In re Shale Oil Antitrust Litigation considers whether the nation’s largest shale producers conspired to restrain domestic shale oil production to artificially increase the price of crude oil and its derivative products throughout the United States. The U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico concluded that the allegations against
You might know Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, for ’60’s political boss-segregationist Leander Perez. or maybe for its role in launching Huey Long’s political career after the New Orleans city fathers blew a hole in the levee in order to save the Queen City from the 1927 flood. (The Kingfish would go on to terrorize out-of-state
It is often an attractive political gambit for legislative bodies to pass laws of doubtful constitutional validity in order to please their constituents. It can be a two-fer; when the court rules as expected the vanquished politicos then execrate the “activist judge”, securing even more votes and campaign contributions from said constituents owing to the
In Louisiana et al v. Biden et al a federal district court granted relief to 16 states by enjoining the DOE’s pause in considering LNG export permits. The relief is not permanent. It means that the plaintiff-states have a likelihood of success on the merits.
The “Export Ban”
As you know, in January President
In Citizens for Clean Air & Clean Water in Brazoria County et al v. United States Department of Transportation et al., several environmental groups challenged the DOT’s approval of a license for commercial construction and operation of the Sea Port Oil Terminal, alleging violations of the Deepwater Port Act and the National Environmental Policy
“Every unnecessary law helps fashion the noose we will ultimately be hung by.”
― A.E. Samaan
If you deny the administrative state’s need to dominate the most mundane aspects of your everyday life, consider Louisiana, et al v. U.S. Department of Energy. It’s more gradual than the noose but just as
A quiz: What do Big Oil and Galileo, and maybe you, have in common? Answer is below.
Here is news and opinions about climate change that counters climate-alarm truthiness emanating from some quarters. These facts and opinions are being said by those who know what they are talking about. Decide for yourself if you accept
California has passed Senate Bill 1137, which will prohibit drilling of new oil and gas wells and reworking of existing wells in certain areas.
Here is SB 1137 in legislativese (analysis comes first, then the text):
Here, in small part, is what the Bill does:
The Bill defines “sensitive receptors” as Hollywood A-listers and Stanford
You might recall our posts on litigation by states, counties, and cities blaming a host of calamities, real and imagined, past and future, on Big Oil. The producers tried their best to remove the cases to federal court. In a two-sentence ruling, the United States Supreme Court refused to consider defendants’ Hail-Mary to have the
Authors Chris Davis and Joshua Smeltzer
Originally Published by the Texas Lawbook.
Cryptocurrency is in the news of late. Its relationship with Texas energy is significant. As reported by Ryan Dusek and Cooper Ligon at Opportune.com, its because of our abundant energy supply, a mix of oil and gas and renewables, and good government