On this week’s episode of “Energy Law This Week,” hosts Matt Jones and April Rolen-Ogden are joined by Josh Downer, an energy business attorney at Holland & Knight, to discuss the latest developments in the Greenpeace trial, the growing challenges in offshore oil and gas leasing, and how Texas’s newly established
Environmental and science advocacy groups have sued EPA and other agencies in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia for removing without notice “vitally important webpages” that served as sources of information about environmental justice and climate change.
Continue Reading Environmental and Science Advocacy Groups Sue EPA and Other Agencies Over Removal of EJ Tools
On this episode of “Energy Law This Week”, Liskow attorneys Matt Jones and April Rolen-Ogden delve into the complexities of federal offshore issues by focusing on the jurisdictional foundation, the leasing processes, environmental regulations, and the implications of political changes on offshore operations.
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On April 9, 2025, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held that faith- and community-based groups1 (the “Groups”) representing certain residents of St. James Parish, Louisiana, may continue with their suit seeking a moratorium on the construction and expansion of industrial facilities in the Parish. See Inclusive Louisiana v. St.
In 2024, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (“BOEM”) issued new financial assurance (“FA”) regulations requiring an estimated $6.9 billion in new supplemental FA from federal offshore oil and gas lessees and grantees, all in excess of base-level bonding amounts (the “Rule”).
Continue Reading BOEM Now Considering Repeal of Its $6.9B Rule and Will Only Seek Supplemental Financial Assurance from Select Properties During Regulatory Review
In Corbello v. Iowa Prod. Co., 850 So. 2d 686 (La. 2003), the Louisiana Supreme Court recognized a “loophole” in the law where a landowner was allowed to recover millions in remediation damages for oilfield contamination without any requirement that the money be used for actual restoration.
Continue Reading Legislation Takes Aim at “Legacy Lawsuits”
On April 3, 2025, the Louisiana Department of Energy and Natural Resources (LDENR), Office of Conservation, issued a Draft Permit prepared by the Injection and Mining Division for Hackberry Carbon Sequestration, LLC (HCS) to drill, construct, and operate a Class VI injection well for geologic sequestration of carbon dioxide in Cameron Parish, Louisiana.
Continue Reading CCS Update: Hackberry Carbon Sequestration, LLC Receives Draft Permit for Class VI Well in Cameron Parish
On this week’s episode of “Energy Law This Week,” hosts Matt Jones and April Rolen-Ogden discuss the significant legal case involving Greenpeace and Energy Transfer regarding the Dakota Access Pipeline protests.
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In 2021, the Biden Administration set a goal of deploying 30 gigawatts (“GW”) of federal offshore wind projects by 2030, and in 2022, the U.S. Department of the Interior (“DOI”) set an additional goal of deploying 15 GW of floating offshore wind by 2035.
Continue Reading U.S. Federal Offshore Wind in 2024: Growth and Growing Pains
This week, a Maryland federal district court amended its prior Biological Opinion (“BiOP”) vacatur judgment, extending the timeline for vacatur from December 20, 2024, to May 21, 2025, which averts for now a potential shutdown of Gulf of Mexico (“GOM”) oil and gas operations.
Continue Reading Potential Shutdown of GOM Oil and Gas Operations Due to BiOp Vacatur Averted – For Now