019, President Trump issued two executive orders related to the national regulation of the oil and gas industry. The first, Executive Order on Promoting Energy Infrastructure and Economic Growth, alters federal regulations to allow liquefied natural gas to be transported in rail tank cars. This order also requires the EPA Administrator to change federal guidance related to water quality certifications under §401 of the Clean Water Act. The second, Order on the Issuance of Permits with Respect to Facilities […]
