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Election 2014: Impact of a New Congress on Environmental and Energy Policy
Energy and environmental concerns were major issues in a number of campaigns leading up to the 2014 midterm elections. In this interview, founding PRG partner Scott Segal discusses how Congress and agencies are expected to deal with a wide range...
Election 2014: Geopolitics and LNG Exports
Eric Washburn*, partner in the Policy Resolution Group, discusses the prospects for increased LNG exports with founding partner Scott Segal. He analyzes several factors that may contribute to a bipartisan push in the new Congress for legislation to allow increased...
Africa Energy Update
The latest news on legal and regulatory developments in Africa’s energy sector. This first Africa energy update focuses on East Africa, a region of growing potential for sector participants. Future updates will focus on other regions as we seek to...
Oil & Gas Regulatory Symposium 2014
Oil and gas industry leaders and Bracewell attorneys discuss the most pressing regulatory issues facing energy companies today.
The Transparency Initiative: Are You Ready?
Introduction The UK is set to become the first EU member state to transpose the most recent EU directives on accounting and transparency rules in an effort to satisfy growing demands for a European-wide strategy to fight corruption in relation...
The Transparency Initiative: Are You Ready?
Are you a UK company that operates in an EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRY? If so, do any 2 of the following apply to you: You have a balance sheet in excess of £18 million; You have net turnover of over £36 million...
East Africa Licensing Update - Q4 2014
With Tanzania in the final stages of evaluating bids for oil and gas blocks offered in its latest bidding round which closed in Q2 2014, it was Mozambique's turn to announce its latest round in London on 23 October. Uganda...
One Further Step Towards UK Shale: Government Provides Underground Drilling Access for Developers
In June this year we reported on the opening of the UK Government's public consultation concerning its proposal for changes to the laws concerning underground drilling access in connection with projects involving shale drilling and fracking, as well as geothermal...
Courts Affirm Limits on Scope of Environmental Review
Ruling on a pipeline project and a mine project, two different federal courts issued decisions Monday affirming limits on the scope of environmental review. The pipeline case was a challenge to Enbridge's Flanagan South pipeline, designed to transport tar sands...
Mexican President Signs Historic Energy Reform into Law
On Monday, August 11, 2014, Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto signed a package of energy secondary laws passed by the Mexican Congress (the “Legislation”) that will overhaul the Mexican oil and natural gas, petrochemical, and power generation industries 1...
Mexican President Signs Historic Energy Reform Into Law
On Monday, August 11, 2014, Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto signed a package of energy secondary laws passed by the Mexican Congress (the "Legislation") that will overhaul the Mexican oil and natural gas, petrochemical, and power generation industries [1]...
9th Circuit Appeals Court: Clean Air Act Permits Must Address Latest EPA Requirements
On August 12, 2014, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) permit issued under the Clean Air Act (CAA) by EPA to the Avenal Power Center. Sierra Club v. EPA, No. 11-73342 (9th Cir...
Latest UK Onshore Licensing Round Announced
The UK Government has today announced the opening of the eagerly anticipated 14 th onshore oil and gas licensing round, with applications invited until 2pm on 28 October 2014. Hundreds of blocks are available in the bidding process. The Government...
U.K. Announces Unconventional Petroleum Licensing Model Clauses
Energy Minister Michael Fallon took the opportunity on 24 June 2014 at the UK Shale Conference to cite the energy security crises in the Ukraine and Iraq as further reason for the UK to focus on shale gas and oil...
EPA Proposes Rule Seeking to Curb GHG Emissions and Dampen U.S. Appetite for Electricity
On June 2, 2014, EPA issued a proposed rule to control carbon dioxide emissions from existing coal-fired power plants. In its public outreach, EPA presents the rule as requiring a 30% reduction in carbon emissions by 2030 from the baseline...