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The Iberian green industrial opportunity: Carbon capture and storage

McKinsey

Skip to main content The Iberian green industrial opportunity: Carbon capture and storage July 10, 2025 | Article Carbon capture and storage could play a critical role in decarbonizing hard-to-abate industries in the Iberian Peninsula. As the world shifts toward a more sustainable future, addressing carbon emissions remains a top priority.

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Court Dismisses Permitting Challenges to the U.S.’s First Major Offshore Wind Project

The Energy Law

On May 17, 2023, the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts dismissed plaintiffs’ challenges to the Vineyard Wind Project—the United States’s first major offshore wind project. United States Department of the Interior , 1:21-cv-11091-IT; and Responsible Offshore Development Alliance v.

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Corporate Protection Pipeline: Court Denies Economic Damages Based on Robins Dry Dock

The Energy Law

Flint 1 applied to the case at hand, barring claimants from recovering economic damages for deferred oil production. This case required a complex analysis of Robins Dry Dock due to separate entities, under claimants’ parent company, owning the pipeline, and leasing the wells and platforms. 2 In re Falcon Global Offshore II , No.

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Fifth Circuit Holds That Foreign Forum Selection Clauses Are Enforceable In Insurance Policy

The Energy Law

Under this doctrine, “a court may decline to exercise its jurisdiction and dismiss a case that is otherwise properly before it so that the case can be adjudicated in another forum.” This is the analysis the Court applied in the instant case of Noble House LLC v. To date, Underwriters have not denied coverage.

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BSEE’s Updated Decommissioning Rules Address RUEs and Formalize Predecessor Enforcement Practices

The Energy Law

What started in 2020 as a proposed joint rulemaking between the DOI’s Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (“BSEE”) and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (“BOEM”) was recently finalized as a stand-alone BSEE rule addressing decommissioning. 250.1700, et seq. BSEE added a new paragraph (c) to 30 C.F.R.

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Supreme Court Holds State Wage and Hour Laws are Inapplicable to Offshore Drilling Platforms

The Energy Law

Newton , were offshore rig workers who filed a class action asserting that their employer violated California’s minimum wage and overtime laws by failing to pay them for stand-by time while they were on the drilling platform. The plaintiffs in Parker Drilling Management Services, Ltd.

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Dismissal of Louisiana’s Challenge to TED Requirement for Shrimping Vessels in State Waters Affirmed

The Energy Law

With Louisiana’s case dismissed, the TED requirements for shrimp skimmer trawl vessels 40 feet and greater in length are likely to remain in place. Privacy Policy : By subscribing to Liskow & Lewis’ E-Communications, you will receive articles and blogs with insight and analysis of legal issues that may impact your industry.

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