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Swimming Upstream Part II: New Incident and Annual Reporting Requirements for Rural Gas Gathering Lines

Photo of Aidan SlavinPhoto of Alexander ObrechtBy Aidan Slavin and Alexander Obrecht on Posted in Oil and Gas
In our last article, we introduced the recently finalized New Rule of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), which expands safety and reporting requirements to previously unregulated onshore gas gathering lines.[1] PHMSA has now dubbed those previously unregulated lines Type C, for new safety and reporting requirements, and Type R, for new reporting … Continue Reading

Swimming Upstream: PHMSA Extends Reporting and Safety Regulations for Onshore Gas Gathering Lines

Photo of Alexander ObrechtPhoto of Aidan SlavinBy Alexander Obrecht and Aidan Slavin on Posted in Oil and Gas
Alexander K. Obrecht and Aidan Slavin The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) recently finalized the second of three gas transmission and gathering-line safety rules, originating out of a nearly 10-year rulemaking.[1] The focus of the New Rule: extending reporting and, for certain specifications, safety requirements to previously unregulated onshore gas gathering lines. Practically, … Continue Reading

You Don’t Own Me: 8th Circuit’s Definition of ‘Direct Ownership Interest’ in Wind Farms Excludes Parent Entities

Photo of Aidan SlavinBy Aidan Slavin on Posted in Energy
Ownership changes at the parent-company level do not constitute a transfer of “direct ownership interests” in distant subsidiaries, a unanimous panel of the 8th Circuit held last month in Laredo Ridge Wind LLC, et al v. Nebraska Public Power District, No. 20-1956, 2021 WL 3731897 (8th Cir. Aug. 24, 2021). The Nebraska Public Power District … Continue Reading

No Takebacks: Consequences of Choosing the Path of Litigation

Photo of Aidan SlavinBy Aidan Slavin on Posted in Texas
A Houston oil and gas consulting firm waived its right to compel arbitration in a long-standing dispute given its “persistent pursuit of litigation,” the Fifth Circuit held last month in Int’l Energy Ventures Mgmt. L.L.C. v. United Energy Grp., Ltd., 2021 WL 2177062 (5th Cir. May 28, 2021). International Energy Ventures Management (IEVM) first sued United … Continue Reading
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