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Why predictions of “peak oil” are always wrong: The mirage of “peak oil” in America

Oil & Gas 360º

(World Oil) – The media are reporting new predictions that oil production in America is in irreversible decline. The short answer: oil production is not just a matter of geology—it’s a moving target shaped by economics, politics, innovation and infrastructure. oil production would peak in the early 1970s.

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Ninth Circuit Vacates EPA Rule Excepting Oil and Gas Construction Discharges from NPDES Permitting

The Energy Law

By Claire Bienvenu On May 23, 2008, the Ninth Circuit vacated EPA’s rule exempting discharges of sediment resulting from oil and gas construction activities from National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit requirements. 06-73217 (9th Cir.

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Department of Interior Proposes New Financial Assurance and Decommissioning Regulations

The Energy Law

2008-N07, a lessee that passed the established thresholds was waived from providing additional security to cover its decommissioning liability. 2008-N07 was subsequently replaced in 2016 by the controversial NTL No. This first of such NTLs, NTL No. 98-18N, was replaced by NTL No. 2003-N06, which was itself replaced by NTL No.