The Energy Law

JULY 26, 2013

By Greg Johnson and Stephen Wiegand In a July 17, 2013 decision, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit vacated a $6 million dollar penalty levied under the Clean Water Act (“CWA”) against CITGO Petroleum Corporation (“CITGO”) and remanded the matter to the Western District of Louisiana for further consideration.

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Drillers

MARCH 24, 2020

Recently, the Nigerian government demanded more than $60 billion in back royalties under a production sharing agreement with the supermajors operating in the country. That was formed in 1977 under the name National Nigeria Petroleum Company. The government has been fighting the illicit refineries for years.

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Valor

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

government has approved the GulfLink deepwater oil export terminal off the Texas coast, marking another step in expanding American crude export infrastructure. Refinery inputs averaged 15.4 Total petroleum inventories increased by 0.2 Read more Feds approve another deepwater oil export terminal off Texas coast Summary : The U.S.

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Rextag

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Occidental Petroleum & Ecopetrols Partnership: Occidental Petroleum (Oxy) continued to expand its Permian operations through a joint venture with Colombian oil company Ecopetrol. government has resumed large-scale lease sales for oil and gas drilling on federal lands and offshore areas. Gulf Coast refineries.

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The Energy Law

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Particularly, Mr. Steib alleged he was exposed to asbestos while employed by Parsons Government Services, Inc. Parsons”) from 1975 through 1977 when he worked on the initial construction of Marathon Petroleum Company LP’s (“Marathon”) oil refinery in Garyville, Louisiana. Steib’s exposure. [1]

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The Energy Law

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

Citgo Petroleum Corp., In what may be considered a warning shot to overzealous federal prosecutors looking to obtain criminal convictions under the Clean Air Act (“CAA”) or the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (“MBTA”), the Court of Appeals reversed criminal convictions against Citgo related to violations of both Acts at its Corpus Christi refinery.

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The Energy Law

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Particularly, Mr. Steib alleged he was exposed to asbestos while employed by Parsons Government Services, Inc. Parsons”) from 1975 through 1977 when he worked on the initial construction of Marathon Petroleum Company LP’s (“Marathon”) oil refinery in Garyville, Louisiana. Steib’s exposure. [1]

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McKinsey

JUNE 17, 2025

These estimates reflect long term trends in productivity and labor force growth and incorporate recent trends in private consumption, government spending, and business investment. 11 “Annual petroleum and other liquids production,” US Energy Information Administration. Annual GDP growth is taken to be 3.6 percent in China, 1.7

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The Energy Law

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

If incidental takes are actionable under the MBTA, this raises possible MBTA liability in a variety of industries (such as wind projects, petroleum refineries, and other energy and infrastructure projects) whose normal day-to-day operations can have unintentional effects on migratory birds. CITGO Petroleum Corp. , Evans , 952 F.2d

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The Energy Law

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

If incidental takes are actionable under the MBTA, this raises possible MBTA liability in a variety of industries (such as wind projects, petroleum refineries, and other energy and infrastructure projects) whose normal day-to-day operations can have unintentional effects on migratory birds. CITGO Petroleum Corp. , Evans , 952 F.2d

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