Recent Posts in Oil & Gas Law Category
Posted on May 18, 2012 By Amaro Law Firm
According to an article featured by Reuters News Agency, the inherent risks of oil and gas extraction are often played down by those in the business. However, their insurers have every reason to keep ...
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Posted on Mar 8, 2012 By Amaro Law Firm
According to an article on the Washington Post, BP has continued to handsomely reward its executives despite facing billions of dollars in payouts to plaintiffs and the United States government. The ...
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Posted on Mar 5, 2012 By Amaro Law Firm
According to reports from various news agencies, BP and the plaintiffs involved in the Gulf oil spill lawsuit have reached an agreement. Sources close to BP say that the company estimates it will have ...
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Posted on Feb 27, 2012 By Amaro Law Firm
According to an AP news report, a federal judge has ruled that BP PLC and a minority partner in the blown out Macondo well are liable for civil penalties under the Clean Water Act for their roles in ...
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Posted on Feb 3, 2012 By Amaro Law Firm
According to an AP news report, British Petroleum has asked the federal judge overseeing litigation resulting from the 2010 oil spill to prevent two plaintiff expert witnesses from testifying about ...
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Posted on Jan 23, 2012 By Amaro Law Firm
In January of 2012, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) issued a notice to multiple groups in the Texas Sabine River Basin. Sources say these groups were told that their rights to the ...
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Posted on Jan 20, 2012 By Amaro Law Firm
According to many recent reports, the northeastern United States is expected to lose half of its regional fuel production capability following financial troubles which have pushed the refineries to a ...
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Posted on Jan 9, 2012 By Amaro Law Firm
According to reports, President Barack Obama and Congress will face an important decision in the first months of the New Year. Sources say that the oil and gas industry has begun to push for the ...
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Posted on Dec 13, 2011 By Oil/Gas Law Attorney
On Tuesday afternoon, several explosions heard from the natural gas and liquids plant in Mont Belvieu, Texas, were followed by flames which could be seen from downtown Houston. Local media reported ...
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Posted on Nov 8, 2011 By admin in Pipeline Regulation
According to a state auditor’s report, the Texas Railroad Commission inspected only 65 percent of the highest-priority pipelines last year. Reportedly, the pipelines received the high-priority ...
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Posted on Oct 21, 2011 By Oil/Gas Law Attorney
According to reports, a bill which tightens federal safety regulations over oil and gas pipelines passed through the senate on October 17, 2011. However, sources say the bill was allowed to proceed ...
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Posted on Oct 6, 2011 By Oil/Gas Law Attorney
On September 26, 2011, the city of Port Arthur, Texas hosted a state public hearing to discuss Key Stone XL which is a project to create a crude pipeline system which stretches from Canada to Texas. ...
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Posted on Sep 22, 2011 By Oil/Gas Law Attorney
Reportedly, in the summer of 2011, an Exxon Mobil pipeline transporting oil across Montana burst open and flooded Yellowstone River with around 42,000 gallons of crude oil. Sources say that just weeks ...
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Posted on Aug 26, 2011 By Oil/Gas law Attorney
According to recent reports, lawsuits by energy companies against south Texas landowners have steadily been on the rise. Sources say the lawsuits have resulted in wake of the energy companies' ...
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Posted on Jun 29, 2011 By Oil/Gas Law Attorney
According to industry sources, natural gas companies have recently invested substantial amounts of money into drilling their wells in hopes the wells will deliver enormous profits and provide the ...
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Posted on May 28, 2011 By Oil & Gas Law Attorney
On May 25, 2011, sources say a bill requiring natural gas drilling companies to publicly disclose the chemicals used in the hydraulic fracturing process was passed through the Texas Senate. Sources ...
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Posted on Feb 14, 2011 By Oil/Gas Law Attorney
Both Federal and State officials are investigating the cause of an explosion and fire which killed one worker at Enterprise Product's Mont Belvieu plant east of Houston on February 8, 2010. Since ...
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Posted on Feb 10, 2011 By Oil/Gas Law Attorney
On Wednesday, an 83-year old cast-iron gas main may have been the cause of a large explosion which destroyed a row-house neighborhood and killed 5 people in Allen Town, Pennsylvania. The blast was the ...
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Posted on Sep 29, 2010 By Oil/Gas Law Attorney
On August 9, 2010, The Texas Attorney General filed a lawsuit against BP in relation to the toxic benzene release which occurred from April 6, 2010 to May 16, 2010. The lawsuit is captioned as State ...
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