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EC raids trading offices of 3 major oil companies amid price-fixing reports
May 17, 2013
European Commission investigators raided the trading offices of three major oil companies and a price reporting agency this week amid complaints about price-fixing and collusion in the global crude...
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US House bill would speed natural gas pipeline permitting
May 13, 2013
US Representative Mike Pompeo (R-Kansas) has introduced a bill (HR 1900) that would expedite the permitting of new interstate natural gas pipelines. Such projects require approvals from the Federal...
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Avoiding double taxation in the oil and gas industry
May 13, 2013
Given the significant expansion of oil and gas companies globally, the need for industry players to align and coordinate local operations with corporate strategy has never been greater. As a result...
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Steptoe & Johnson adds attorneys to serve mid-continent energy space
May 13, 2013
Steptoe & Johnson PLLC has added seventeen attorneys to the firm’s office at The Woodlands, Texas, near Houston. |
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US Government fiscal year 2014 budget: Impact on oil and gas industry
May 10, 2013
On April 10, 2013, the Obama administration (Administration) released the Fiscal Year 2014 Budget of the US Government (Budget). Ernst & Young LLP discusses some of hte direct and indirect impa...
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Dana Gas completes US1B Sukuk restructuring
May 9, 2013
Dana Gas PJSC, a large independent oil and gas company in the UAE, has completed the restructuring of its US$1 billion Trust Certificates (sukuk al-mudarabah). |
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The fight to limit Bakken shale flaring
May 7, 2013
Bakken gas flaring is still close to 30% of production. At the end of April the North Dakota State Assembly passed legislation providing tax incentives for producers to reduce flaring by finding al...
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Opportune acquires Eco Risk Markets
May 1, 2013
Opportune LLP has acquired Eco Risk Markets LLC, an energy consulting firm focused on risk strategy and related valuation services. |
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Energy Players
May 1, 2013
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Veltri joins Steptoe & Johnson
Apr 30, 2013
Adam A. Veltri has been named Of Counsel to Steptoe & Johnson PLLC. |
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API standards director to discuss shale gas opportunities, challenges at Flow-Cal conference
Apr 29, 2013
Flow-Cal Inc., a provider of measurement data management for natural gas and petroleum liquids, has secured David Miller of the American Petroleum Institute as the keynote speaker for the 2013 Flow...
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PA Supreme Court determines Marcellus shale gas is covered by Dunham Rule
Apr 25, 2013
Yesterday, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania reaffirmed the "Dunham Rule" as to Marcellus Shale natural gas. |
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Parcell joins Ernst & Young LLP's National Tax practice
Apr 17, 2013
John Parcell, former Deputy Tax Legislative Counsel with the Department of Treasury, has joined Ernst & Young LLP’s National Tax practice. |
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ANGA commends FracFocus on its anniversary
Apr 11, 2013
Dan Whitten, vice president of strategic communications at America's Natural Gas Alliance, commented recently on the two-year anniversary of FracFocus, a state-run online registry offering well-by-...
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Environmentalists, oil companies finding ways to work together
Apr 10, 2013
The Pittsburgh-based Center for Sustainable Shale Development is attracting lots of attention these days. The Center is intended to be a way in which environmental groups, foundations, and major oi...
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Natural gas industry allies urge Congress to fund research and development
Apr 10, 2013
NGVAmerica joined with a group of NGV advocates - including the American Gas Association, the American Public Gas Association and the Gas Technology Institute - in requesting that Congress provide ...
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Court holds that BLM violated NEPA
Apr 9, 2013
A US District Court in Northern California has held that the US Bureau of Land Management violated the National Environmental Policy Act in its environmental assessment of federal leases in Califor...
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Energy regulatory attorney Andrea Chambers joins Ballard Spahr
Apr 2, 2013
Andrea J. Chambers, who advises energy industry clients nationwide on policy, regulatory, and compliance matters and represents them before the FERC, has joined Ballard Spahr’s Washington, D.C., of...
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Jackson Kelly expands Denver office energy and mining team
Apr 1, 2013
Jackson Kelly PLLC is expanding its legal services capabilities to support the oil and gas, mining and natural resource industries in its Denver, Colorado, office with the addition of Robert D. Com...
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Slagel joins Steptoe & Johnson
Mar 26, 2013
Gary E. Slagel has joined Steptoe & Johnson PLLC’s office in Canonsburg, PA. as Government Affairs Specialist to the firm. |
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