The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) has recently proposed a new rule and the U.S. Congress has recently enacted a new law affecting the global renewable fuel industry....more
Republicans have swept the 2024 elections, returning Donald Trump to the White House as the 47th President and flipping the Senate to a Republican majority. Having narrowly maintained control of the House of Representatives,...more
12/11/2024
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U.S. Government’s Continued Focus on Large Ship Air Emissions -
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and the U.S. Coast Guard (“USCG”) continue to signal interest in addressing air pollution from large ships...more
2/14/2020
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Rekindling the Flame: Oil & Gas Securitizations -
A number of recent structurings of investment-grade rated securitizations of oil and gas wells are sparking conversations in the U.S. upstream oil and gas industry about...more
12/20/2019
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The IMO and the Price of Gas or The Impact of the International Maritime Organisation’s Sulphur 2020 Limit for Marine Fuel Oil on the Price of Gas -
The main bunker fuel for ships is High Sulphur Fuel Oil (HSFO, with...more
11/20/2019
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Shifting Dynamics in Latin America -
On March 5, 2019, King & Spalding hosted an Energy Forum, titled “Shifting Dynamics in Latin America”, to discuss the political and regulatory changes in Latin America and their impact...more
Texas Supreme Court Finds Anadarko is Entitled to Over $100 Million in Deepwater Horizon Defense Costs Based on Undefined Term in Insurance Policy -
Insurance coverage litigation arising out of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon...more
Courts Hold Clean Water Act Regulates Discharges through Groundwater, as Congress and Regulators Consider Responses -
The Ninth Circuit and Fourth Circuit have joined a growing number of lower courts finding that the...more
5/14/2018
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Good news at last for the development of offshore wind projects in France -
While France had launched in 2011 a very ambitious offshore wind farm development program, aiming to reach 6 GMW of wind turbine installations at...more
3/14/2018
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